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Hulk Mechanised that for this case one tower crane section, which has been designed for References was selected as shown in Fig. (5). commercial spaces, and the other is a • Al-Hussein, M, (1995-A) A Computer integrated system for crane selection for high-rise building The shape of the building and the climbing tower crane to be located in construction, M.A.Sc. thesis, Centre For Building site constraints, as shown in Fig. the centre portion of the tower building Studies, Concordia University. (4), were the determinant factors in (both jib confgurations, Luffng and • Mohan, S. M. (1990) Expert system application in construction management and engineering, selecting this crane. The building has Saddle are accepted, in this case the • Journal of Construction Engineering and irregular shape, it starts with a wide saddle is selected). At this stage the Management, ASCE, 116(1), 87-99. section and continue with a single user can activate other options or • Moselhi, O., and Nicholas, M., (1990) Hybrid expert system for construction planning and scheduling, tower. The type of the selected crane, make changes to his/her previous Journal of Construction Engineering and which is a large climbing tower crane responses by choosing the appropriate Management, ASCE, 116(2), 221-238. with saddle jib, along with the load command from the screen, he/she can • Alkass, S., and Harris F., (1988) An expert system for earthmoving equipment selection in road capacity chart for the selected crane, also investigate the site constraints by construction, Journal of Construction Engineering. and additional information regarding choosing NEXT, PREVIOUS, LAST or and Management., ASCE, 114(3), 426-440. the necessary reinforcement, slabs FIRST commands, revealing different • Levitt, R. E., (1987) Expert system in construction: state of the art, M. L. Maher, (ed.), Expert systems openings and the additional support constraints. for civil engineers: technology and application, for the slab to be able to bare the total New York: ASCE. crane’s load, is presented in separate Conclusions • Alkass S., A. Aronian and O. Moselhi, (1993) Computer aided equipment selection for AutoCAD drawings. A computer system capable in assisting transporting and placing concrete, Journal of A consultation with the system in crane selection has been developed. Construction Engineering and Management, 119(3), 445-465. using its knowledge-base revealed The system is currently undergoing • Amirkhanian, S., and Baker, N., (1992) Expert that two tower cranes are technically detailed evaluation using major system for equipment selection for earth- moving feasible. Fig. (6). The frst crane is building projects to demonstrate its operations, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 118(2), 318-331. a static tower crane, with luffng Jib, use and validity. The results. The • Moselhi, O., and Gazal, N., (1992) A knowledge base located in the back area of the facility system has a number of interesting approach for selection of earthmoving equipment, to serve the construction stages features: Proceedings of the Canadian Conference and up to the completion of the lower • Early trials with users indicate the Exhibition on Industrial Automation, Montreal, Canada, 1.9 - 1.12. advantages of using real cases within • Alkass, S., and Aronian, A. (1990) Computer aided equipment selection for concrete placing, the system. • Christian, J., and Caldera, H., (1987) The Concrete Int., 12(12), 39-45. fvestarlogisticsltd.com disciplined method of transferring development of a knowledge based expert system • The system also provides a for the selection of earthmoving equipment, knowledge and expertise to AI-Civil-Comp, Proc., 3rd Int. Conf. on Struct. and inexperienced construction Civil Engrg. Computing, Edinburgh, UK, Civil-Comp engineers. Press, 55-59. • It assists in selecting cranes during • Bernel, L. E. (1986) Low level artifcial intelligence the design and construction phases of and computer simulation to plan and control earthmoving operations, Proc., Conf. on a facility. Earthmoving and heavy Equipment, New York, • It consists of database feature ASCE, 156-165. that contain constructed cases, • James M. Neil (1989) Construction cost estimating for project control, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-hall presentation of the factors affecting INC. crane selection, number of • Karl A. Raynar and Gary R. Smith, (1993) Intelligent commercial types of equipment, and positioning of mobile crane for steel erection, Microcomputers in Civil Engineering, 8, 67-74. cost data. • Wrszawski, A., (1990) Expert system for crane • It facilitate integration within selection construction, Man and Economics, 8, 179-190. the systems’ modules to perform • Cooper C.N., (1987) CRANES- a rule-based a combination of algorithmic assistant with graphics for construction planning calculations and industry heuristics, engineers, in the application of Artifcial Intelligent forming a comprehensive crane Techniques to Civil and Structural Engineering, Edinburgh: Civil Comp Press, , 47-54. selection process. • Gray, C. and Little, J., (1985) A systematic approach It must be emphasized that the to the selection of an appropriate crane for a system is strictly limited by the construction site, Construction Management and Economics, 3, 121-144. knowledge stored in its knowledge • Furusaka, S. and Gray, C., (1984) A module for the base and the information stored in its selection of the optimum crane for construction database. 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