WP057: Representing Work Spaces Generically in Construction Method Models

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Abstract: Construction activities require a set of work spaces to be executed safely and productively. The locations and volumes of these spaces change in three dimensions and across time, according to project-specific design and schedule information. Previous research on construction space management requires users to specify the spatio-temporal data necessary to represent each project-specific space needed for construction. Since a construction schedule consists of hundreds of activities requiring multiple types of spaces, this approach is practically infeasible. There is a need for a generic (project-independent) representation of work spaces, from which the project-specific instances of spaces can be derived automatically based on project-specific design and construction schedule information. This paper formalizes such a generic space description as a computer-interpretable ontology. This ontology is general, reusable and comprehensive. It enables a prototype system that captures the spatial requirements associated with construction methods and automates the generation of project-specific spaces represented in three dimensions and across time.

Type of resource	text
Date created	June 2000

Subject	CIFE
Subject	Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
Subject	Stanford University
Subject	Scheduling
Subject	4-D
Subject	Space-Time Conflicts
Genre	Technical report

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/qm792vx3814

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Preferred Citation: Akinci, Burcu and Fischer, Martin and Kunz, John and Levitt, Raymond E.. (2000). WP057: Representing Work Spaces Generically in Construction Method Models. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/qm792vx3814

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