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Al-Gahtani, K S (2006) A comprehensive construction delay analysis technique: Enhanced with a float ownership concept, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , State University of New York at Buffalo.
Aramvareekul, P (2003) An analysis of labor productivity in the United States construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , State University of New York at Buffalo.
Delaney, J W (2018) The effect of competition on bid quality and final results on state dot projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , State University of New York at Buffalo.
Deng, F (2004) Expert and decision-support system approaches for construction project financing and cash flow management for large infrastructure projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , State University of New York at Buffalo.
Hu, H (2014) Development of interoperable data protocol for integrated bridge project delivery, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , State University of New York at Buffalo.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: effectiveness; building industry; specifications; standards; fabrication; interoperability; life cycle; project delivery; industry foundation classes
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/1627179295
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Representation and transfer of design intent, information and specifications traditionally heavily rely on paper-based engineering drawings and written documents. During the bridge project life cycle, paper-based data exchange, by nature, causes repeated manual data re-entry which is tedious, time-consuming, error-prone and costly. Electronic data exchange is a significant improvement to the current information-delivery process. With it, three fundamental objectives of the project delivery, i.e. higher quality, faster delivery and cost effectiveness would be expected. In recent years, the building industry increasingly tends to invent and utilize open, software-neutral and semantically rich data exchange models to store and transfer building information. Industry Foundation Classes (IFC), as an example of building oriented data model, has been supported by over 150 software applications worldwide. Bridge industry, however, lacks a mature data exchange model to fully carry out the interoperability of bridge information, although various efforts have been made. This research is motivated by the advantages of using data interoperability to streamline the bridge project delivery process and the fact that existing bridge-relevant data exchange models cannot fully support exchange of bridge data. This research develops, demonstrates and validates a robust and extensible data exchange protocol, called the Open Bridge Information Model (OpenBrIM) protocol, which could be used to automate the exchange of bridge information in design, detailing, fabrication, construction and the operations and maintenance. This protocol model would be in the public-domain and software-neutral, but is developed with the consideration of relevant software vendors in facilitating their development of conforming translators. In this research, over 40 existing data exchange models and standards were reviewed and evaluated. The pros and cons of the major models were identified. Information Delivery Manual (IDM), an integrated reference for process and information through bridge project life cycle, was developed. To convert it to a data model, a data modeling language was developed based on eXtensible Markup Language (XML), and was tested for its robustness. A bridge oriented data model was created in the form of Model View Definitions (MVD), which were defined in Unified Modeling Language (UML) and the data modeling language. The IDM was evaluated by domain experts in the bridge industry for completeness, correctness and consistency; the MVDs were validated in part by C# language implementations used to create 3D bridge components and connections with a commercial software application.
Liang, D (2001) Improved reliability and economic modeling for new and retrofitted low-rise structures subjected to extreme wind hazards, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , State University of New York at Buffalo.
Mannarino, J A (2001) Evaluation of the construction management delivery system and establishing a model for selection: A qualitative approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , State University of New York at Buffalo.
Nikellis, A (2019) Risk-informed decision making for civil infrastructure subjected to single and multiple hazards, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , State University of New York at Buffalo.
Pan, N-H (1996) Automatic data processing technologies and industry-wide information transfer standards in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , State University of New York at Buffalo.
Ren, S (1997) GIS-based tools for earthquake risk assessment of point and spatially distributed lifeline systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , State University of New York at Buffalo.
Schmidt, J R (1997) Quantifying the impact of construction accidents using predictive models, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , State University of New York at Buffalo.
Small, E P (1999) Development of a methodology for the integration of seismic risk mitigation activities in project and network level bridge management systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , State University of New York at Buffalo.
Zech, W C (2004) Enhancing work zone safety, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , State University of New York at Buffalo.