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http://172.22.28.37:8080/xmlui/handle/1/219| Title: | Analyzing the Impact of Onsite Material Transportation on Time and Cost of the Building Construction Project Using Semi-Mechanized Equipment |
| Authors: | Pratik D.Karpe, Kulkarni S.S. |
| Keywords: | Semi-mechanized equipment On-site material lifting work efficiency NPV |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2013 |
| Publisher: | International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research |
| Abstract: | Automation and Robotics plays a vital role in construction industries. In India, such automation technologies can’t use at small scale con-struction projects because it is highly expensive. Where construction projects are described by short design and build period, increased demands of quality and low cost. These problems can be approached by using semi-mechanized equipment at small scale construction projects. This work is undertaken to improve work efficiency of labourers working in small scale construction projects resulting in improved quality and reduction in project duration and cost. This semi-mechanized equipment (SME) can be used for lifting various on-site materials such as bricks, sand, cement bags, etc. In this report, the development and implementation of the semi-mechanized equipment is presented. Also a comparative study of SME with manual and SME with existing mini crane in the market is carried out for a defined unit task with respect to time, cost, net present value (NPV) and ben-efit cost ratio. |
| Description: | Over the past few decades, improvements to productivity in the construction industry have been insignificant compared with other industries. The introduction of new technologies in the construc-tion industry to fully automate the building process has been limited. The same is true for heavy/highway construction. The construction industry remains a skill-oriented and labour inten-sive industry with least automation of tasks.The lack of automation in the construction in-dustry can be credited to many factors. One of the problems to automating the construction process is the design of a project. That is, the design of a facili-ty controls both; the use of available automated equipment during execution and the successful development of new automated equipment. In ad-dition, the capabilities of automated equipment are constrained by the physical features of the design. Minor modifications to designs can potentially de-velop the use of automation and lead to increase construction productivity. |
| URI: | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/1/219 |
| ISSN: | 2229-5518 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty Publication |
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