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Approaching the assessment of ageing bridge infrastructure

  • Boller, Christian;Starke, Peter;Dobmann, Gerd;Kuo, Chen-Ming;Kuo, Chung-Hsin
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.593-608
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    • 2015
  • In many of the industrialized countries an increasing amount of infrastructure is ageing. This has become specifically critical to bridges which are a major asset with respect to keeping an economy alive. Life of this infrastructure is scattering but often little quantifiable information is known with respect to its damage condition. This article describes how a damage tolerance approach used in aviation today may even be applied to civil infrastructure in the sense that operational life can be applied in the context of modern life cycle management. This can be applied for steel structures as a complete process where much of the damage accumulation behavior is known and may even be adopted to concrete structures in principle, where much of the missing knowledge in damage accumulation has to be substituted by enhanced inspection. This enhanced and continuous inspection can be achieved through robotic systems in a first approach as well as built in sensors in the sense of structural health monitoring (SHM).

Asset Management Characteristics of Rental Housing REITs in Japan and Its Implications (일본의 임대주택 리츠의 자산관리 특성과 시사점)

  • Park, Wonseok
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.36-51
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to elucidate the implications for the effective use of rental housing REITs in Korea by analyzing the characteristics of rental housing REITs in Japan, focusing on the operation and asset management of rental housing REITs. The main results of the study are as follows. In the case of Japan, rental housing REITs are invested and operated by profit-based private companies, and are activated with small rental housing in the city center as a niche market. In particular, it has secured the reliability, expertise and permanence of REITs by utilizing the sponsored REITs structure. This is possible because Japan has infrastructure for the supply and operation of corporate rental housing. Based on these analyses, ways to revitalize private investment, and ways to utilize sponsored REITs to enhance REITs' credibility were derived. for the effective use of domestic rental housing REITs.

Corporate Brand Management of SK

  • Lee, Jinyong
    • Asia Marketing Journal
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.23-48
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    • 2018
  • SK group has been a pioneer in overall brand management and, more recently, in CSR-imbedded brand management. SK vision of "improving itself to give greater happiness to all of its customers" and the symbol mark of "Wings of Happiness" are some good examples of integrating distinct brand identities of various member companies. After impressive growth and expansions into diverse business areas, SK group is ranked as the third largest company based on asset amounts according to the Fair Trade Commission of Korea, only after Samsung and Hyundai Motor groups. SK brand management can be analyzed, using the framework of 4 stages - 'infrastructure', 'planning', 'doing', and 'seeing' stages. In order to secure 'infrastructure' of brand management system, SK has invested huge resources to the 'SK BMS' (SK Brand Management System). At the 'planning' stage, the most important task of SK like other Korean business groups is perhaps to adopt a well-organized 'brand identity (BI) system' which may consolidate brand values of individual member companies. In actuality, SK BI consists of Customer Happiness located at the center and 3 other elements of Pride, Professionalism, and Customer-orientation. At the 'doing' stage, the slogan of 'OK! SK' and the logo of 'Wings of Happiness' have been placed at the core of the SK group brand building programs. SK adopts the principle of 'independent yet united', pinpointing that each member company independently works for its business performance but it is, at the same time, encouraged to integrate its capabilities for the SK group brand. In addition, SK has sought 'shared growth' with business partners for happiness for all the members in the society. 'Social Contribution Philosophy' based on SK value of 'creation of greater happiness' is again one of the most important guidelines for CSR (corporate social responsibility) at the doing stage. At the seeing stage, SK regularly evaluates its branding programs. SK has shown some very impressive achievements in brand management: (1) a core identity of 'Customer Happiness' participating member companies may share, (2) harmonious relationships between the group brand management office and brand management divisions of member companies, and (3) consistency-keeping in brand management over time. However, there remain two major challenges: (1) globalization of SK and (2) reinforcing sustainable superiority over not only Korean rivals but also global ones.

The Design and Implementation for Practical Risk Analysis Method & Modules (실용적인 위험분석 방법론 설계와 모듈 구현)

  • 정윤정;김인중;이철원
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.27 no.11C
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    • pp.1081-1089
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    • 2002
  • In these days many Organizations recognize risk of information asset by rapid change of information system environments, and need suitable management for that. Also many organization which operate important information-communication infrastructure take interest in threat, vulnerability and risk analysis of important asset by enforcement of Act on protection of information and communication infrastructure. But, it is most that methodology and tools that analyze risk for organization's information asset are developed in abroad up to now, domestic research of this field is insufficient stage. An research of this field is necessary in domestic because it can't reflect domestic actuality by depending on most foreign methodology or a tool. In this paper we proposed design and implementation for the risk analysis methodology, a prototype and important modules that considers the user convenience. We expect that the result of this paper will for step improvement of domestic risk analysis methodology and tool development.

A Study on the Application Method of Facility Classification System for the Development of Asset Management System for Power Generation Structures (발전구조물의 자산관리 시스템 구축을 위한 시설물분류체계 활용방안에 관한 연구)

  • Jeon, Seokhyeon;Jeong, Jeongsik;Ahn, Jinhee;Kim, Changhak
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.113-118
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    • 2019
  • Recently, the maintenance concept of infrastructure has been changed from the stability management of the structure determined by the safety inspection of the existing facilities to the asset management related to evaluating and managing the performance of the facilities. For management of the property of the facilities, it is necessary to efficiently classify their information for the maintenance and service level of the facilities and to manage them. In the case of power plant facility, especially, it is a complex structure, which is constructed in a various component and detail. In this study, therefore, the components of power plant facility were classified into facilities, spaces, parts, and elements considering the type of integrated construction classification system in Korea. To reflect the deterioration rate of the facility in accordance with environmental conditions such as airborne salt and humidity etc., it was classified by adding direction, interior, and exterior condition of each component not to be considered in the existing classification system for its effective and systematic maintenance, since it is generally located in the coastal area due to the operation of the power generation structure. The classification system developed in this study can be used as fundamental data for development of the computer system for asset management of power plant facility.

Practical Approach for Pavement Treatment Decisions for Local Agencies

  • Abdelaty, Ahmed;Jeong, H. David;Smadi, Omar
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.30-36
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    • 2017
  • Most local agencies such as counties and small cities continuously express difficulties in making technically and financially defensible decisions on their pavement infrastructure maintenance and rehabilitation. Unlike pavement systems managed by state highway agencies, the total lane-miles of many local pavements are significantly short and they are managed by a limited number of staff who typically have multiple responsibilities. Most local agencies also do not have historical pavement performance data and the lack of a systematic decision making framework exacerbates the problem. A structured framework and an easily accessible decision support tool that reflects their local requirements, practices and operational conditions would greatly assist them in making consistent and defensible decisions. This study fills this gap by developing a systematic pavement treatment selection framework and a spreadsheet based tool for local agencies. It is expected that the proposed framework will significantly help local agencies to improve their pavement asset management practices at the project level.

THE STUDY OF MULI-LEVEL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT APPROACH FOR VALUE MANAGEMENT OF CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

  • Jong-Kwon Lim;Min-Jae Lee;Dong-Youl Lee
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.1294-1299
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    • 2009
  • Best value in value engineering has relation to cost and performance. But a severe problem in VE study of a project is to reduce value due to loss of performance, caused by focusing on cost reduction. Also a lack of understanding performance concept, no trial VE workshop as well as cost saving-based policy have not satisfied customer needs. A efficient and practical methodology for accomplishing best value in construction projects is proposed. This study developed a more objective approach for performance measurement approach of mega projects and suggested a systematic process of performance quantitative analysis verifying value improvement. The proposed performance measurement method would be very useful for better communication and consensus between stakeholders and VE team especially through value engineering.

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Road Crack Detection based on Object Detection Algorithm using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Image (드론영상을 이용한 물체탐지알고리즘 기반 도로균열탐지)

  • Kim, Jeong Min;Hyeon, Se Gwon;Chae, Jung Hwan;Do, Myung Sik
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.155-163
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    • 2019
  • This paper proposes a new methodology to recognize cracks on asphalt road surfaces using the image data obtained with drones. The target section was Yuseong-daero, the main highway of Daejeon. Furthermore, two object detection algorithms, such as Tiny-YOLO-V2 and Faster-RCNN, were used to recognize cracks on road surfaces, classify the crack types, and compare the experimental results. As a result, mean average precision of Faster-RCNN and Tiny-YOLO-V2 was 71% and 33%, respectively. The Faster-RCNN algorithm, 2Stage Detection, showed better performance in identifying and separating road surface cracks than the Yolo algorithm, 1Stage Detection. In the future, it will be possible to prepare a plan for building an infrastructure asset-management system using drones and AI crack detection systems. An efficient and economical road-maintenance decision-support system will be established and an operating environment will be produced.

A Study on the Development Plan of Smart City in Korea

  • KIM, Sun-Ju
    • The Journal of Economics, Marketing and Management
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.17-26
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: This study analyzes advanced cases of overseas smart cities and examines policy implications related to the creation of smart cities in Korea. Research design, data, and methodology: Analysis standards were established through the analysis of best practices. Analysis criteria include Technology, Privacy, Security, and Governance. Results: In terms of technology, U-City construction experience and communication infrastructure are strengths. Korea's ICT technology is inferior to major countries. On the other hand, mobile communication, IoT, Internet, and public data are at the highest level. The privacy section created six principles: legality, purpose limitation, transparency, safety, control, and accountability. Security issues enable urban crime, disaster and catastrophe prediction and security through the establishment of an integrated platform. Governance issues are handled by the Smart Special Committee, which serves as policy advisory to the central government for legal system, standardization, and external cooperation in the district. Conclusions: Private technology improvement and participation are necessary for privacy and urban security. Citizens should participate in smart city governance.

An Investigation of Factors that Influence the Usage of Knowledge Management System in Public Sector - A Case of Jeju Provincial Government Organization - (공공기관의 지식관리시스템의 이용 유무의 영향 요인 탐색 - 제주특별자치도 사례를 중심으로 -)

  • Kim, Min-Cheol;Kim, Dong-Wuk
    • Journal of Information Management
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    • v.42 no.1
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    • pp.199-219
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    • 2011
  • Currently, managers and researchers have come to recognize the importance of knowledge as an asset to the organization. Knowledge Management System (KMS) is developed as a tool to manage the organizational knowledge. A significant literature about Knowledge Management in the private, but not public sector. The purpose of the study is to analyze the influencing factors for KMS utilization in a public sector, Jeju Provincial Government Organization. This study performed an empirical research on factors that affect the use of KMS using Knowledge Management system capability and individual & organizational capability criteria. Survey was conducted with 150 employees from Jeju Provincial Government Organization. The Results show that an ability to create knowledge, and knowledge infrastructure are significant factors in determining the level of usage of Knowledge Management system. In particular, the most important factor that influences the usage of Knowledge Management is knowledge creation. and then knowledge infrastructure. The result also shows that the usage of KMS is affected by management's support willingness.