• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 8th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.409-416
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• 2020

This paper proposes a study measuring productivity improvement by using a type of technology called "Machine Guidance" through work sampling in earthwork. Earthwork is the activity typically on the critical path, indicating that productivity for the activity is critical for managing schedule on time. Thanks to the development of sensing and information system technologies, productivity for earthwork has been improved. While there have been many studies investigating the application of a certain type of technology to earthwork, few studies have measured the productivity improvement and presented how the technology leads to productivity improvement. Based on the thorough literature review, it is hypothesized that Machine Guidance contributes to improving productivity of earthwork by reducing indirect workhours spent for information waiting and inspection. In addition to the literature review, this paper presents a research model to test the hypothesis by using the work sampling technique. By proving and quantifying the productivity improvement from the technology use, this study can help practitioners justify the investment for technology use, which will contribute to the deployment of technology and more effective execution of earthwork.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2021년도 봄 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.149-150
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• 2021

Earthwork is the starting work of construction process, which has the greatest impact on the productivity of the construction project among the works. However, it is difficult to derive accurate productivity becuase the earthwork plan is affected by geological condition of the jobsite. Therefore, a simulation model for productivity analysis of earthwork was developed using CYCLONE modeling method in this study. In this paper, simulation model was made considering the impact factors of earthwork productivity. The proposed model can be utilized for sensitivity analysis in future studies.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.751-760
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• 2023

토공사 프로젝트에서 생산성 향상은 공기와 비용에 직접적인 영향을 미치는 중요한 키워드이다. 그러나 토공사의 생산성에 대한 기존 연구는 정성적인 데이터와 방법에 의존하는 경우가 많아 중요성에 비해 미흡한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 fuzzy DEMATEL 방법을 적용하여 토공사의 생산성에 영향을 미치는 요인에 대한 구조분석을 수행하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 토공사 생산성 향상을 위한 우선 개선사항 도출에 기여할 것으로 판단된다.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 9th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.1194-1201
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• 2022

The existing literature has witnessed the importance of productivity assessment and deducing factors affecting it. However, yet many models have shown limitations in practical applications in actual construction sites for process planning due to uncertainty and lack of data. This research presents a productivity assessment and database generation framework using simulation and compares the results with RSMeans to derive appropriate equipment combinations alternatives for earthwork operations. Data of 15 different conditions was collected from 5 different construction sites. Prediction accuracy above 90% were achieved for the simulation models with average error rate of 7.4%. The construction productivity assessment framework presented in this study is expected to be highly applicable to operation planning for earthwork operations.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.78-86
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• 2020

도저는 고가의 건설장비로서 건설토공현장 정지작업에서 커다란 영향을 가져온다. 이러한 중요성에 따라서 머신 가이던스 시스템이 도저에 적용되어 토공 정지작업의 성과를 올리기 위한 노력이 진행되고 있다. 머신 가이던스 시스템은 정지작업 시 장비기사에게 정지작업에 필요한 굴삭깊이, 경사각도 등 정보를 제공하며, 장비기사는 제공되는 정보를 이용하여 측량기사의 도움을 최소화 하면서 정지작업을 진행할 수 있다. 이와 같이 머신 가이던스 시스템은 장비기사가 계획도면 상의 계획고에 맞추어 정지작업을 수행할 수 있도록 돕는 기능을 제공한다. 본 논문의 목적은 머신 가이던스 시스템이 기존 토공 정지작업과 비교하여 토공 정지작업에 가져오는 성과향상을 분석하는 것이다. 성과분석은 1) 생산성과 2) 정확도 2가지 관점에서 수행됐다. 여기서 생산성은 단위시간에 도출되는 작업량을 나타내며, 정확도는 계획도면에서 요구하는 계획고에서 벗어나는 정도를 나타낸다. 본 연구목적을 달성하기 위해 도저 머신 가이던스 시스템을 테스트 현장에 적용했으며, 적용결과 머신 가이던스 시스템이 전통적인 방법과 비교하여 생산성의 경우 46.59%, 정확도의 경우 46.96%만큼 증가되는 성과향상을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.673-673
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• 2015

Earthwork is an operation that provides space for structures, and it takes up a large portion of the construction costs in a construction project. In large-scale earthwork, numerous types of construction equipment are used in the operation. The types of equipment should be selected based on the field conditions and the construction methods. These construction vehicles are constantly changing positions during the earthwork operation. Therefore, the equipment operators require effective communication to ensure the efficiency of the earthwork operation. All equipment operators should exchange information with the other equipment operators. Information should be exchanged continuously to support decision making and increase productivity during the earthwork operation at the construction site. This paper investigates the attributes required for an information interface between construction vehicles during an earthwork operation. This paper 1) discusses the importance of an information interface for construction vehicles in order to increase productivity during an earthwork operation, 2) analyses the types of attributes that need to be communicated between construction vehicles, and 3) provides a database that has been built for attribute control. The database built for the information interface between construction vehicles will enhance communication between vehicle operators. Table I shows the typical attributes that should be shared between the excavator operator and the dump truck operator. This information needs to be shared among the operators, as it helps them to plan the earthwork operation in a more efficient manner. A database has been developed to store this information in an entity relation diagram. A user-interface display environment is also developed to provide this information to the operators in the construction vehicles. The proposed interface can help exchange information effectively and facilitate a common understanding during the earthwork operation. For example, the vehicle operators will be aware of the planned volume, excavated volume, transportation time, and transportation numbers. As a part of this study, mobile devices, such as mobile phones and google glasses, will be used as hands-on communication tools.

• Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2013

Earthwork activities are typically performed by heavy duty diesel (HDD) construction equipment that consumes large quantities of diesel fuel use and emits large quantities of pollutants, including nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matters (PM), hydrocarbon (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), and carbon dioxide ($CO_2$). This paper presents the framework for a model that can be used to estimate the production rate, activity duration, total fuel use, and total pollutants emissions for earthwork activities. A case study and sensitivity analysis for an excavator performing excavations are presented. The tool is developed by combining the multiple linear regressions (MLR) approach for modeling the productivity with the EPA's NONROAD model. The excavator data from RSMeans Heavy Construction Data were selected to build the productivity model, and emission factors of all type of pollutants from NONROAD model were used to estimate the total fuel use and emissions. The MLR model for the productivity rate can explain 92% of the variability in the data. Based on the model, the fuel use and emissions of excavator increase as the trench depth increase, but as the bucket size increase, the fuel use and emissions decrease.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.529-536
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• 2019

Recently, various efforts have been tried in the construction industry to improve productivity by applying the fourth industrial revolution technology. Among the various technologies, researches for the automation and digitization of earthworks are being carried out steadily. As the interest in the benefits of digitalization of the earthwork field has increased, there have been more cases of technology development and application for digitalization of the earthwork field. However, there is not enough case study to present the analysis results of application cases. The purpose of this study is to verify the feasibility of applying the digitization technology of the earthwork in actual worksite. In order to digitize the worksite terrain, it is required the process of field measurement, measurement data registration, earthwork information input, and analysis cell generation. Particularly, it is possible to achieve information-enabled digitization rather than digitalizing only the shape through the input of the earthwork information and the analysis cell generation. By using the digital information of the earthwork field, it is possible to visually recognize the change of the earthwork field, so that it is expected to enhance the worker 's understanding and to be highly applicable to the management work. It is expected that the digital technology of earthwork site will be able to know the precise amount of volume change of the earthwork numerically, and it will be highly applicable to construction management.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.1191-1202
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• 2013

기존의 토공 자동화 연구들은 주로 GPS와 센서의 응용, 작업환경 모델링, 장비 진로계획, 작업 정보관리, 원격조정 등과 같은 주제에 관심을 두었다. 최근에는 건설자동화 연구분야에서 $CO_2$ 감축이 주요 관심사의 하나로 대두되었다. 토공작업의 경우에는 많은 종류의 건설장비나 로봇들이 관여되므로 건설현장에서 많은 양의 $CO_2$를 배출하는 작업이 되고 있다. 효과적인 토공계획과 건설장비 운영은 생산성 및 안전성을 증가시킬 뿐만 아니라 $CO_2$ 배출량도 줄일 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 3D 토공현장 모델, 2가지 시공법에 의한 3D 토량배분 방법, 토공작업 패키지 구성방법과 같은 그린 토공을 위한 몇 가지 자동화 개념을 제시하고 있다. 엑셀로 작성된 시뮬레이터를 개발을 통하여 주어진 토공작업에 대하여 3D 토량배분 계획을 수립하였고 $CO_2$ 배출량을 추정하였다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.587-596
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• 2015

3차원 스캐너는 실제 대상을 손쉽게 디지털화한다는 점에서 제조업, 건설업, 조선업 등 여러 산업분야에 적용되고 있으며, 최근에는 토공 중장비의 자동제어 및 가이던스를 위한 기초자료 제공을 위해 토공현장을 3차원 이미지화하는 작업에 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 토공현장의 정밀계측과 최근에 주목받고 있는 3차원 고해상도 레이져 스캐너의 정밀도 및 생산성을 비교하였다. 그 결과, 정밀도 측면에서 중해상도와 고해상도 스캔을 통해 얻은 데이터 값이 토탈스테이션을 통해 정밀 측정한 데이터의 좌표와 비교하여 99% 이상의 정밀도를 나타내었으며, 평균 2.0mm이내의 오차가 발생하는 것으로 분석되어 높은 정밀도를 보였다. 생산성 측면에서는 단순 타겟당 소요시간 비교를 통해 중해상도 스캔시 토탈스테이션을 이용한 정밀측정에 비해 71%의 시간절감효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구를 통해 3차원 스캐너를 활용하여 토공현장을 측량하는 것이 우수한 정밀도와 높은 생산성을 발휘하는 것을 확인할 수 있다.