Installation Of Electrical System For Paso Robles Police Department,
2022
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Installation Of Electrical System For Paso Robles Police Department, Jacob M. Studebaker, Peter D. Strykers
Construction Management
This paper outlines the process that Peter Strykers and Jacob Studebaker went through to set up the lighting and power system for the Paso Robles Police Department gun range located off highway 46. Before our installation, the gun range had zero lighting so the officers could not use it after sunset. We allowed the officers to light the gun range with outdoor LED lights, light up both the storage units on site, and have access to multiple outlets inside and out of the storage units. The power source that the electrical system runs on comes from a Kubota generator because …
Installation Of Electrical System For Paso Robles Police Department,
2022
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Installation Of Electrical System For Paso Robles Police Department, Peter D. Strykers, Jacob M. Studebaker
Construction Management
This paper outlines the process that Peter Strykers and Jacob Studebaker went through to set up the lighting and power system for the Paso Robles Police Department gun range located off highway 46. Before our installation, the gun range had zero lighting so the officers could not use it after sunset. We allowed the officers to light the gun range with outdoor LED lights, light up both the storage units on site, and have access to multiple outlets inside and out of the storage units. The power source that the electrical system runs on comes from a Kubota generator because …
Building Services Engineering May/June 2022,
2022
Technological University Dublin
Building Services Engineering May/June 2022
Building Services Engineering
No abstract provided.
Digitalization Of Construction Project Requirements Using Natural Language Processing (Nlp) Techniques,
2022
Clemson University
Digitalization Of Construction Project Requirements Using Natural Language Processing (Nlp) Techniques, Fahad Ul Hassan
All Dissertations
Contract documents are a critical legal component of a construction project that specify all wishes and expectations of the owner toward the design, construction, and handover of a project. A single contract package, especially of a design-build (DB) project, comprises hundreds of documents including thousands of requirements. Precise comprehension and management of the requirements are critical to ensure that all important explicit and implicit requirements of the project scope are captured, managed, and completed. Since requirements are mainly written in a natural human language, the current manual methods impose a significant burden on practitioners to process and restructure them into …
Quantifying Responsiveness In The Vaccine Industry To Evaluate And Improve Pandemic Response,
2022
Florida Institute of Technology
Quantifying Responsiveness In The Vaccine Industry To Evaluate And Improve Pandemic Response, Connor Hill
Theses and Dissertations
In the wake of the pandemic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) we can look at many aspects of the global response, including social, scientific, and governmental. Current research in the areas of vaccine development and manufacturing find the process of developing a new vaccine takes an especially long time and is unresponsive. Understanding the factors that influence responsiveness can help organizations be better prepared to address the needs of society should another pandemic strike. Responsiveness can be linked to product, process, and volume. The vaccine development and manufacturing process historically takes years to reach distribution for public use. …
Using Cost Simulation And Computer Vision To Inform Probabilistic Cost Estimates,
2022
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Using Cost Simulation And Computer Vision To Inform Probabilistic Cost Estimates, Shu Jing Ding
Department of Construction Engineering and Management: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Cost estimating is a critical task in the construction process. Building cost estimates using historical data from previously performed projects have long been recognized as one of the better methods to generate precise construction bids. However, the cost and productivity data are typically gathered at the summary level for cost-control purposes. The possible ranges of production rates and costs associated with the construction activities lack accuracy and comprehensiveness. In turn, the robustness of cost estimates is minimal. Thus, this study proposes exploring a range of cost and productivity data to better inform potential outcomes of cost estimates by using probabilistic …
A Case Study Of Protecting Bridges Against Overheight Vehicles,
2022
Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge
A Case Study Of Protecting Bridges Against Overheight Vehicles, Aly Mousaad Aly, Marc Hoffmann
Faculty Publications
Most transportation departments have recognized and developed procedures to address the ever-increasing weights of trucks traveling on bridges in service today. Transportation agencies also recognize the issues with overheight vehicles’ collisions with bridges, but few stakeholders have definitive countermeasures. Bridges are becoming more vulnerable to collisions from overheight vehicles. The exact response under lateral impact force is difficult to predict. In this paper, nonlinear impact analysis shows that the degree of deformation recorded through the modeling of the unprotected vehicle-girder model provides realistic results compared to the observation from the US-61 bridge overheight vehicle impact. The predicted displacements are 0.229 …
Subdivision Site Design In Antwerp Township,
2022
Western Michigan University
Subdivision Site Design In Antwerp Township, Alec Denbraber
Honors Theses
Design and development of a subdivision on an empty plot of land off Red Arrow Highway in Antwerp Township, MI.
Analyzing Resource Allocation And Levelling In Construction Projects,
2022
The British University in Egypt
Analyzing Resource Allocation And Levelling In Construction Projects, Mohamed Eizeldin, Mohamed Hussein Hegazy, Ahmed Alhady, Shahir Ashraf
Civil Engineering
Project scheduling has been crucial in any construction project since applying poor scheduling may lead to cost overruns and delays. The most commonly used technique for scheduling is the critical path method (CPM). As CPM neglects the availability of resources and assumes only time as a constrain; therefore, the resource allocation problem (RAP) technique is introduced. RAP appears when the number of resources required exceeds the number of resources available. Moreover, as a result of solving the RAP, another problem will occur known as the resource leveling problem (RLP). RLP lead to lots of hiring and firing of laborers. Researchers …
Subdivision Site Design In Antwerp Township,
2022
Western Michigan University
Subdivision Site Design In Antwerp Township, Peyton Smith
Honors Theses
Design and development of a subdivision on an empty plot of land off Red Arrow Highway in Antwerp Township, MI.
Optimizing The Self-Healing Efficiency Of Hydrogel Encapsulated Bacteria In Concrete,
2022
Louisiana State University
Optimizing The Self-Healing Efficiency Of Hydrogel Encapsulated Bacteria In Concrete, Ricardo Hungria
LSU Master's Theses
Calcium carbonate precipitation through microbial means is a promising pathway for concrete self-healing technologies, mainly for its microcrack sealing attributes. The main goal of this project was to study and optimize the crack healing efficiency of hydrogel encapsulated bacteria in concrete. To achieve this purpose, Bacillus pseudiformus was implemented as the bacteria strain at a concentration of 108 cells/ml. This bacterium strain along with yeast extract was combined along with three different mineral precursors corresponding to magnesium acetate, calcium lactate, and sodium lactate. All these three precursors were evaluated at two concentrations (67.76 mM/l and 75 mM/l). For each …
Reducing Early-Age Shrinkage Cracks Of Bridge Decks And Rails,
2022
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Reducing Early-Age Shrinkage Cracks Of Bridge Decks And Rails, Soumitra Das, George Morcous, Jiong Hu
UNL Student Research Days Posters, Graduate
Early-age shrinkage cracking of concrete bridge decks and rails accelerates the penetration of water and chemicals which leads to reinforcement corrosion, delamination, and eventually spalling. All this results in shorter service life, road closure, and costly repair. Development of Low-cement concrete(LCC) mix to reduce early age shrinkage crack through aggregate grading optimization was done in this research work. This approach also reduces concrete cost ($15-$20/cyd) (15–25%) and its carbon footprint (≈15%).
Impacts Of Pandemic-Induced Material Price Escalation On Construction Estimation And Bidding,
2022
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Impacts Of Pandemic-Induced Material Price Escalation On Construction Estimation And Bidding, Chancellor G. Giessinger
Construction Management
The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new severe supply chain bottlenecks in the construction industry. These bottlenecks reduced the availability of a wide variety of critical construction materials, which created a scarcity that has raised material prices at an unprecedented rate and extended lead times for some materials by months. This poses new challenges for contractors with pressure from owners to deliver ongoing contracts with fixed, pre-pandemic contract pricing and for estimators seeking to bid new projects with unforeseeable future material pricing. The objective of this research to focus on contractors operating within the state of California and their primary challenges in …
Building Services Engineering March/April 2022,
2022
Technological University Dublin
Building Services Engineering March/April 2022
Building Services Engineering
No abstract provided.
The Professional Constructor, Full Issue, Volume 47, Number 01,
2022
Clemson University
The Professional Constructor, Full Issue, Volume 47, Number 01
The Professional Constructor
No abstract provided.
Design And Evaluation Of A Prototype Low-Damage Beam-Column Connection For Mass Timber Moment Frames,
2022
Portland State University
Design And Evaluation Of A Prototype Low-Damage Beam-Column Connection For Mass Timber Moment Frames, Samuel D. Richmann
Civil and Environmental Engineering Master's Project Reports
A moment-resisting, beam-column connection for mass timber moment frames was developed, designed and tested. The design was intended to limit damage to the timber members by creation of a ductile failure mechanism in steel U-shaped flexural plates (UFPs). Using design equations developed by previous research on UFPs by Baird, et al. (2014) as well as accepted design practices from the NDS and AISC, the components were sized to eliminate failure in the timber. The connection was tested using a quasi-static lateral displacement method following the procedure outlined in section K2.4b of AISC 341-16. A vertical load was placed on the …
Life Cycle Integration Of Building Information Modeling In Infrastructure Projects,
2022
Purdue University
Life Cycle Integration Of Building Information Modeling In Infrastructure Projects, Xingzhou Guo, Chi Tian, Jinwu Xiao, Yunfeng Chen, Jiansong Zhang
Purdue Road School
No abstract provided.
Cognitive Attention And Its Application In Countermeasures On A Curve Section,
2022
Purdue University
Cognitive Attention And Its Application In Countermeasures On A Curve Section, Hongyue Wu, Yunfeng Chen, Junan Shen, Weinan Gao, Mohammad Ahad, Osahon Iroghama
Purdue Road School
No abstract provided.
To Critically Review The Use Of Screencasts For Teaching Land Surveying,
2022
Technological University Dublin
To Critically Review The Use Of Screencasts For Teaching Land Surveying, Eugen Niculae, Alain Chenaux
Conference papers
Screencasting tools allow for a screen capture of the actions on a computer screen with accompanying audio. This research initially reviews through the literature how screencasting has been used pedagogically and, through this primary research, the application of an existing screencast called Screencast-O-Matic and feedback from students from both Construction Management and Geospatial Surveying Undergraduate Programmes of TU Dublin, where and how it could be deployed for the surveying classes and fieldwork during the pandemic situation. This research occurred when all Irish third-level institutions lectures and tutorials moved online, and access to survey equipment for fieldwork was severely reduced. The …
A United States Air Force Site Selection Methodology In A Contested Agile Combat Employment Environment,
2022
Air Force Institute of Technology
A United States Air Force Site Selection Methodology In A Contested Agile Combat Employment Environment, Zachary T. Moer
Theses and Dissertations
The United States Air Force’s (USAF) Agile Combat Employment (ACE) strategy relies on host country access and underlying local infrastructure to facilitate airpower. However, numerous factors, including peer-to-peer threats, complex geopolitics, and intricate supply chain management, often complicate site access and thwart site selection decisions. When shaping the battlespace for future conflict, strategists and planners face the difficult task of identifying optimal locations to conduct adaptive basing operations given these complicating factors. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) can help strategists appropriately account for competing objectives and maintain a competitive advantage with theater adversaries. This thesis presents an MCDA model that evaluates …
