Table Of ContentC R
ONSTRUCTION ESEARCH
C 2010
ONGRESS
INNOVATION FOR RESHAPING CONSTRUCTION
PRACTICE
VOLUME ONE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2010 CONSTRUCTION
RESEARCH CONGRESS
May 8–10, 2010
Banff, Alberta, Canada
SPONSORED BY
Construction Institute (CI)
of the American Society of Civil Engineers
University of Alberta
University of Calgary
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
EDITED BY
Janaka Ruwanpura, Ph.D.
Yasser Mohamed, Ph.D., P.Eng
SangHyun Lee, Ph.D.
Published by the American Society of Civil Engineers
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Construction Research Congress (2010 : Banff, Alta.)
Construction Research Congress 2010 : innovation for reshaping construction practice :
proceedings of the 2010 Construction Research Congress, May 8–10, 2010, Banff, Alberta,
Canada / sponsored by Construction Institute (CI) of the American Society of Civil
Engineers … [et al.] ; edited by Janaka Ruwanpura, Yasser Mohamed, SangHyun Lee.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7844-1109-4
1. Building--Technological innovations--Congresses. I. Ruwanpura, Janaka. II.
Mohamed, Yasser. III. Lee, SangHyun. IV. Construction Institute. V. Title.
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Preface
We are very pleased to welcome you to the 2010 Construction Research Congress
sponsored by the Construction Institute (CI) of the American Society of the Civil
Engineers (ASCE) and the University of Alberta, in collaboration with the University
of Calgary and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. The 2010 Construction
Research Congress is being held at the Fairmont Banff Springs in Banff, Alberta,
Canada - one of Canada’s premiere hotels in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.
The theme of the Congress is “Innovation for Reshaping Construction Practice”. The
Congress aims to provide academics and industry professionals a forum to present
and discuss revolutionary research findings, technological advances, emergent trends,
and functional characteristics that are shaping the future of the architecture-
engineering-construction industry. The purpose of the Construction Research Council
is also to advance engineering knowledge and practice related to construction through
stimulating and guiding research and assisting the financing thereof; to interpret and
promote the utilization of the findings of research for the construction industry; and to
identify future needs in the construction field and publicize them to stimulate
appropriate research.
The two-volume Proceedings contain 156 peer reviewed papers covering the
following 15 general state-of-knowledge research areas in construction engineering
and management. There were 259 abstracts initially submitted that were reduced to
169 accepted draft papers following a peer review. From this, a final 156 papers were
accepted for publication and presentation based on the same peer review process used
in selecting abstracts.
• Automated/Real-Time Systems
• Construction Modeling and Simulation
• Disaster Planning and Mitigation
• Information Technology and Computer Applications
• Infrastructure Management and Underground Construction
• Knowledge Management
• Productivity, Benchmarking and Workforce Issues
• Organizational Leadership and Management
• Procurement, Contracting and Legal Affairs
• Project Planning and Control
• Project Risk Assessment and Management
• Quantitative Methods and Models
• Sustainable Construction and Facilities
• Construction Education
• CII Research
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We are delighted to see that this event is truly global with representation from 14
countries including Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,
Korea, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom and United
States.
We believe that you enjoy these Proceedings and have a memorable experience of
both the Congress and spectacular Banff.
Janaka Ruwanpura, Ph.D., PQS
Technical Co-Chair
University of Calgary
Yasser Mohamed, Ph.D., P. Eng.
Technical Co-Chair
University of Alberta
SangHyun Lee, Ph.D.
Technical Co-Chair
University of Alberta
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Acknowledgments
The 2010 Construction Research Congress Technical Program Committee is
acknowledged for their dedication and contributions to the Congress program.
Conference Co-Chairs:
Dr. Aminah Robinson Fayek, University of Alberta
Dr. Mohamed Al-Hussein, University of Alberta
Technical Co-Chairs:
Dr. Janaka Ruwanpura, University of Calgary
Dr. Yasser Mohamed, University of Alberta
Dr. SangHyun Lee, University of Alberta
Track Coordinators:
Dr. Dilanthi Amarathunga, University of Salford
Dr. Sam Ariaratnam, Arizona State University
Dr. Ioannis Brilakis, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Carlos Caldas, University of Texas
Dr. Patricia Carrillo, Loughborough University
Dr. Christine Fiori, Virginia Tech
Dr. Thomas Froese, University of British Columbia
Dr. Tarek Hegazy, University of Waterloo
Dr. Vineet Kamat, University of Michigan
Dr. Ming Lu, Hong Kong Polytechnic
Dr. John Messner, Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Moonseo Park, Seoul Nation University
Dr. Jeff Rankin, University of New Brunswick
Dr. Amarjit Singh, University of Hawaii
Dr. John Taylor, Columbia University
Dr. Tarek Zayed, Concordia University
The Technical Committee acknowledges the support of the reviewers and the student
volunteers who helped in producing the proceedings.
Reviewers:
Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Aminah Robinson Fayek Burcu Akinci
Ahmed Elhakeem Amlan Mukherjee Carl Haas
Ahmed Eweda Amr Kandil Carlos Caldas
Alaa Salman Amr ElNimr Carol Menassa
Allan Chasey Andrew McCoy Carrie Dossick
Altayeb Qasem Baabak Ashuri Changbum Ahn
Amarjit Singh Bram Entrop Christine Fiori
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Dana Vanier Jimmie Hinze Reza Dehghan
Daniel Castro-Lacouture Jinho Shin Robert Ries
Darrell Cass Jochen Teizer Sabah Alkass
David Batie John Borcherding Saeed Karshenas
David Grau John Hildreth Saied Yousefi
Deb Young-Corbett John Messner Saiedeh Razavi
Dilanthi Amarathunga John Schaufelberger Saleh Abu Dabous
Di Hu John Taylor Salman Azhar
Colin Duffield Julio Martinez Sam Ariaratnam
Douglas Gransberg Kasun Hewage Samuel Lau
Dulcy Abraham Keith Molenaar Sanghoon Lee
Ed Jaselskis Ken-Yu Lin Sanghyun Lee
Eddy M. Rojas Lahiru Silva Sanjaya De Zoysa
Emad Elbeltagi Laura Florez Seokyon Hwang
Emad Elwakil Lingguang Song Shamil Naoum
Eric Chan Liping Fu Sheryl Staub-French
Farzaneh Saba Mahmoud Halfawy Shih-Chung Kang
Farshid Gholami Mahsa Taghi Zadeh Shipra Ahluwalia
Fei Dai Matthew Hallowell SHS Al-Jibouri
Fereshteh Khoramshahi Mike Toole Stephen Sewalk
Fletcher (Bud) Griffis Ming Lu Stuart Anderson
Gamini Weerasinghe Ming Xu Sujeewa Wimalasena
Geert Dewulf Mohamed Al-Hussein Tamer El-Diraby
George Edward Gibson Mohamed Attalla Tarek Hegazy
Ghassan Aouad Mohamed El-Gafy Tarek Zayed
Giovanni Migliaccio Mohammad Najafi Thomas Froese
Hermanta Doloi Nathaniel Sobin Thomas Ng
Hoi-Ching Lam Nirooja Thurairajah Timo Hartmann
Hongqin Fan Nicholas Chileshe Tushith Islam
Howard Bashford Nora El-Gohary Varuna Adhikari
Hosien Taghados Omer Tatari Vineet Kamat
Hubo Cai Panagiotis Mitropoulos William OBrien
Ioannis Brilakis Patricia Carrillo Xiangyu Wang
Janaka Ruwanpura Patrick Hettiaratchi Xiaomei Deng
Jason Lueke Paul Chinowsky Xueqing Zhang
Javier Irizarry Paul Goodrum Yasser Mohamed
Jeff Rankin Peter Raisbeck Yong Cho
Jennifer Shane Phillip Dunston Yuan Chang
Jerry Gao Ping Ho Zafa khan
Jesus de la Garza Raymond Levitt Zeeshan Aziz
Jie Gong Rebecca Martinez
Student Volunteers:
University of Alberta:
Amin Alvanchi Farzaneh Saba
Reza Azimi Mohamed Abdel Gawad
Di Hu Adel Awad
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Elmira Moghani Ndukeabasi Inyang
Dony Alex Calvin Mulligan
Elnas Tabrizi Saeed Aria
Mansooreh Moghadam Mahdi Salehi
Aladdin Alwisy Meimanat Soleimanifar
Khaled Kattan
University of Calgary:
Lahiru Silva Farshid Gholami
Tharindu Weerasinghe Varuna Adikariwattage
Sulochana Madanayake Upul Ranasinghe
Mahsa Taghi Zadeh Sujeewa Wimalasena
Fereshteh Khoramshahi
Cover and Logo Design: Tharindu Weerasinghe
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Contents
Volume I
Automated/Real Time Systems
3D Visualization for Tunnel Boring Machine Steering and Alignment Control
in Microtunneling....................................................................................................................1
Xiong Liang and Ming Lu
Automated Multiple Objects Tracking System (AMOTS).................................................11
I. P. Tharindu Weerasinghe and Janaka Y. Ruwanpura
Resource Performance Indicators in Controlling Industrial Steel Projects.....................21
Reza Azimi, SangHyun Lee, and Simaan M. AbouRizk
Application of Sensing Technology to Safety Management...............................................31
Matthew R. Hallowell, Jochen Teizer, and Wes Blaney
Automated Materials Tracking and Locating: Impact Modeling and Estimation..........41
D. Young, H. Nasir, S. Razavi, C. Haas, P. Goodrum, and C. Caldas
Automated Model-Based Recognition of Progress Using Daily Construction
Photographs and IFC-Based 4D Models.............................................................................51
Mani Golparvar-Fard, Silvio Savarese, and Feniosky Peña-Mora
Construction Activity Classification Using Accelerometers..............................................61
Liju Joshua and Koshy Varghese
Evaluation the Electric Consumption of Residential Buildings: Current
Practices and Future Prospects............................................................................................71
Mario Bergés, Lucio Soibelman, H. Scott Matthews, and Ethan Goldman
Automatically Tracking and Guiding Underground Tunnel Boring Machines
during Microtunneling and Pipe Jacking Operations.......................................................81
Xuesong Shen, Ming Lu, and Wu Chen
Geospatial Databases and Augmented Reality Visualization for Improving
Safety in Urban Excavation Operations..............................................................................91
Sanat A. Talmaki, Suyang Dong, and Vineet R. Kamat
Real Time Information Integration via i-Booth................................................................102
Lahiru P. Silva, Janaka Y. Ruwanpura, Kasun N. Hewage, and Jamal Siadat
Real-Time Spatial Location Tracking of Construction Resources
in Lay Down Yards..............................................................................................................112
Manu Venugopal, Tao Cheng, and Jochen Teizer
Semi-Automated As-Built Modeling of Light Rail System Guide Beams......................122
Pingbo Tang, Burcu Akinci, and Daniel Huber
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