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Case analysis study on measures to reduce accidents in the construction industry (건설산업재해 저감 대책에 관한 사례분석 연구)

  • Kang, Kyung-Ha;So, Seung-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2021.11a
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    • pp.94-95
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    • 2021
  • With the recent advancement of the construction industry, interest in it is growing as the accident rate in the construction industry continues to increase due to the enlargement and complexity of the construction scale. These social issues are focused on the safety of construction work, and research on construction industrial accidents is continuously being conducted, but research on measures to reduce construction industrial accidents is surprisingly insufficient. Therefore, in this study, research on reduction measures to increase the safety of construction industrial accidents conducted for 5 years from 2017 to 2021 is investigated and compared, and it is intended to be used as basic data for future construction industrial accident reduction measures.

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An Analysis on the Professional Perception of the Construction Worker and Its Improvement Measures (건설 근로자의 직업의식 실태분석 및 향상방안)

  • Shin, Won-Sang;Kim, Min-Jae;Lee, Kang-Hyup;Son, Chang-Baek
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2014.11a
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    • pp.210-211
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    • 2014
  • This study was conducted to present the improvement in professional perception among construction workers engaged in domestic construction sites by analyzing the reality of their professional perception. The results are as follows: First, with regard to professional perception of the construction industry, managerial workers made their positive reply to items regarding construction and construction workers but had their negative attitude towards construction as a job and as a recommendable job for others; whereas production workers showed their negative reply to all the items. Second, with respect to factors for construction being firmly regarded as an 3D industry, managerial workers selected 'long working hours' and production workers replied with 'low wages and income insecurity.' Third, as for improvement activities for professional perception of construction, most of construction workers simply knew about activities being performed but expressed their intention to participate in the activities.

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Identifying the Relationship between Total Quality Management and Sustainable Competitive Advantage from the Construction Industry Perspective

  • Hwang, Bon-Gang;Huh, Young-Ki
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.199-207
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    • 2008
  • While it Is well-known that Total duality Management (TQM) can generate and sustain competitive advantage, its process and components have not been clearly identified for the construction industry. This paper aims first to enhance the understanding of TQM Content and Process. Then, drawing various seminal works on TQM and an application of market-based and resource-based theory, a consolidated model identifying the relationship among TQM principles and gaining a sustainable competitive advantage is proposed. Finally, the influence of TQM on sustainable competitive advantage of construction organizations is discussed, thereby interpreting the proposed model. Recognition of TQM's influence will be a starting point, enabling the construction industry to sustain their competitive advantage in the highly competitive global construction market.

GREEN CONSTRUCTION: U.S. CONSTRUCTION RELATED COMPANIES' STATUS AND PERCPETION

  • Yong Han Ahn;Annie R. Pearce;Kihong Ku
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.263-271
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    • 2009
  • This study reveals the status, perceptions, and future directions associated with green building within construction-related companies. A survey research method was used to capture current experience levels and capabilities of companies with regard to green construction. Expectations and perceptions about the future of the construction industry with regard to green building were obtained from construction-related companies recruiting from the Myers-Lawson School of Construction at Virginia Tech from 2006 and 2008. The findings of this study support the growing importance of green building as a component of the whole construction market and provide a benchmark against which to measure future changes in the industry over time.

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Improvement Plan of Mechanical System in Construction Industry Production Process (기계설비산업의 생산체계 선진화방안)

  • Park, Jong-Il;Park, Ryul
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2009.06a
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    • pp.1112-1118
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    • 2009
  • The aim of this paper is improvement plan of mechanical field construct production system in Korea construction industry market. Recently Korea's construction production system is changing rapidly. While change, mechanical system construction field must prepare proper system for construction production system and later mechanical construction work will give order directly. Through this study the author will show the improved mechanical field construct production system and it can useful future construction industry production system in Korea.

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Incorporating Machine Learning into a Data Warehouse for Real-Time Construction Projects Benchmarking

  • Yin, Zhe;DeGezelle, Deborah;Hirota, Kazuma;Choi, Jiyong
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.831-838
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    • 2022
  • Machine Learning is a process of using computer algorithms to extract information from raw data to solve complex problems in a data-rich environment. It has been used in the construction industry by both academics and practitioners for multiple applications to improve the construction process. The Construction Industry Institute, a leading construction research organization has twenty-five years of experience in benchmarking capital projects in the industry. The organization is at an advantage to develop useful machine learning applications because it possesses enormous real construction data. Its benchmarking programs have been actively used by owner and contractor companies today to assess their capital projects' performance. A credible benchmarking program requires statistically valid data without subjective interference in the program administration. In developing the next-generation benchmarking program, the Data Warehouse, the organization aims to use machine learning algorithms to minimize human effort and to enable rapid data ingestion from diverse sources with data validity and reliability. This research effort uses a focus group comprised of practitioners from the construction industry and data scientists from a variety of disciplines. The group collaborated to identify the machine learning requirements and potential applications in the program. Technical and domain experts worked to select appropriate algorithms to support the business objectives. This paper presents initial steps in a chain of what is expected to be numerous learning algorithms to support high-performance computing, a fully automated performance benchmarking system.

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Improvement Plan of Mechanical System in Construction Industry Production Process (기계설비산업의 생산체계 선진화방안)

  • Park, Jong-Il;Park, Ryul
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.470-476
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    • 2011
  • The aim of this paper is improvement plan of mechanical field construct production system in Korea construction industry market. Recently Korea's construction production system is changing rapidly. While change, mechanical system construction field must prepare proper system for construction production system and later mechanical construction work will give order directly. Through this study the author will show the improved mechanical field construct production system and it can useful future construction industry production system in Korea.

A Study of The Present State Analysis and Development Plans About Construction Monitoring and Monitoring Industry (건설 계측 및 계측업의 현황 분석과 발전 방안 연구)

  • Woo, Jong-Tae
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.30 no.2D
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    • pp.163-169
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    • 2010
  • Construction monitoring and monitoring industry have been rapidly developed with advance of IT industry and telecommunication. However institutional, legal supports that need to settle the construction monitoring are practically inadequate. So development plans that are reflected enquete results about the present state of construction monitoring are considered. A way that consider establishment Korea construction monitoring association and society, deal with relevant law appointing monitoring industry, consider enactment and revision of construction monitoring design standard and specifications, appoint practical construction monitoring educational institution, appoint an efficiency test specialty institution of monitoring equipment, consider the term of guarantee of monitoring equipment consider enactment and revision of estimating cost of construction measurement, consider ratio of monitoring equipment loss for developing construction monitoring and monitoring industry are proposed.

Deriving Critical Management Factors based on Case Studies of Multi-trade MEP Ceiling Rack Prefabrication (복합공종 MEP 천정 선조립 공법 사례조사를 통한 단계별 중점관리사항 도출)

  • Lee, Dongmin;Jang, Sejun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2015.11a
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    • pp.76-77
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    • 2015
  • In construction industry, management of construction factors such as cost, schedule, quality and safety is the most important key for delivering successful projects. According to the Smart Market Report, a magazine specialized in construction industry, recently said 'Off-site Prefabrication' is a significant trend related with construction productivity in global construction industry. It is a kind of practice shift from On-site to Off-site. A lot of general contractors in oversea have been using 'Multi-trade MEP Ceiling Rack Prefabrication' method for getting benefits such as decreased cost & schedule and increased labor productivity. Thus, in this paper, critical management factors at each phase from design to installation was derived by researching case studies. Forwardly, it can be a basic guideline for applying Multi-trade MEP Ceiling Rack Prefabrication in Korea construction industry.

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Robotic Automation Technologies in Construction : A Review

  • Chu, Baek-Suk;Kim, Dong-Nam;Hong, Dae-Hie
    • International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.85-91
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    • 2008
  • Robot technology is a remarkably interdisciplinary research area, one that can be employed in various industrial fields as well as higher value-added fields. The construction industry, on the other hand, has been known as one of the most difficult research fields to apply robotic schemes. Therefore, applying robot technologies in the construction industry is quite a challenging topic. This paper aims to introduce the progress of automated robotic systems in construction fields, namely with respect to construction robots. While construction robots have a very wide range of application depending on the huge market size of the construction industry, there still exist a lot of problems such as highly risky working environment and inefficiency due to the labor intensive characteristic. In order to solve these problems, a variety of construction robots have been developed and, in this paper, the current state of the robotic systems for construction works and the vision of future robot technology in the construction field are introduced.