Publications / 2011 Proceedings of the 28th ISARC, Seoul, Korea

Development of an RFID System for Tracking Construction Residual Soil in Taiwan

Rong-Yau Huang; Tsung-Yi Tsai
Pages 935-940 (2011 Proceedings of the 28th ISARC, Seoul, Korea, ISBN 978-89-954572-4-5, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

A lot of construction residual soils are generated each year in major construction projects in Taiwan. Currently a Construction Residual Soil Report System (CRSRS) is implemented in Taiwan. It requires to report every month on the sources and destinations, as well as the amount of residual soils. The local government authorities will then audit those reports to check for any irregular movement and/or amount matching of residual soils. Not only the process is labor intensive, the reported data are prone for human errors purposely and unintentionally. Therefore, the effectiveness of the CRSTRS is often questioned. This research takes the advantages of the capabilities of RFID in identification and security, and the capabilities of on-line web system in real-time, and developed an integrated automatic system for tracking construction residual soils. The developed RFID system is validated through actual project testing. The initial results approve the effectiveness of the system. The system analysis, the framework as well as the various modules, the testing of the cases and the results are reported in this paper.

Keywords: RFID, Construction, Residual Soil, Automation