Publications / 1996 Proceedings of the 13th ISARC, Tokyo, Japan
It is a serious problem with the construction industry that there has been a growing shortage of skilled workers together with the problem of their aging. Rationalization of work, labor saving, and safety control through automation of construction equipments have also been desired. The automation of dam concrete transfer has been the urgent demand since its transfer requires skilled cable crane operators and the job itself is a typical repetitive work.
To meet such needs, the authors formed a project team in OBAYASHI Corporation since 1989 and have been engaged in system development. The project team have accomplished the full automated concrete-transfer system being centered around the cable cranes and practically applied the systems to dam construction sites.