This book examines the burgeoning revolution in the construction industry known as Construction 4.0, the attendant need for re-skilling human resources, and key stakeholders' roles in developing the required skills for Construction 4.0. It views the lack of 21st-century skills and skills gap in the industry as significant challenges limiting the uptake and implementation of Construction 4.0 technologies, especially in developing countries. In order to determine the skills required, this book examines the critical technologies of Construction 4.0, such as building information modelling (BIM), robotic construction, 3D printing and drones, which have transformed the construction industry, thereby creating digital, intelligent and sustainable construction solutions. Furthermore, the book considers the benefits, risks and relevant skills required to implement Construction 4.0 technologies.

As an expansion of the book "Construction Dispute Research" published in 2014, this book presents further contributions and breaks into three new research foci in construction dispute studies. Part A discusses the conceptualization and minimization of biases in construction dispute decisions; Part B examines other impediments against settlement such as inequity, power asymmetry and loss aversion. Part C focuses on realty check of construction dispute negotiation conditions such as market competition, interdependence of contracting parties and dispute avoidance function of construction incentivization. This book showcases new ideas in construction dispute research. It offers research studies that are theory rich and conducted with robust methodologies. The research implications are practical and implementable.

This book is focused on the challenges of digital transition in building construction, and potential solutions through the use of multi-criteria analysis. It provides clear explanations of proposed approaches from both a theoretical and practical point of view, including augmented reality and user-reporting. New Approaches for Multi-Criteria Analysis in Constructions begins by explaining classic multi-criteria analysis methods, such as Analytic Hierarchy Processes and the Simos-Roy-Figueira method, before moving on to discuss Augmented Reality - Decision Making. This new approach provides a tool to investigate user's perceptions, and utilises an interactive experience of the real-world environment combined with classic methods to provide a large amount of visual information. Finally, a detailed guide to user-reporting is presented. Offering new possibilities for applying multi-criteria analysis in a simpler, faster and more accessible way, this book supports analysis which considers users experience and perception. Architects, engineers, researchers and practitioners will be able to utilise augmented reality environments, multi-criteria analysis and user reporting for the building design choices, supply selection, maintenance strategies, risk and complex performance assessment.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of environmental and construction engineering, as presented by international researchers and engineers at the 2nd International Conference on Efficient Production and Processing, held on February 25-26, 2021. It covers highly diverse topics, including use of secondary raw materials in construction technologies; urban waste management logistics; use of recycled materials in road construction; safety and security in waste handling; food science and agriculture; waste and water treatment; and environmental economics. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaborations.

The book reports on the great improvements in the information and knowledge management due to the digitalization of the building sector. By summarizing several research projects addressing the implementation of BIM in different stages of the building process, and the definition of standards at Italian, European and international levels for managing information relying on the implementation of BIM-based processes, it showcases the efforts, especially within the Italian building sector, to build a standardized structure of information and develop tools for collecting, sharing and exchanging information between stakeholders involved in different stages of the building process, so as to enhance the storage, traceability, usability and re-usability of information management. Further, it presents an enhanced use of information that relies on the adoption of the standardized structure of information, and proposes dedicated applications for automating the process of information fruition. Lastly, it features a digital platform for different stakeholders in the building sector, such as manufacturers, producers and construction companies.

This thesis investigates the fracture of nearly incompressible hyperelastic media. It covers the different characteristics of bulk material failure under dilatational or distortional loads and develops a unified description of the corresponding failure surface. It proposes a coupled strain and energy failure criterion for the assessment of notch-induced crack nucleation and presents a weak-interface-model that allows for efficient stress, strain and failure analyses of hyperelastic adhesive lap joints. Theoretical concepts for the measurement of fracture properties of nonlinear elastic materials are provided. The methodology is developed using two exemplary hyperelastic silicones, DOWSIL 993 Structural Glazing Sealant and DOWSIL Transparent Structural Silicone Adhesive, and is validated using large sets of experiments of different loading conditions.

This book addresses carbon footprint calculation and mitigation in various industrial sectors. There are numerous sectors whose carbon footprints need to be calculated, and effective ways to mitigate the greenhouse-gas emissions from these sectors need to be found. This book highlights the carbon sequestration potential of the Western Ghats ecosystems, the carbon footprint of Spanish households and residential buildings, and agricultural products in Canada; it also includes a case study on urban carbon footprints.

This book offers a valuable tool for understanding current efforts to promote the reuse and enhancement of pre-consumer waste in the development of new products for the construction sector, as well as the financial and regulatory tools being used to support this trend. It explores the vast and complex topic of the circular economy from the perspective of strategies for the reuse/recycling of waste, and develops a number of key premises: waste reuse/recycling must be considered using a logic of cross-sectoriality, recognizing the need to enhance the "dialogue" between different sectors; pre-consumer waste is particularly interesting for the recycling market because the construction sector can reduce its environmental impacts by enhancing its capacity to use secondary raw materials and by-products from other sectors; and lastly, the manufacturing sector is currently experimenting with promising forms of reducing/recycling pre-consumer waste and is at the same time providing by-products that can be used in other production chains. As such, the book offers a valuable asset for professionals who are interested in sustainability in construction, and in the study of construction products; however, it will be equally useful for local decision-makers tasked with implementing development policies and innovations in the industrial sector.

Es gibt bisher kaum allgemeinverstandliche, umfassende Informationen zum Thema Wohnungsluftung, obwohl mit dem Einsatz erhebliche Vorteile verbunden sind: Gesunde Raumluft und Energieeinsparung. Aktuell wird die Technik immer interessanter. Das Buch will umfassend uber Vor- und Nachteile und die technischen Zusammenhange informieren und Ratgeber sein. Sich Wohlfuhlen mit kontrollierter Wohnungsluftung. Gibt es Probleme? Was bewirkt ein Luftungskonzept? Wie finde ich das fur mich passende Luftungssystem? Was wird gefoerdert? Wie geht man vor, bei der Anlagenplanung und bei der Installation? Was ist beim Betrieb einer Wohnungsluftungsanlage zu beachten?

This volume outlines a progressively staged process focused on fostering a more effective, more efficient, and greener global construction industry. The research-based book commences with an evaluation of eight methodologies identified after a worldwide literature and compliance review. It is followed by a more detailed report on four of these options, with the ultimate objective of independent selection within the construction engineering community of a single most appropriate methodology as the approach for further, more-detailed investigation. The eight methodologies were selected against six key performance indicators developed as assessment criteria and include knowledge management, lean construction, construction contract procurement practices, optimal work duration on site, construction site waste, rationalization of construction safety regulations, sustainable construction labor force, and portfolio project development. A primary outcome of the selected methodology being a triple bottom-line benefit to key stakeholders, commercially and also to the ecology, along with the community at large. Front-end construction waste strategies to serve as best practices to minimize waste generated by construction projects was the methodology selected for detailed research. The text also covers the primary sources of construction waste. The book is ideal for civil and construction engineers as well as project developers; managers and public sector waste management specialists.

Dieses essential bietet Anleitung und Unterstutzung bei der Erstellung eines Site-Master-Plans (SMP) und zeigt die Strukturen, auf denen dieser basiert. Der SMP verbindet verschiedene Branchen und Akteure wie z.B. die Produktion, Fertigung, Montage, Behoerden, die in einem Standort (Site) zusammengefasst sind.

Heutige Bauprojekte kommen ohne Bau- bzw. Projektleitung nicht aus. Die Aufgabenstellungen werden immer komplexer und umfangreicher, sodass qualifiziertes Personal mit fundiertem Know-How unerlasslich ist. Dieses Fachbuch vermittelt zukunftigen aber auch bereits im Projektmanagement tatigen Praktikern und Bauleitern eine UEbersicht uber die Aufgabenfelder des Projektmanagers auf der Baustelle. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt bildet dabei der Umgang mit den Baubeteiligten und die Kommunikation untereinander. Die Aufgabenbereiche und die Einzelthemen im Buch sind im Sinne des Bauablaufs aufgebaut. Die Themen sind so aufbereitet, dass ein solides Grundwissen geschaffen wird. Praktische Hinweise fur die tagliche Arbeit auf der Baustelle runden das Werk ab.

This book provides a step-by-step guidance on how to implement analytical methods in project risk management. The text focuses on engineering design and construction projects and as such is suitable for graduate students in engineering, construction, or project management, as well as practitioners aiming to develop, improve, and/or simplify corporate project management processes. The book places emphasis on building data-driven models for additive-incremental risks, where data can be collected on project sites, assembled from queries of corporate databases, and/or generated using procedures for eliciting experts' judgments. While the presented models are mathematically inspired, they are nothing beyond what an engineering graduate is expected to know: some algebra, a little calculus, a little statistics, and, especially, undergraduate-level understanding of the probability theory. The book is organized in three parts and fourteen chapters. In Part I the authors provide the general introduction to risk and uncertainty analysis applied to engineering construction projects. The basic formulations and the methods for risk assessment used during project planning phase are discussed in Part II, while in Part III the authors present the methods for monitoring and (re)assessment of risks during project execution.

This book is used as a reference book for researcher and engineer of the world to learn the building monitoring standard of China for the first time, and is also be used as a reference manual for engineer to engage in practical monitoring projects. The standard for project construction of "Technical Code for Monitoring of Building Structures in Qinghai Province" is the first standard for building structure monitoring engineering in China, which integrates design, construction and acceptance of monitoring technique. It can be applied to any place in the world not limited to Qinghai. The standard specifies the warning thresholds for various building structure monitoring parameters. In the monitoring technology, advanced monitoring technologies such as structure group, cloud platform, and BIM are adopted. It has strong operability for monitoring building structures according to the requirement of the standard, provides technical support for ensuring the safety of building structure, and fills in the blank of building structure safety monitoring technology in high and cold high-altitude areas. It contains specific measures to implement housing security for the first time, which is one of the "two without worries and three guarantees" proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping. It is also used as a reference book for senior undergraduate and graduate students in colleges and universities.

The main criteria for assessing the load-bearing behaviour and risk potential of monolithic glass are its fragmentation and the morphology of the fragments. These depend strongly non-linearly on the strain energy density present in the glass at the time of fracture, which can be converted into fracture energy. Thus, the design and optimization of structural glazing in engineering requires both knowledge of the relevant parameters and mechanisms during the fracture process in glass and an understanding of the characteristics of the fracture structure. Based on fracture mechanics considerations and comprehensive experimental investigations, various aspects and physical quantities of fracture behaviour as well as characteristics and parameters of fracture pattern morphology of fragmented, tempered soda-lime glass were studied and correlated with the stored strain energy. The relationship between fragmentation behavior and strain energy was elaborated using the energy criterion in Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) related to the initial strain energy before fragmentation and in the post-fracture state. Furthermore, a machine learning inspired approach for the prediction of 2D macro-scale fragmentation of tempered glass was developed and elaborated based on fracture mechanics considerations and statistical analysis of the fracture pattern morphology. A method was deduced and applied in which the fracture pattern of tempered glass is predicted and simulated by Voronoi tessellation of point patterns based on Bayesian spatial point statistics fed with energy conditions in LEFM.

A method for incorporating and comparing stochastic scatter of macroscopic parameters in crash simulations is developed in the present work and applied on a 30 wt.% short glass fiber reinforced polypropylene. Therefore, a statistical testing plan on the basis of three point bending tests with 30 samples for each configuration is carried out. The tests are conducted at 0 Degrees, 30 Degrees, 45 Degrees and 90 Degrees orientation angles and at strain rates of 0.021/s and 85/s. The obtained results are evaluated statistically by means of probability distribution functions. An orthotropic elastic plastic material model is utilized for the numerical investigations. Monte Carlo Simulations with variations in macroscopic parameters are run to emulate the stochastic rupture behavior of the experiments.

The book presents the latest studies on the work-life balance of millennial (also known as Generation Y) building professionals in Singapore and South Korea. Its main goal is to compare and contrast the workplace attitudes of millennials, and to provide guidelines that help supervisors in the construction industry manage their employees' expectations regarding work-life balance. Accordingly, it explains and links various principles regarding work-life conflicts, work-life enrichments and the work-life interface. Furthermore, the book introduces readers to coping strategies, a dimension that has not yet been explored substantially and has the potential to contribute significantly to the study and understanding of work-life balance. The book makes recommendations for the top management on assigning a capable leader to drive the changes in the organization, and on empowering the leader to implement effective strategies for promoting work-life balance, especially for the millennials who are now playing an increasing central role in the global construction sector.

This science comic presents the entire life cycle of the metro system in an accessible and fun way. Just like human beings, a metro system can get sick, and this book introduces its ailments, medical records along with experts' diagnoses and available treatments. Using cartoons, it enables readers of all levels to quickly understand the scientific secrets behind the metro system. It is based on the results of China's 973 program, which aims to promote and develop basic scientific research in China.

Die Autoren zeigen, dass die Baulogistik als einer der Erfolgsfaktoren bei der Realisierung von Bauvorhaben in den fruhen Planungsphasen einzugliedern ist. Ein fur die Praxis entwickeltes Baulogistikprozessmodell wird vorgestellt und ein Leistungsbild Baulogistik entwickelt. Die Funktionsweise wird an einem Praxisbeispiel belegt. Fur die Genehmigungsfahigkeit von Bauprojekten in urbanen Bereichen wird die Vorlage von Baulogistikkonzepten kunftig verpflichtend erwartet. Die Autoren Dr.-Ing. Fabian Ruhl absolvierte das Bauingenieurstudium an der TU Darmstadt und verantwortet geschaftsfuhrend die Sparte Baumanagement bei einer Ingenieurgesellschaft. Er promovierte 2016 zum Thema Baulogistik an der TU Darmstadt. Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Motzko war in der Bauindustrie im internationalen Rahmen in Grossprojekten und in der Geschaftsfuhrung tatig. Er ist seit 2003 Geschaftsfuhrender Direktor des Instituts fur Baubetrieb der TU Darmstadt. Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Peter Lutz hat nach der Ausbildung zum Bauzeichner an der Fachhochschule Darmstadt Bauingenieurwesen studiert. Seit 2007 ist er als Prokurist und Spartenleiter im Bereich Baumanagement einer Ingenieurgesellschaft tatig.

Die Autoren untersuchen die Voraussetzungen fur eine erfolgreiche Vergabestrategie bei Grossprojekten. Zunachst analysieren sie die Risiken fur die am Bau Beteiligten und stellen Varianten dar, wie Planungs- und Bauleistungen zu vergeben sind. Danach werden die Moeglichkeiten und Grenzen von in jungerer Zeit "in Mode gekommenen" Vergabemodellen, insbesondere die Vergabe mit Garantiertem Maximalpreis bzw. die Beauftragung von Construction Managern, diskutiert. Hierauf und auf einer Analyse der typischen Struktur eines (grossen) Bauprojekts aufbauend, wird ein Vergabemodell entwickelt, das einerseits den Risiken der Baubeteiligten Rechnung tragt, andererseits dem Bauherrn die erforderliche Flexibilitat belasst. So kann er in einem kompetitiven Umfeld ein seinen Vorstellungen bezuglich Kosten, Qualitaten und Terminen entsprechendes Bauvorhaben realisieren.

Behandelt die Handlungsbereiche der Steuerung von Immobilienprojekten Die Komplexitat bei der Planung und Errichtung von Bauwerken meistern Zeigt Kenntnisse der Organisationsmethodik und deren praktische Umsetzung auf

Anleitung zur Durchfuhrung einer Stakeholderanalyse in 9 Stufen Herausarbeitung der Bedeutung von Stakeholdern: Welchen Stakeholdern muss ich Aufmerksamkeit schenken? Methodische Herleitung von Stakeholdermanagement in der Bau- und Immobilienwirtschaft

Dieses essential gibt eine praxisorientierte UEbersicht uber Aufgaben und Haftung des BIM-Managers in Abhangigkeit zu den ubrigen Baubeteiligten hinsichtlich der HOAI, der VOB/B, der RBBau und weiterer gesetzlicher Regelwerke. Die Autoren befassen sich mit der rechtlichen Einordnung des in Deutschland noch am Anfang stehenden "Building Information Modeling (BIM)". Sie erlautern vor allem Auswirkungen von BIM in vergutungs- und haftungsrechtlicher Hinsicht. Daruber hinaus erfolgt eine Betrachtung von Schnittstellen der Leistungspflichten der jeweiligen Projektbeteiligten unter Berucksichtigung des BIM-Managers, von versicherungsrechtlichen Fragen und von vergaberechtlichen Aspekten im Zusammenhang mit BIM.

Dieses essential bietet einen schnellen UEberblick uber die praxisrelevanten Aspekte der bis Herbst 2018 einzufuhrenden elektronischen Vergabe oeffentlicher Auftrage. Der UEbergang vom Papier zum Digitalen eroeffnet Staat und Unternehmen viele Chancen zur Effektivitat des Ausschreibungsprozesses und birgt zugleich Risiken. Mit dem entsprechenden rechtlichen, technischen und organisatorischen Know-how lasst sich die E-Vergabe aber gezielt als effizientes Einkaufsinstrument einsetzen. Hierfur setzt dieses essential erste Impulse und sorgt mit einem nahezu vollstandigen Marktuberblick uber die verfugbaren E-Vergabe-Standardloesungen fur ein praxisnahes Verstandnis bei Entscheidern.