-> 25 Sept.

Summary   Room A   Room B   Room C   Room D   Room E

9:20 - 10:50

Session 4: "Cost Control and Productivity Management"

Chairmen: Stephenson, Spinelli

Design team characteristics in aerospace, construction and product design for co-located and distributed projects
F.T. Edum-Fotwe, A. Thorpe, M.J. Gregory, P.J. Deasley, A.B. Wootton, A.N.W. North & R. Cooper

Study on the development of the curing system for concrete in construction site
T. Tamura, Y. Tominaga, O. Sakamoto, H. Ueno & H. Sumito

A review of capital procurement in the UK National Health Service
D.G. Proverbs, G. Riley & Monty Sutrisna

Automating quantity takeoff and decision support for in-place r.c. structures
R. Drogemuller, S. Foo, C. McNamara & J. Oliver

Analyses on the productivity of multiple-skilled team in the reinforced concrete construction site of the residential buildings
K. Endo, H. Kanisawa & Y. Kimura

The choice of the rib width in the mass-production of ribbed R/C floors
L. Fenu


11:20 - 12:50

Session 4: "Cost Control and Productivity Management"

Chairmen: Hewitt, Samara

Methodological problems of productivity measurement in the construction Industry
J. Iwamatsu & K. Endo

Advanced developments in semiconductor facility construction
S.J. Eibl

A life-cycle energy model of the UK steel construction sector
J. Ley, M. Sansom & A.S.K. Kwan

Robotics and the construction industry
N. Pires & T.D. Pereira

Construction techniques for efficient and economical housing
R.K. Jain

The cost caused by lack of interoperability in design
C.A. Jacoski & R. Lamberts


14:30 - 16:00

Session 3: "Construction Planning and Project Management"

Chairmen: Singh, Petrilli

Applying the theory of constraints to construction scheduling
J.-B. Yang

Simplified simulation system of overlapping CPM networks
A.M. Qudah

Planning the installation of steel structures using simulation
G. Uzzi & J. Shi

Probability applications in the precedence diagram scheduling method
M.F. Samara & C.S. Putcha

The application of simulation modelling in identifying company’s logistic system models
Anna Sobotka

Resource scheduling of construction projects using a hybrid genetic algorithm model
A.B. Senouci & K.K. Naji


16:30 - 18:00

Session 16: "Structural Problems and Safety Devices of Road and Railways"

Chairmen: Kwon, Pandolfi

Load-carrying capability of PC beam during shear destruction by impact
N. Furuya, I. Kuroda, K. Shimoyama & S. Nakamura

Vehicle-structure interaction modeling
F. Giuliano

Study on performance of aluminum alloy-concrete hybrid guard fence
T. Hida, R. Kusama, B. Liu, Y. Itoh & T. Kitagawa

Dynamic actions on bridge slabs due to heavy vehicle impact on roadside barriers
G. Bonin & A. Ranzo

The structural behavior of high strength aluminum alloy sections
Y.B. Kwon, K.H. Lee, H.C. Kim & D.H. Kim

Criteria for airport terminal roadway analysis post 911
Hessing H.W.