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Describe Potential Applications of GIS to Layout of Construction

Temporary Facilities on proposed site.

Geographic information systems (GIS) are one of the fastest growing computer-

based technologiesof past two decades, yet, full potential of this technology in

construction has not been realized. Based upon GIS capabilities, construction

site layout is one of the areas that GIS could be applied. he layout of

temporary facilities (!s) such as warehouses, fabrication shops, maintenance

shops, concrete batch plants, construction e"uipments, and residence facilities

has an important impact on the cost sa#ings and efficiency of construction

operations, especially for large pro$ects.

%n e&ample application of GIS to location optimization of tower crane and

concrete batch plant is pro#ided to demonstrate GIS capabilities as compared

with pre#ious models. he spatial and nonspatial data which used in

construction site layout process are analyzed and arranged on GIS en#ironment

and results showed the GIS can sol#e site layout problem

GIS technology has more capabilities on construction, such as network

functions that assists in scheduling methods like CPM and PER, full potential

of this technology has not been reali!ed"

Integrated GIS#based cost estimates with construction scheduling to automate

planning tasks re$uired for materials layout" he in%estigated the roles of

internet#based GIS in E#commence systems and used of GIS capability to

integrate, to manage, and to analy!e spatial information" Integrated GIS with

%isuali!ation techni$ues for planning and %isuali!ing of dam construction

processes"

he GIS integrated with database management system &'(MSs) is a usefultool for construction site layout, the location of construction e$uipment, as an

important factor, can be considered in the system and the resulting layout of

facilities may arri%e at the optimal solution "

GIS#based cost estimates with construction scheduling to automate planning

tasks re$uired for materials layout" *ccording to methods of location temporary

facilities, considered these facilities as three parts+ tower cranes, concrete batch

plant, and temporary buildings &e"g" office, parking, storage, shops and etc)" In

the net sections each of parts are described"



-. Tower Cranes

ower cranes are the most epensi%e and fre$uently shared resources on

building construction sites" Efficient utili!ation of tower cranes greatly depends

on type, number, and also location of tower crane&s)" *s the number of work tasks and the demand for tower cranes increase, planners may be re$uired to

make bold

decisions on .ob conditions for a particular situation" * poor decision is likely

to ha%e significant negati%e effects, which will lead to additional costs and

possible delays"

/n large construction pro.ects se%eral cranes generally undertake transportation

tasks, particularly when a single crane cannot pro%ide o%erall co%erage of all

demand and supply points, and0or when its capacity is eceeded by the needs of

a tight construction schedule" Many factors influence tower crane location" Inthe

interests of safety and efficient operation, cranes should be located as far apart

as possible to a%oid interference and collisions, on the condition that all planned

tasks can be performed" 1owe%er, this ideal situation is often difficult to achie%e

in practice+ constrained work space and limitations of crane capacity make it

ine%itable that crane areas o%erlap" Subse$uently, interference and collisions can

occur e%en if crane .ibs work at different le%els"

2ayout of tower cranes begins with determining initial tasks" hese initial tasks

are assigned respecti%ely to different &crane) task groups as the first member of

the group, and then all other tasks are clustered according to proimity to them"

/b%iously, tasks furthest apart are gi%en priority as initial tasks" 3hen multiple

choices eist, tasks with smaller feasible areas selected as initial tasks" *fter

assigning an initial task to a group, the model searches for the closest remainingtask by checking the si!e of o%erlapping area, then places it into the task



group to produce a new feasible area corresponding to the recently generated

task group" he process is repeated until there are no tasks remaining ha%ing an

o%erlapping area within the present group" hereafter, the model switches to

search for the net group from the pool of all tasks, the process being continued

until all task groups ha%e been considered"

2. A concrete batc plant

* concrete batch plant is an important element in any concrete construction

process, whether it is working as a central miing plant onsite or is offsite

supplying ready mied concrete to a pro.ect" he concrete can be mied in a

batch plant offsite or in a batch plant onsite and then transported by transit

miers he ma.or decision %ariables that influence management decisions of

the concrete batch plant location are the %olume of concrete consumption andthe time of transportation between concrete batch plant and demand place"

'emand places are permanent facilities which designed before construction

begins" herefore their re$uired concrete and their location ha%e been defined"

he ob.ecti%e function for batch plant location optimi!ation was defined as

minimum time#amount of concrete deli%ery" 3hate%er time#amount of concrete

deli%ery is shorter the concrete transportation cost is smaller" Since concrete

carrying machines &i"e", transit miers) are similar in indi%idual pro.ect,

4time4 replace with 4distance4" *pplication of distance as criterion of ob.ecti%e

function increased possibility of using more models" 3hate%er distance of

concrete deli%ery is larger the transportation time is greater and %ice %ersa"

Similarity of concrete carrying machines concludes linear relation between

4time4 and 4distance4" /ne simple model to determining optimum location for

concrete batch plant in site, minimi!e product of amount by distance" (etween

locations which could use for batch plant location, the model should find one

that has minimum amount of re$uired concrete multiplied by distance"

! Temporary "uildin#s

his part of 5s in%ol%ed warehouses, residence facilities, office, parking,fabrication shops, maintenance shops and labs" 5inding optimi!e location for

temporary buildings &(s) depend on facilities that (s supported them"

(ecause of increasing producti%ity, minimi!ing tra%el time and also impro%ing

safety some relations between permanent facilities and their support facilities

has been de%eloped" 3e could categori!e these relations as 4close to4, 4far

from4, 4within specified distance of4, 4net to4 and 4%isible from4" Most (s

needed to 4close to4 their supported P5s" 5or eample the warehouse should be

located close to entrances to ease deli%eries practice, material storage yards and

warehouses are located as close as possible to the work areas to reduce ecesson#site transportation" 45ar from4, as opposed to close to, used in situation



that something endanger (s" 5or eample, it is recommended that storage

facilities of electrical e$uipment and possible sources of sparks are located far

from flammable material Similar condition eists for ha!ardous material" hese

materials include &-) eplosi%es and blasting de%ices used in rock eca%ation+

&6) flammable material such as fuel used by construction e$uipment+ &7) toicsubstances such as asbestos, coal tar pitch %olatiles, cadmium, ben!ene,

formaldehyde, methyl chloride among other materials " It is better to locate site

offices and residence facilities outside the range of crane operations whene%er

possible"

Closeness sometimes represent $uantitati%e" In this situation, one facility should

be located 4within specified distance of4 another" he best eample of the

former state is for tower crane and supply point" It is necessary the supply point

within operating radius of tower crane" Some facilities ha%e .oint operations"hese facilities should be located net to each other, like steel storage and

wedding shop" 5or maintaining security, finally, some facilities should be

located %isible from another, like warehouse from office"

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