Acknowledgement
The authors would like to acknowledge the Turner Construction Company, in particular James Barret (National Director, Integrated Building Solution), for their considerable help in collecting data.
International conference on construction engineering and project management (국제학술발표논문집)
- 2013.01a
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- Pages.188-195
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- 2013
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- 2508-9048(eISSN)
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ACTIVITY RECOGNITION FROM ACCELEROMETER DATA FOR MONITORING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
- Changbum R. Ahn (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) ;
- SangHyun Lee (University of Michigan at Ann Arbor) ;
- Feniosky Pena-Mora (Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and Earth and Environmental Engineering, and of Computer Science, Columbia University)
- Published : 2013.01.09
Abstract
Construction operations generate a significant amount of air pollutant emissions, including carbon emissions. The environmental performance of construction operations is closely relevant to the operational efficiency of each resource employed, which indicates how efficiently each resource (e.g., construction equipment) is utilized. In this context, monitoring the operational efficiency of construction equipment provides key information in managing and improving the environmental performance and productivity of construction operations. In this paper, we report our efforts to measure the operational efficiency of construction equipment, using low-cost accelerometers. An experimental study and real-world case studies are conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach. The results have shown the potential of this approach as an economically feasible means of monitoring the environmental performance of construction operations.
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