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Title: SYSTEMS APPROACH TO THE USE OF AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY IN DRILLED FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION
Accession Number: 00636294
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: A systems approach for identifying potential tasks of automation within a construction process is described. A two-step system analysis for automation is described in detail as it applies to drilled shaft foundation construction. The first step of the analysis includes data collection and productivity analysis to justify automation of the proposed process. More than 100 hr of field data were collected through site observations. A time-lapse videocassette recorder was used to quantify the productivity ratings of the process. The second step includes taxonomy development and feasibility analysis to identify tasks to be automated. A taxonomy that includes 8 tasks, 47 subtasks, and 106 activities was developed from the collected data. Surveys were conducted and statistically evaluated to determine the feasibility of selected tasks. It was concluded that, from the original list of 47 subtasks, 4 subtasks had the highest potential to be automated. These subtasks were inspection, cleaning, excavating, and balancing. As one of the recommendations for future research, a tool for design analysis and economic analysis of the candidate automated method is introduced.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1389, Innovations in Construction.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01403222
Language: English
Authors: Rho, Jae-JeungFisher, Deborah JO'Neill, Michael WPagination: p. 38-45
Publication Date: 1993
Serial: ISBN: 0309054575
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Sep 8 1993 12:00AM
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