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Abisuga, O (2020) Integrated collaborative facilities management framework for post-occupancy evaluation of higher education facilities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Afzal, F (2019) A framework to improve sustainability performance of construction organisations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Ahmadian Fard Fini, A (2017) Optimizing crew performance through integration of human resource strategies into planning of construction activities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Aljassmi, H A (2013) Analysis of complex mechanisms of defect generation in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Alrasheed, H (2015) A socio-ecological framework for improving the psychological health of foreign workers in developing countries: The case of saudi construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Boadu, E (2022) A framework for promoting health and safety through procurement in the construction industry in developing countries: A case of Ghana, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Chand, A (2015) A socio-ecological resilience perspective to enhance hospital service delivery resilience to extreme weather events, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Chandra, S (2006) Investigating green building assessment tools: a risk-analysis based approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Chandra, V (2007) An investigation of cultural learning during the hospital process from a facilities management perspective, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Cooke, J R (1973) Methods of documentation and administration of building contracts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Coolican, A M (1989) A history of industrial relations in the Sydney building trades, 1870-1914 , Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Cooper, A A (1971) An economic study of housing production and associated works in Australia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Dave, M (2019) High performance prefab housing: towards an evaluation framework for design, sustainability and affordability, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Deng, Z M (1995) Extended state space modelling and influence diagrams for construction processes and aids, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Denny-Smith, G (2022) The social value of indigenous procurement policies in the Australian construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Forsythe, P (2003) The role of service quality as a determinant of customer satisfaction in residential construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Galea, N R (2018) Built for men: Institutional privilege in the Australian construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Habibi Rad, M (2022) Impact of lean construction on contractor performance and organisational resilience in post-disaster infrastructure projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Heng, H K S (2010) Information brokerage in hospital facilities management: A social network perspective, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Ho, M F C (2003) Ethics management in a construction organisation: Employees' attitudes to corporate codes of ethics, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Hong, Y C (2018) Modelling and evaluating the adoption of building information modelling in Australian and Chinese small and medium-sized construction organisations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Hunt, P (2021) The business case for sustainable development in the Australian built environment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Hutcheson, J M (1980) Administration of building contracts with particular reference to the builder's financial control, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales (Australia).
Hutcheson, J M (1979) Administration of building contracts with particular reference to the builder's financial control, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Hwang, H (2011) Rational irrationality: The making of property decisions in firms as a part of resource allocation processes - a Korean example, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Kabirifar, K (2022) Effective construction and demolition waste management assessment: A case of Australian large construction companies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Kaboli, A (2014) Cost and emissions analysis of earthmoving operations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Karunaratne, B M (1994) A new method of analysis for cyclic construction operations using systems engineering approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Khalil, K (1994) An evaluation of managerial knowledge and skills of technical professionals in the construction industry in Malaysia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Kim, S M (2019) Tenants' leasing motivators and decisions about the greenness of office buildings and their rental, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Kim, Y-S (1994) The development and application of a probabilistic model for risk analysis of life cycle cost predictions: For apartment buildings constructed by the Korea National Housing Corporation in Seoul, Korea , Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Lam, K C (1997) The optimisation of financial decision in a contracting firm, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales (Australia).
Lam, K-c (1997) The optimisation of financial decisions in a contracting firm, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Li, Y (2015) Sense of home in post-disaster reconstruction: A study of resident experiences of living in rebuilt houses after the wenchuan earthquake in China, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Liu, L (2003) Models of enterprise-level project performance: Comparative studies of organizational form, control mode and feedback mechanisms in the construction and it services industries, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Liu, Y M (2005) A holistic approach to developing generic vs. regionally specific frameworks for sustainable building tools, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Matsuzaki, H (1995) Construction industry unionism in Japan, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
McLaren, M (2018) An investigation of swift trust formation in disaster management teams, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Mohd Ishak, S S B (2014) Resistance factors to technology innovation in construction organisations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Moon, S (2014) Dynamic control of supply chain quality to improve process performance in construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Ong, E M S (2008) Trust, commitment, satisfaction and learning in construction project teams, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Paterson, I (1981) Contractors' risk and insurance in the Australian building industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Perera, W A S (2018) An investigation into developing productive construction environments to improve quality performance in Australian building construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Qu, Y (2017) An investigation of opportunistic behaviour in public-private partnerships, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Rahnamayie Zekavat, P (2014) Performance assessment of agile communication in construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: automation; agile information flow; construction site; wireless communication; wireless sensor network; real-time measurment; Australia
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- URL: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/53582
- Abstract:
Research has shown that the lack of effective communication is one main reason why the construction industry worldwide is falling behind others in advancing productivity, safety and quality. The focus of this thesis is to experimentally test the effectiveness of innovative information technologies in bridging existing information chasms creating large barriers to advancing construction. First, an extensive field study of the state-of-practice on an Australian construction site was conducted to identify the present information and material flows, information sinks, and sources related to rebar and concrete operations. The result of this initial field work was used to develop the Holonic Construction Management Model (HCMM) augmenting existing information models with the goal to create a unified umbrella able to support clearly identified data needs. The second phase of the work focused on testing four hypotheses. Building on the HCMM and the challenges of an active construction site, an Agile Site Communication Network (ASCNet) was created establishing the data conduits needed to connect the identified islands-of-communication. Furthermore, the discovered need to link mobile process resources with each other as well as to the internet involved the development and testing of a novel Embedded Wireless Communication Platform (EWCP). Another essential component of the ASCNet were multi-purpose and mobile data/information hubs to be placed at the work-front. This triggered the design, fabrication and testing of an electronic Construction Kiosk (eCKiosk) equipped with a wide touch screen, digital video/audio, wireless data-acquisition from electronic sensors and a secure data link to the world-wide-web. A third capability involved RFID tags to be embedded into the concrete of a ready-mix truck identifying its spatial location after placement.Finally, the experimental IT capabilities were used to address the four hypotheses established in Chapter 3. The extensive survey of electromagnetic signal attenuation on the test site proved that the existing decay functions were too inaccurate to be applicable for a construction site. Reformulated power decay indices drastically increased the signal strength prediction by more than a factor of 10 thus validating hypothesis 1. RFID embedded rebar bundles shipped on a GPS equipped trailer tuck and staged using feed-forward process information increased the productivity of crane-lifting by over 20% and eliminated 5 hours waiting of the delivery trucks that had been observed. The EWPC attached to a crane hook proved the feasibility and effectiveness of the multi-channel real-time communication link between the moving hook-block, the operator, GPS tracking software and the internet. The test of ZigBeeÂ’s IEEE 802.15 protocol under field condition provided the background for a successful application to monitor remotely concrete temperature for several days. The electronic hub served as a critical link to the wireless sensors while the RFID tags could be found after 4 days in the curing concrete and their locations automatically traced using a DGPS. Testes at the laboratory showed that doubling the amount of reinforcing steel in a concrete block scarifies 61% of detection range of the embedded tags.The tests on two construction sites not only improved our understanding of how to model wireless networks but proved that: a) A fatal blind-spot for crane operators can be immediately eliminated, b) time and safety risks during the delivery and staging of rebar can be drastically reduced, c) embedded RFID tags in combination with DGPS automate as-built data generation for concrete, and most importantly d) the high performance agile communication technologies of an eCKiosk and ZigBee sensor networks enable the effective coordination of on- and off-site activities. The latter two findings will open the door to cutting large process wastes through feed-forward supply-chain integration.
Recsei, R A (1998) A generalised decision support system for contaminated site management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales (Australia).
Ridyard, J (1976) Computer based management games for the building industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Salehudin, M S B (2012) Developing sustainable resorts in developing countries: A proposed new generation rating framework for Malaysia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Seemann, K W (1997) The socio-technical sustainability of shelter systems and hardware in remote indigenous Australian communities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Shahbazi, B (2020) A mathematical optimization approach to account for career development, job security, and job satisfaction in human resource planning in construction organizations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Slay, P G R (2019) Development of an ontology for project management success criteria and associated technical and personal competencies in an Australian engineering context, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Sufianto, H (2013) A fire safety improvement framework for residential buildings: A socio-ecological behaviour modification approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Sunindijo, R (2012) Skills for developing safety climate in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Ta'i, B (1994) Critical evaluation of stormwater management practices on urban construction sites in the Sydney region, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Teo, A L E (1997) Strategic market positioning in the construction industry: Model for evaluating mobility and diversification, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Teo, M M M (2009) An investigation of community-based protest movement continuity against construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Tran, H V (2013) Contractor internal profiling of owners, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Trethewy, R (2002) Influences on subcontractor OHS management outcomes in construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Trethewy, R W (2003) Influences on subcontractor OHS management outcomes in construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales (Australia).
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Wang, R (2015) The virtual learning experience: Learning styles, task complexity and presence in the context of emerging VR technologies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Wang, Z (2019) Effects of main contractors' service quality on subcontractors' behaviours and project outcomes in the Chinese construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Wang, Z (2014) Housing pathways and homeownership determinants of the young middle class in beijing, China, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Xiao, P (2018) Development of colletive intelligence for building energy efficiency, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Yamaguchi, H (2002) Risk allocation in privately financed projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Zaid Alkilani, S (2018) Performance measurement and improvement model for small and medium contractors in developing countries, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.
Zhang, Q (2021) Key influencing factors of corporate social responsibility implementation in the Chinese construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of New South Wales.