Simulation of modular building construction
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Osama M. Mohsen, Paul J. Knytl, Basel Abdulaal, Jacek Olearczyk, Mohamed Al-HusseinAuthors Info & Claims
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Abstract
Modular construction has the advantage of producing structures quickly and efficiently, while not requiring the resources to build a structure to be co-located with the construction site. Large modules can be produced in quality controlled environments, and then shipped to the construction site and assembled with minimal labor requirements. An additional advantage is that once the modules are on-site, construction can proceed extremely quickly. This is ideal for situations where compressed schedules are required in order to meet client's time constraints. This paper examines using software simulation, specifically Simphony.NET, in the design and analysis of the construction process. This is done both before and after project execution to predict productivity and duration and also to allow for exploration of alternate construction scenarios.
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December 2008
3189 pages
ISBN:9781424427086
- Editors:
- Scott Mason,
- Ray Hill,
- Lars Mönch,
- Oliver Rose,
- General Chair:
- Thomas Jefferson,
- Program Chairs:
- John W. Fowler,
- Ricki G. Ingalls
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- IIE: Institute of Industrial Engineers
- INFORMS-SIM: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences: Simulation Society
- ASA: American Statistical Association
- IEEE/SMC: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
- SIGSIM: ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling
- NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology
- (SCS): The Society for Modeling and Simulation International
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Published: 07 December 2008
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