Browsing by Author "Fischer, Martin"

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    Method to produce field instructions from product and process models for cast-in-place concrete operations
    (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2012) Mourgues, Claudio; Fischer, Martin; Kunz, John
    The state-of-practice method to produce good and formal work instructions for construction laborers takes time, is error prone and produces outcomes with inconsistent format and content. That is why contractors rely on verbal work instructions in spite of the field mistakes and inefficiencies that this poor communication produces. Our research addresses the underlying scientific problem of this practical quandary: the lack of a formal method that defines the steps and information needed to produce good work instructions from a company's best practices and a project's 3D product model.
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    Quantitative analysis of workflow, temporary structure usage, and productivity using 4D models
    (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2008) Jongeling, Rogier; Kim, Jonghoon; Fischer, Martin; Mourgues, Claudio; Olofsson, Thomas
    This paper presents time-space analyses of construction operations supported by quantitative information extracted from 4D CAD models. The application of 4D models is a promising approach to help introduce construction innovations and to evaluate construction alternatives. Current analyses of 4D models are mainly visual and provide project stakeholders with a clear, but limited, insight of construction planning information. This practice does not take advantage of the quantitative data contained in 4D models. We use two 4D models of an industry test case to illustrate how to analyze, compare, and present 4D content quantitatively (i.e., workspace areas, work locations, and distances between concurrent activities). This paper shows how different types of 4D content can be extracted from 4D models to support 4D-content-based analyses and novel presentation of construction planning information. We suggest further research aimed at formalizing the contents in 4D models to enable comparative quantitative analyses of construction planning alternatives. Formalized 4D content can enable the development of reasoning mechanisms that automate 4D-model-based analyses and provide the data content for presentations of construction planning information. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.