Download or read book Development of a Knowledge Base on Alternative Construction Methods written by Ruth K. Garrett and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several building technologies and practices have emerged in recent years as alternatives to traditional design and construction in meeting cost, time, and quality goals of owners and builders. Some of these methods have been adopted within private industry, but have not yet seen wide use for military construction. However, legislation from Congress has mandated that the military services now consider using such methods when they have a potential to reduce Federal expenditures for construction. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which is responsible for construction within the Army and Air Force, has a limited background in using alternative methods due to the long reliance on traditional approaches to facility procurement. To expedite the learning process and capitalize on lessons learned from projects using alternative methods, USACE proposed that knowledge base be prepared. The U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL) is responsible for its development. This report describes the knowledge base concept and prototype. The prototype uses dBase III Plus software and IBM-compatible personal computers. Data will be both factual listings (e.g., project name, date, location) and informational (e.g., comments about a problem in the design phase). Access will be via a local data base containing installation-specific projects and through a centralized mainframe system containing USACE-wide projects. Although useful by itself, the conceptual knowledge base would be a more effective tool if it were incorporated into an expert system. Such a system would provide support in addition to an advisory function. (aw).
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Download or read book Sustainable Construction Technologies written by Vivian Y. Tam and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Construction Technologies: Life-Cycle Assessment provides practitioners with a tool to help them select technologies that are financially advantageous even though they have a higher initial cost. Chapters provide an overview of LCA and how it can be used in conjunction with other indicators to manage construction. Topics covered include indoor environment quality, energy efficiency, transport, water reuse, materials, land use and ecology, and more. The book presents a valuable tool for construction professionals and researchers that want to apply sustainable construction techniques to their projects. Practitioners will find the international case studies and discussions of worldwide regulation and standards particularly useful. Provides a framework for analyzing sustainable construction technologies and economic viability Introduces key credit criteria for different sustainable construction technologies Covers the most relevant construction areas Includes technologies that can be employed during the process of construction, or to the product of the construction process, i.e. buildings Analyzes international rating systems and provides supporting case studies
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Download or read book Alternative Construction written by Lynne Elizabeth and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2005-03-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive guide to combining traditional natural materials and modern construction methods. From adobe to straw bales, traditional building materials are being adapted to meet code-required standards for health and safety in contemporary buildings around the world. Not only are they cost effective and environmentally friendly, but, when used correctly, these natural alternatives match the strength and durability of many mainstream construction materials. This book examines a broad range of traditional and modern natural construction methods, including straw-bale, light-clay, cob, adobe, rammed earth and pise, earthbag, earth-sheltered, bamboo, and hybrid systems. It also covers key ecological design principles, as well as current engineering and building code requirements. Experts on each building system have contributed core chapters that explore the history, development, climatic appropriateness, environmental benefits, performance characteristics, construction techniques, and structural design principles for each method. More than 200 visuals depict both construction processes and completed structures. An extensive resource guide shows where to go for further information, training, and research. In an increasingly resource-conscious era, alternative construction is truly an idea whose time has come. Whether you're an architect, designer, student, or homeowner, this book will help you to combine indigenous building materials with modern construction systems and design standards to create low-impact, high-quality buildings that meet the highest levels of comfort, health, and safety.
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Download or read book Knowledge Based Software Engineering written by M. Virvou and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2008-08-15 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this publication address many topics in the context of knowledge-based software engineering, including new challenges that have arisen in this demanding area of research. Topics in this book are: knowledge-based requirements engineering, domain analysis and modeling; development processes for knowledge-based applications; knowledge acquisition; software tools assisting the development; architectures for knowledge-based systems and shells including intelligent agents; intelligent user interfaces and human-machine interaction; development of multi-modal interfaces; knowledge technologies for semantic web; internet-based interactive applications; knowledge engineering for process management and project management; methodology and tools for knowledge discovery and data mining; knowledge-based methods and tools for testing, verification and validation, maintenance and evolution; decision support methods for software engineering and cognitive systems; knowledge management for business processes, workflows and enterprise modeling; program understanding, programming knowledge, modeling programs and programmers; and software engineering methods for intelligent tutoring systems.
Download or read book Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2003 Dept of Army written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 2302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contemporary Problems of Architecture and Construction written by Evgeny Rybnov and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Problems of Architecture and Construction 2020 includes contributions on various complex issues and aspects of engineering and construction of buildings and structures, protection, reconstruction and restoration of architecture, as well as intellectualization of energy and safety systems functioning urban development. The contributions were presented at the eponymous conference (ICCPAC 2020, St Petersburg, Russia, November 25-26, 2020), and cover a wide range of topics: Urban development: problems of urban construction and architecture Engineering, construction and operation of buildings and structures Implementation of building information modeling (BIM) and geo-information systems (GIS) technologies in the construction industry Energy efficiency of buildings and maintenance systems Engineering technologies of sustainable nature management and environmental protection Intellectualization and algorithmization of large cities road safety systems functioning Economics and management in construction and public utility services. Contemporary Problems of Architecture and Construction 2020 will be of interest to academics and professionals involved in the urban development, engineering technologies, architecture and construction, economics and management in construction industry.
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Download or read book Topics in Expert System Design written by C. Tasso and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expert Systems are so far the most promising achievement of artificial intelligence research. Decision making, planning, design, control, supervision and diagnosis are areas where they are showing great potential. However, the establishment of expert system technology and its actual industrial impact are still limited by the lack of a sound, general and reliable design and construction methodology.This book has a dual purpose: to offer concrete guidelines and tools to the designers of expert systems, and to promote basic and applied research on methodologies and tools. It is a coordinated collection of papers from researchers in the USA and Europe, examining important and emerging topics, methodological advances and practical experience obtained in specific applications. Each paper includes a survey introduction, and a comprehensive bibliography is provided.
Download or read book Guidelines for Optimizing the Risk and Cost of Materials QA Programs written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 838: Guidelines for Optimizing the Risk and Cost of Materials QA Programs proposes guidelines for optimizing the risk and cost of materials quality assurance (QA) programs. It develops a methodology for establishing a materials QA program that optimizes risk and cost by providing appropriate types, levels, and frequencies of agency testing and inspection for transportation projects across their full range of type, size, complexity, and project-delivery method.
Download or read book Collaborative Relationships in Construction written by Hedley Smyth and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-01-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book collects the latest research on both contractual andconceptual collaborative practices in construction. It identifiescommon problems faced by the industry and draws out practicalimplications. Construction projects are increasingly run in ways thatundermine the traditional boundary of the firm and sometimes alsothe definition of the project coalition. This poses challenges forconstruction firms whose clients demand ever increasing performanceimprovements as well as those firms who want to improve theirstrategies for greater collaboration to give themselves competitiveadvantage. The editors identify three main themes: collaborativerelationships, operating both in frameworks and within networks ofcontacts, e.g. relational contracting in partnering, supply chainmanagement and other procurement-driven initiatives. The second theme is frameworks, both contractual frameworksbinding parties together over a series of contracts, and conceptualframeworks used to develop future performance improvement arisingfrom the proactive strategies of firms. The third theme is the network of relationships that supportsindividuals and firms within the project coalition in deliveringservices and adding value to improve performance. These networksdefine the investment and incentives supporting the inter-firm andintra-firm relationships, as well as the formal contractualconditions through which such incentives flow. Networks ofinformation exchange define the structure of the activity and helppredict organisational configurations for successful projectoutcomes.
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