Simulation of modular building construction

Osama M. Mohsen; Paul J. Knytl; Basel Abdulaal; Jacek Olearczyk; Al Hussein Mohamed

doi:10.1109/WSC.2008.4736356

Simulation of modular building construction

Osama M. Mohsen, Paul J. Knytl, Basel Abdulaal, Jacek Olearczyk, Al Hussein Mohamed

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Abstract

Modular construction has the advantage of producing structures quickly and efficiently, while not requiring the resources to build a structure to be co-located with the construction site. Large modules can be produced in quality controlled environments, and then shipped to the construction site and assembled with minimal labor requirements. An additional advantage is that once the modules are on-site, construction can proceed extremely quickly. This is ideal for situations where compressed schedules are required in order to meet client's time constraints. This paper examines using software simulation, specifically Simphony.NET, in the design and analysis of the construction process. This is done both before and after project execution to predict productivity and duration and also to allow for exploration of alternate construction scenarios.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2008
Pages	2471-2478
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2008.4736356
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
ISSN (Print)	0891-7736

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Software
Modeling and Simulation
Computer Science Applications

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