Time-Cost Trade-Off Analysis in a Construction Project Problem: Case Studyijceronline
In construction project, cost and time reduction is crucial in today’s competitive market respect. Cost and time along with quality of the project play vital role in construction project’s decision. Reduction in cost and time of projects has increased the demand of construction project in the recent years. Trade-off between different conflicting aspects of projects is one of the challenging problems often faced by construction companies. Time, cost and quality of project delivery are the important aspects of each project which lead researchers in developing time-cost trade-off model. These models are serving as important management tool for overcoming the limitation of critical path methods frequently used by company. The objective of time-cost trade-off analysis is to reduce the original project duration with possible least total cost. In this paper critical path method with a heuristic method is used to find out the crash durations and crash costs. A regression analysis is performed to identify the relationship between the times and costs in order to formulize an optimization problem model. The problem is then solved by Matlab program which yields a least cost of $60937 with duration 129.50 ≈130 days. Applying this approach, the result obtained is satisfactory, which is an indication of usefulness of this approach in construction project problems.
Time-cost optimization using harmony search algorithm in construction projectsMohammad Lemar ZALMAİ
Abstract
In construction projects, the relationship between project cost and duration, which is one of the main factors of the project, are considered the parameters decision-makers. When a construction schedule is planned by the planners, additional resources are allocated to shorten the project duration considering the completion time and cost of the activities so that the most suitable construction schedule is prepared by providing a trade-off between project duration and total cost. In the case of time-cost trade-off problems, the total cost of the project is determined by summing each activities’ cost by adding indirect costs. Moreover, total project duration is determined by obtaining total project duration after CPM (Critical Path Method) calculations. Obtaining optimum duration and costs is such a problematic issue with using conventional methods and common software packages. These techniques consider deterministic project values and include CPM calculations for fitness value calculation. Moreover, current studies defined alternatives as non-variable discrete values. However, construction projects are dynamic processes, and quantities are prone to be changed related to project size. In this study, time-cost trade-off optimization is performed by using harmony search method with introducing different implementation that can be more easily used for different projects. The model is implemented in a real construction project, and the conclusions are interpreted.
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
Time-Cost Trade-Off Analysis in a Construction Project Problem: Case Studyijceronline
In construction project, cost and time reduction is crucial in today’s competitive market respect. Cost and time along with quality of the project play vital role in construction project’s decision. Reduction in cost and time of projects has increased the demand of construction project in the recent years. Trade-off between different conflicting aspects of projects is one of the challenging problems often faced by construction companies. Time, cost and quality of project delivery are the important aspects of each project which lead researchers in developing time-cost trade-off model. These models are serving as important management tool for overcoming the limitation of critical path methods frequently used by company. The objective of time-cost trade-off analysis is to reduce the original project duration with possible least total cost. In this paper critical path method with a heuristic method is used to find out the crash durations and crash costs. A regression analysis is performed to identify the relationship between the times and costs in order to formulize an optimization problem model. The problem is then solved by Matlab program which yields a least cost of $60937 with duration 129.50 ≈130 days. Applying this approach, the result obtained is satisfactory, which is an indication of usefulness of this approach in construction project problems.
Time-cost optimization using harmony search algorithm in construction projectsMohammad Lemar ZALMAİ
Abstract
In construction projects, the relationship between project cost and duration, which is one of the main factors of the project, are considered the parameters decision-makers. When a construction schedule is planned by the planners, additional resources are allocated to shorten the project duration considering the completion time and cost of the activities so that the most suitable construction schedule is prepared by providing a trade-off between project duration and total cost. In the case of time-cost trade-off problems, the total cost of the project is determined by summing each activities’ cost by adding indirect costs. Moreover, total project duration is determined by obtaining total project duration after CPM (Critical Path Method) calculations. Obtaining optimum duration and costs is such a problematic issue with using conventional methods and common software packages. These techniques consider deterministic project values and include CPM calculations for fitness value calculation. Moreover, current studies defined alternatives as non-variable discrete values. However, construction projects are dynamic processes, and quantities are prone to be changed related to project size. In this study, time-cost trade-off optimization is performed by using harmony search method with introducing different implementation that can be more easily used for different projects. The model is implemented in a real construction project, and the conclusions are interpreted.
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
Production Planning and control: Forecasting techniques – causal and time series models, moving average,
exponential smoothing, trend and seasonality; aggregate production planning; master production scheduling; materials
requirement planning (MRP) and MRP‐II; routing, scheduling and priority dispatching, concept of JIT manufacturing
System.
Project Management: Project network analysis, CPM, PERT and Project crashing.
Modeling Delay Percentage of Construction Projects in Egypt Using Statistical...IOSR Journals
This paper presents two models for predicting the delay percentage in construction projects in Egypt.
The first model based on regression analysis. 74 causes that lead to delay in construction projects gathered
from literature. A questionnaire survey was made on construction contractors of construction projects in Egypt
to evaluate the relative importance of these causes. 14 causes were obtained as the most significant causes that
affect the delay percentage (DP) and these are the independent variables of the proposed model. Data for the
occurrence of the previous causes on a yes/no basis and the corresponding DP (dependent variable) for 20
construction projects was collected. The data was divided into two sets, the first set contains projects for the
purpose of model building. The results revealed that there was a strong linear relationship between DP and 9
causes from 14 causes that significantly affect DP of projects. These causes are: difficulties in obtaining work
permits from authorities concerned, original contract duration too short, inflation, difficulties in financing the
project by the contractor, effect of subsurface conditions, changes in the scope of the project, economic
conditions, excessive bureaucracy in the owner administration, and inefficient coordination by the owner in the
early planning &design stages. The second set contains 8 projects for the validation purposes and comparison
with the second model. The second model is a statistical fuzzy approach which is a hybrid approach from fuzzy
logic and regression analysis. A regression equation between each cause and DP using projects of first set was
extracted. The relative weight of each cause is determined by its coefficient of determination (R2
) value. The
degree of severity each cause had received from questionnaire analysis was used to fuzzify this cause. A
trapezoidal membership function was used to represent the delay percentages in construction projects in
general depending on 18 out of 30 the previous 20 projects. Two projects were excluded from this function due
to their divergence values from other projects. Thus, the expected delay percentage of a project is then
determined using fuzzy rules. Validation of the two models using projects of the second set revealed that
regression model has prediction capabilities higher than that of statistical fuzzy model. The average percentage
error for regression model was 30.3, against 38.5 for statistical fuzzy model.
Risk Contingency Evaluation in International Construction Projects (Real Case...IJLT EMAS
Most construction companies operating in the global construction industry would undertake international projects to maximize their profitability through benefitting from the new attractive markets and reducing the dependence upon local markets. As a result of the nature of construction works the company and project's conditions actually include massive risks and uncertainty. So the risk sensitivity of projects costs should be assessed in a realistic manner. The comprehensive risk assessment method was introduced as a decision making supporting tool to be employed for international constructive projects through applying a risk model that will aid the procedures of evaluating risks and prioritizing such projects and assessing risk contingency value. Both the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), applied for evaluating risk factors weight (likelihood), and FUZZY LOGIC approach, applied for evaluating risk factors influence (Risk consequences) employing software aids such as EXECL and MATLAB software, were used for developing the risk model. The reliability of the developed software has been verified by applications on a real construction projects. The proposed methodology and decision support tool have been proved to be reliable for the estimation of cost overrun resulting from risk on basis of actual final reports of projects. Six actual case studies from different countries were chosen to determine the highest risk factors and to implement the designed models, test their results and evaluate risk cost impact. The proposed models result showed that: the highest and lowest risk contingency percentage of 48 % and 16 % were in Project no (5), (6) respectively in Egypt. On the other hand, the projects no (1, 2, 4,7) in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Libya and Jordan, the risk contingency of 29%, 39%, 20% and 28% respectively. The actual results are close to those of the proposed program.
Introduction
CPM/PERT or Network Analysis as the technique is sometimes called, developed along two parallel streams, one industrial and the other military.
CPM (Critical Path Method) was the discovery of M.R.Walker of E.I.Du Pont de Nemours & Co. and J.E.Kelly of Remington Rand, circa 1957. The computation was designed for the UNIVAC-I computer. The first test was made in 1958, when CPM was applied to the construction of a new chemical plant. In March 1959, the method was applied to maintenance shut-down at the Du Pont works in Louisville, Kentucky. Unproductive time was reduced from 125 to 93 hours.
PERT (Project Evaluation and Review Technique) was devised in 1958 for the POLARIS missile program by the Program Evaluation Branch of the Special Projects office of the U.S.Navy, helped by the Lockheed Missile Systems division and the Consultant firm of Booz-Allen & Hamilton. The calculations were so arranged so that they could be carried out on the IBM Naval Ordinance Research Computer (NORC) at Dahlgren, Virginia.
Economics of project evaluation cpm module2ahsanrabbani
Introduction: The competencies required for developing business cases comprise a range of skills, including those for:
• facilitation and negotiation
• demand management
• risk management
• value management
• economic, social, environmental and budget analyses, and
• strategic planning.
Improvement of the model of minimization of the costs in a time overrun conte...IAEME Publication
In the field of construction time-overruns are recurring. The construction cost optimization
model in time-overrun context (CCOMTOC) was developed to generate a new optimal schedule that
could allow minimizing the total cost of a construction project subject to penalties for delay. The
original CCOMTOC is based on the assumption that the delay on the whole project is envisaged
before the beginning of the works. In practice, the delay can be noticed either before startup, or
during the realization of a task. It is this reality that is reflected in the improvement of the original
CCOMTOC. The comparison between the improved and the original model shows a greater
reduction of the cost-overrun after skidding for the duration of the tasks.
Implementation of Line of Balance Method for Scheduling High-rise BuildingIJERA Editor
In linear construction projects like high rise buildings, roadways, pipelines where activities are repeated after a specific interval, it is very much important for project manager to monitor the project at each stage. Line of Balance method is therefore useful for the project like high rise building to monitor the progress of the work. This method is useful for calculating the total duration of the project, crew synchronization and also shows the process, status, timing and phasing of the project activities. The overall objective of this study is to identify the total duration required by the project for its completion and its comparison with the actual plan by using Line of Balance method, to crash some of the activities and find out the total duration of crashed activities and to calculate labours required for the crashed activities by drawing the graph of Histogram.Keywords- crashing, crew synchronization, buffer, Histogram, Rate of Production
Production Planning and control: Forecasting techniques – causal and time series models, moving average,
exponential smoothing, trend and seasonality; aggregate production planning; master production scheduling; materials
requirement planning (MRP) and MRP‐II; routing, scheduling and priority dispatching, concept of JIT manufacturing
System.
Project Management: Project network analysis, CPM, PERT and Project crashing.
Modeling Delay Percentage of Construction Projects in Egypt Using Statistical...IOSR Journals
This paper presents two models for predicting the delay percentage in construction projects in Egypt.
The first model based on regression analysis. 74 causes that lead to delay in construction projects gathered
from literature. A questionnaire survey was made on construction contractors of construction projects in Egypt
to evaluate the relative importance of these causes. 14 causes were obtained as the most significant causes that
affect the delay percentage (DP) and these are the independent variables of the proposed model. Data for the
occurrence of the previous causes on a yes/no basis and the corresponding DP (dependent variable) for 20
construction projects was collected. The data was divided into two sets, the first set contains projects for the
purpose of model building. The results revealed that there was a strong linear relationship between DP and 9
causes from 14 causes that significantly affect DP of projects. These causes are: difficulties in obtaining work
permits from authorities concerned, original contract duration too short, inflation, difficulties in financing the
project by the contractor, effect of subsurface conditions, changes in the scope of the project, economic
conditions, excessive bureaucracy in the owner administration, and inefficient coordination by the owner in the
early planning &design stages. The second set contains 8 projects for the validation purposes and comparison
with the second model. The second model is a statistical fuzzy approach which is a hybrid approach from fuzzy
logic and regression analysis. A regression equation between each cause and DP using projects of first set was
extracted. The relative weight of each cause is determined by its coefficient of determination (R2
) value. The
degree of severity each cause had received from questionnaire analysis was used to fuzzify this cause. A
trapezoidal membership function was used to represent the delay percentages in construction projects in
general depending on 18 out of 30 the previous 20 projects. Two projects were excluded from this function due
to their divergence values from other projects. Thus, the expected delay percentage of a project is then
determined using fuzzy rules. Validation of the two models using projects of the second set revealed that
regression model has prediction capabilities higher than that of statistical fuzzy model. The average percentage
error for regression model was 30.3, against 38.5 for statistical fuzzy model.
Risk Contingency Evaluation in International Construction Projects (Real Case...IJLT EMAS
Most construction companies operating in the global construction industry would undertake international projects to maximize their profitability through benefitting from the new attractive markets and reducing the dependence upon local markets. As a result of the nature of construction works the company and project's conditions actually include massive risks and uncertainty. So the risk sensitivity of projects costs should be assessed in a realistic manner. The comprehensive risk assessment method was introduced as a decision making supporting tool to be employed for international constructive projects through applying a risk model that will aid the procedures of evaluating risks and prioritizing such projects and assessing risk contingency value. Both the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), applied for evaluating risk factors weight (likelihood), and FUZZY LOGIC approach, applied for evaluating risk factors influence (Risk consequences) employing software aids such as EXECL and MATLAB software, were used for developing the risk model. The reliability of the developed software has been verified by applications on a real construction projects. The proposed methodology and decision support tool have been proved to be reliable for the estimation of cost overrun resulting from risk on basis of actual final reports of projects. Six actual case studies from different countries were chosen to determine the highest risk factors and to implement the designed models, test their results and evaluate risk cost impact. The proposed models result showed that: the highest and lowest risk contingency percentage of 48 % and 16 % were in Project no (5), (6) respectively in Egypt. On the other hand, the projects no (1, 2, 4,7) in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Libya and Jordan, the risk contingency of 29%, 39%, 20% and 28% respectively. The actual results are close to those of the proposed program.
Introduction
CPM/PERT or Network Analysis as the technique is sometimes called, developed along two parallel streams, one industrial and the other military.
CPM (Critical Path Method) was the discovery of M.R.Walker of E.I.Du Pont de Nemours & Co. and J.E.Kelly of Remington Rand, circa 1957. The computation was designed for the UNIVAC-I computer. The first test was made in 1958, when CPM was applied to the construction of a new chemical plant. In March 1959, the method was applied to maintenance shut-down at the Du Pont works in Louisville, Kentucky. Unproductive time was reduced from 125 to 93 hours.
PERT (Project Evaluation and Review Technique) was devised in 1958 for the POLARIS missile program by the Program Evaluation Branch of the Special Projects office of the U.S.Navy, helped by the Lockheed Missile Systems division and the Consultant firm of Booz-Allen & Hamilton. The calculations were so arranged so that they could be carried out on the IBM Naval Ordinance Research Computer (NORC) at Dahlgren, Virginia.
Economics of project evaluation cpm module2ahsanrabbani
Introduction: The competencies required for developing business cases comprise a range of skills, including those for:
• facilitation and negotiation
• demand management
• risk management
• value management
• economic, social, environmental and budget analyses, and
• strategic planning.
Improvement of the model of minimization of the costs in a time overrun conte...IAEME Publication
In the field of construction time-overruns are recurring. The construction cost optimization
model in time-overrun context (CCOMTOC) was developed to generate a new optimal schedule that
could allow minimizing the total cost of a construction project subject to penalties for delay. The
original CCOMTOC is based on the assumption that the delay on the whole project is envisaged
before the beginning of the works. In practice, the delay can be noticed either before startup, or
during the realization of a task. It is this reality that is reflected in the improvement of the original
CCOMTOC. The comparison between the improved and the original model shows a greater
reduction of the cost-overrun after skidding for the duration of the tasks.
Implementation of Line of Balance Method for Scheduling High-rise BuildingIJERA Editor
In linear construction projects like high rise buildings, roadways, pipelines where activities are repeated after a specific interval, it is very much important for project manager to monitor the project at each stage. Line of Balance method is therefore useful for the project like high rise building to monitor the progress of the work. This method is useful for calculating the total duration of the project, crew synchronization and also shows the process, status, timing and phasing of the project activities. The overall objective of this study is to identify the total duration required by the project for its completion and its comparison with the actual plan by using Line of Balance method, to crash some of the activities and find out the total duration of crashed activities and to calculate labours required for the crashed activities by drawing the graph of Histogram.Keywords- crashing, crew synchronization, buffer, Histogram, Rate of Production
Evaluation of Risk Factors Affecting Cost Performance of Construction Project...IJCMESJOURNAL
Effective management of risk is critical to the success of any construction project. The importance of risk management has grown as projects have become more complex. Contractors have traditionally used financial mark-ups to cover the risk associated with construction projects, but as competition increases and the margins become tighter, they can no longer rely on this strategy and must improve their ability to manage risk. This study has carried out an empirical evaluation of the effect of risk factors on cost performance of projects at delivery. The study is based on the analysis of primary data derived from bills of quantities for the construction/erection of hospital projects by the Ministry of Works and Housing, Jalingo in Taraba State. The obtained data was analyzed using linear regression, t-statistics, F-statistics, line and scatter graphs. The study identified the following risk variables as having significant impact on cost performance: project size, project location, project complexity, level of variations, prime cost sums and provisional sums, estimator bias, market conditions, level of competition, fraudulent practices, construction techniques, economic and political factors, construction accidents, health and safety factors. The study concludes that these factors have to be comprehensively assessed in the light of the individual projects. It recommends among others, the need for a departure from the use of traditional approach of percentage risk adjustment factor to a more comprehensive risk management system.
Resource levelling minimizes resource fluctuations by postpone the earliest start time (EST) of non-critical activities with corresponding floats. Float consumption for resource leveling may reduces the project completion probability. This paper presents a method to minimize the resource fluctuations with minimum impact of float consumption. A case study is presented to verify the validity and usability of the method.
A CCP is an experienced practitioner with advanced knowledge and technical expertise to apply the broad principles and best practices of Total Cost Management (TCM) in the planning, execution and management of any organizational project or program. CCPs also demonstrate the ability to research and communicate aspects of TCM principles and practices to all levels of project or program stakeholders, both internally and externally.
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RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR BUILDING A BRIDGE
MPM344 Project Risk Management
Risk Management Plan
Charles Williams
12/03/18
Table of Contents
RISK MANAGEMENT JUSTIFICATION 3
PROJECT RISK IDENTIFICATION 4
PROJECT RISK ANALYSES 6
PROJECT RISK RESPONSE STRATEGY 11
PROJECT RISK MONITORING 14
PROJECT RISK COMMUNICATIONS PLAN 15
References 16
RISK MANAGEMENT JUSTIFICATION
With a large concern on the occurrence of the accidents due to the weaknesses in building it is important to conduct and write this risk management plan (Gerardus, 2018). On average, various accidents occur due to same failures in building or the construction. It is hence important to outline such failures occurring due to the ignorance of these subcontractors and contractors. The contractors and all persons in the construction of a public infrastructure needs to take some caution to save the lives of the people as well save their properties. The procedure hence needs to be outlined in developing options and actions to enhance the proper opportunities to evade any threats to the objectives.
In this project mitigation and contingency. This means that we try to eliminate or reduce any probability of occurrence of the peril. For contingency, we can try the best to find any other solutions to the peril (Gerardus, 2018). For my risk management plan the method I have chosen will be the waterfall risk management method. The waterfall risk management is most effective in traditional projects such as construction and other examples of more common engineering projects due to the uncomplicated nature of these projects.
PROJECT RISK IDENTIFICATION
There are several risks associated with the building of a bridge. From relatively small issues like severe weather, missed payments, or late deliveries to big problems like accidents on job sites or structural failures, people who do inspection, maintenance, and construction work on bridges face an extraordinary number of risks every day. Most contractors experience inconsistent cash flow at one time or another. Cash flow issues are not usually the result of ineffective money management. Instead, they’re caused by past due payments or not getting paid in full for work that’s been completed. This issue often leads to bankruptcy or the complete failure of the business. Workplace safety should be the number-one priority on every bridge construction site. Inadequate safety practices can lead to serious injuries or even death. Accidents on a job site can cause traffic and construction delays, along with added time to investigate and resolve issues, work stoppages, penalties and fees, increased insurance rates, low morale on the job, and significant harm to a contractor’s reputation. Every contractor tries to avoid it, but it inevitably happens: Work done on a bridge site doesn’t meet regulatory standards or contractual specifications. It costs time and money to.
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RECYCLING OF CONCRETE FROM DEMOLISHED CONSTRUCTION WASTEVISHNU VIJAYAN
Construction industry is the second largest industry in the world due to rapid growth in the constriction lots of waste are generated in many of the places in the world. There might be some specific dumping point or land filling process is a there but most of the concrete wastes dumping unclearly throwing and dumping out from the site after the constriction or demolition a damaged building or in a specific reason to demolishing a building all aspects lots of concrete waste are produced in order to this we are planning to partial replacement of concrete waste with rick husk ash as a replacement material to check the properties of concrete. We choose one demolished building site and collected concrete waste to check the present properties of the material like compressive strength and flexural properties, specific gravity etc. After the concrete replacement with rice husk to identify the overall properties of the collected samples.
A study on the analysis and modeling of multipurpose concert center by the in...VISHNU VIJAYAN
In this project we made a sincere attempt to propose a multipurpose auditorium by considering the limitations of existing halls for the same purpose. Our college does not have a separate building for an auditorium. The existing halls have so many limitations such as improper visibility, audibility issues and also in architectural views. An auditorium is a room built to enable the audience to hear and watch various of activities and can also used as an indoor stadium. The project deals with the drafting, modeling, designing, analysis, and estimation using BIM software. BIM (Building Information Modeling) is an intelligent 3d model supported by various software that can be efficiently used for planning, designing, constructing and managing building and infra-structure. Plinth area of proposed auditorium is 8500sqft with a seating capacity of 900nos, Height of the auditorium will be at two levels ,safe bearing capacity of the soil is taken as 200KN/M², Hence the footing is designed as isolated type. All the plans are drawn by using the AUTOCADD 2015.The auditorium is planned as per the guidelines given in the National Building Code (NBC). Design as per IS 456-2000 Plain and reinforced code of practice and the reinforced concrete IS 456-1978 is followed and structural element are done using Staad pro.V8i software ,code of practice for acoustical design of auditorium and cafeteria halls .Telescopic grandstand chairs are introduced for accomplishing the auditorium as multipurpose.
Planning and design of facilities for ships to discharge or receive cargo and passengers.
REQUIREMENTS OF A GOOD HARBOR
Classification of Harbor
Littoral drift
coastal current
Break water
Classification of breakwaters:
A structure consists of two parts, one which is supported on the other. The lower part in contact with the soil is called foundation and the upper part, the superstructure.
Thus the foundation of a structure may be defined as part of structure which is in contact with ground (usually placed below the ground), which transmit the load of structure together with imposed load and wind load to the ground.
STUDY ON SUSTAINABLE AND COST EFFECTIVE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN HOUSING SECTORVISHNU VIJAYAN
This project is deals with the study of cost effective construction Techniques in residential projects by Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin Scheme (PMAY-G),. In rural areas there is a huge demand for affordable houses. The government of India launched PMAY-G scheme to provide financial assistance to some of the weakest sections of society for them to upgrade or construct a house of respectable quality for their personal living. The government giving 2 to 3 lakhs for the beneficiaries as a financial support, each house must have the area to350 to 700 Sq.ft.and 3 months of time margin to complete the work.But in the real situation is different PMAY-G beneficiaries doesn’t complete their homes with in the cost, with in the stipulated time, the final result of the house construction becomes incomplete or partially complete in order to avoid such situation, An effective and proper planning must be required, The rural housing scheme will help achieve housing for all by 2022 in Rural areas across the country.
An Experimental Study on Chitosan for Water TreatmentVISHNU VIJAYAN
Vishnu Vijayan et al (2018) 'An Experimental Study on Chitosan for Water Treatment’, International Journal of Current Advanced Research, 07(5), pp. 12242-12247.DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2018.12247.2145
Mechanical Strength of Concrete using Bottom Ash as Fine AggregateVISHNU VIJAYAN
Vishnu Vijayan, Achu V, Riyana M S ,Mechanical Strength of Concrete using Bottom Ash as Fine Aggregate, International Journal of Current Engineering And Scientific Research, April 2018, Volume 5, Issue 4, p-ISSN: 2393-8374,o-ISSN: 2394-0697; GICID: n/d; DOI: 10.21276/ijcesr.
A comparative study on sustainable building construction with conventional re...VISHNU VIJAYAN
Vishnu Vijayan, Geethu Elsa Thomas, Athira Madhu ,A comparative study on sustainable building construction with conventional residential building, International Journal of Current Engineering And Scientific Research, April 2018, Volume 5, Issue 4, p-ISSN: 2393-8374,o-ISSN: 2394-0697; GICID: n/d; DOI: 10.21276/ijcesr
Surveying instruments; chains, tapes, steel bands, their types & uses.
Ranging & Chaining of Survey lines. Field work & Plotting of Chain survey,Leveling,General principle. Types of levels and their temporary and permanent adjustments. Methods of levelling. Reduction of levels, Precise levelling and Trigonometric Leveling.
Theodolite.
Types and uses of theodolites. Temporary and permanent adjustments. Measurement of horizontal and vertical angles.
,ranging & chaining of survey lines. field work & p ,surveying instruments ,chains ,tapes ,steel bands ,their types & uses. ,leveling ,general principle. types of levels and their tempo ,precise levelling and trigonometric leveling. total station ,edm ,modern surveying instrument
Aggregates: Review of types; sampling and testing; effects on properties of concrete, production of artificial aggregates.
Cements: Review of types of cements, chemical composition; properties and tests, chemical and physical process of hydration,Blended cements.Properties of fresh concrete - basics regarding fresh concrete –
mixing, workability, placement, consolidation, and curing,
segregation and bleeding
Chemical Admixtures: types and classification; actions and
interactions; usage; effects on properties of concrete
Mineral Admixtures: Flyash, ground granulated blast furnace slag,
metakaolin, rice-husk ash and
silica fume; chemical composition; physical characteristics; effects
on properties of concrete; advantages and disadvantages.
Proportioning of concrete mixtures: Factors considered in the design of mix . BIS Method, ACI method.,Properties of hardened concrete: Strength- compressive tensile
and flexure - Elastic properties - Modulus of elasticity - Creep-
factors affecting creep, effect of creep - shrinkage- factors affecting
shrinkage, plastic shrinkage, drying shrinkage, autogeneous
shrinkage, carbonation shrinkage ,Durability of concrete: Durability concept; factors affecting,
reinforcement corrosion; fire resistance; frost damage; sulfate
attack; alkali silica reaction; concrete in sea water, statistical quality
control, acceptance criteria as per BIS code.
Non-destructive testing of concrete: Surface Hardness, Ultrasonic,
Penetration resistance, Pull-out test, chemical testing for chloride
and carbonation- core cutting - measuring reinforcement cover
Special concretes - Lightweight concrete- description of various
types -High strength concrete - Self compacting concrete -Roller
compacted concrete – Ready mixed concrete – Fibre reinforced
concrete - polymer concrete
Special processes and technology for particular types of
structure - Sprayed concrete; underwater concrete, mass concrete;
slip form construction, Prefabrication technology
BIDDING-TENDER-CONTRACT
TENDERING PROCEDURE – AWARD OF TENDERS
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF CONTRACTS
Types of contracts
MEASUREMENT BOOK
Security deposit
CONTRACT DOCUMENT
Earnest money deposit (EMD)
Qualification of contractors
IMPORTANT CLAUSES IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
Scientific management means the application of science and scientific techniques in management. According to Taylor, “scientific management means knowing exactly what you want men to do and seeing that they do it in the best and cheapest way.”
Principles of scientific Management by F.W Taylor
Principles of scientific Management by Fayol
TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS:
CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS
TIME VALUE OF MONEY
TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Economic analysis:
COMPUTER CAPABILITIES IN MANAGEMENT
IPMI USES
COMPUTERISED SYSTEMS
SOFTWARE TOOLS & APPLICATIONS
COMPONENT PARTS OF A SCAFFOLDING
TYPES OF SCAFFOLDING
Single scaffolding or Brick layer’s scaffolding.
Double scaffolding or Mason’s scaffolding.
Cantilever or needle scaffolding.
Suspended scaffolding.
Trestle scaffolding.
Steel scaffolding.
Patented scaffolding.
SHORING
Types of Shoring
UNDERPINNING
Building failures – General reasons – classification – Causes of
failures in RCC and Steel structures, Failure due to Fire, Wind and
Earthquakes.
Foundation failure – failures by alteration, improper maintenance,
overloading.
Retrofitting of structural components - beams, columns and slabs
Introduction to quality, Contributions of quality Gurus, Quality control tools, Cost
of Quality, Taguchi loss function, Basic concepts of TQM, Principles of Total
Quality Management, Total quality control, Quality assurance, Vendor rating,
Quality improvement programmes, Quality planning, Quality function deployment,
Six sigma approach, Failure mode & effect analysis, TPM, BPR , Quality standards.
Overview of the fundamental roles in Hydropower generation and the components involved in wider Electrical Engineering.
This paper presents the design and construction of hydroelectric dams from the hydrologist’s survey of the valley before construction, all aspects and involved disciplines, fluid dynamics, structural engineering, generation and mains frequency regulation to the very transmission of power through the network in the United Kingdom.
Author: Robbie Edward Sayers
Collaborators and co editors: Charlie Sims and Connor Healey.
(C) 2024 Robbie E. Sayers
Hierarchical Digital Twin of a Naval Power SystemKerry Sado
A hierarchical digital twin of a Naval DC power system has been developed and experimentally verified. Similar to other state-of-the-art digital twins, this technology creates a digital replica of the physical system executed in real-time or faster, which can modify hardware controls. However, its advantage stems from distributing computational efforts by utilizing a hierarchical structure composed of lower-level digital twin blocks and a higher-level system digital twin. Each digital twin block is associated with a physical subsystem of the hardware and communicates with a singular system digital twin, which creates a system-level response. By extracting information from each level of the hierarchy, power system controls of the hardware were reconfigured autonomously. This hierarchical digital twin development offers several advantages over other digital twins, particularly in the field of naval power systems. The hierarchical structure allows for greater computational efficiency and scalability while the ability to autonomously reconfigure hardware controls offers increased flexibility and responsiveness. The hierarchical decomposition and models utilized were well aligned with the physical twin, as indicated by the maximum deviations between the developed digital twin hierarchy and the hardware.
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Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface.
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
• Compatible with IDM8000 CCR.
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
• Easy in configuration using DIP switches.
Technical Specifications
Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
Key Features
Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system
• Copatiable with IDM8000 CCR
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
Application
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface.
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
• Compatible with IDM8000 CCR.
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
• Easy in configuration using DIP switches.
Student information management system project report ii.pdfKamal Acharya
Our project explains about the student management. This project mainly explains the various actions related to student details. This project shows some ease in adding, editing and deleting the student details. It also provides a less time consuming process for viewing, adding, editing and deleting the marks of the students.
CFD Simulation of By-pass Flow in a HRSG module by R&R Consult.pptxR&R Consult
CFD analysis is incredibly effective at solving mysteries and improving the performance of complex systems!
Here's a great example: At a large natural gas-fired power plant, where they use waste heat to generate steam and energy, they were puzzled that their boiler wasn't producing as much steam as expected.
R&R and Tetra Engineering Group Inc. were asked to solve the issue with reduced steam production.
An inspection had shown that a significant amount of hot flue gas was bypassing the boiler tubes, where the heat was supposed to be transferred.
R&R Consult conducted a CFD analysis, which revealed that 6.3% of the flue gas was bypassing the boiler tubes without transferring heat. The analysis also showed that the flue gas was instead being directed along the sides of the boiler and between the modules that were supposed to capture the heat. This was the cause of the reduced performance.
Based on our results, Tetra Engineering installed covering plates to reduce the bypass flow. This improved the boiler's performance and increased electricity production.
It is always satisfying when we can help solve complex challenges like this. Do your systems also need a check-up or optimization? Give us a call!
Work done in cooperation with James Malloy and David Moelling from Tetra Engineering.
More examples of our work https://www.r-r-consult.dk/en/cases-en/