Publications / 1999 Proceedings of the 16th ISARC, Madrid, Spain

A Decision Support System for a Crane Plan as Part of a Generic Construction Plan

Frans van Gassel, Wim Schaefer
Pages 139-144 (1999 Proceedings of the 16th ISARC, Madrid, Spain, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

After a building has been designed the construction process necessary to make the building also has to be designed. The theoretical framework of the "Construction Plan" has been adapted to our research project in order to structure the design of this process. The crane plan exists in this framework as an important sub-plan. A crane is a very important piece of equipment on the construction site. It can influence production time, costs. working conditions and the quality of the product. The choice of a suitable crane is essential in designing the construction process. We have developed a crane plan as a decision support tool that fits into the generic framework of the Construction Plan. using a knowledge base and a database for cranes. This not only supports the choice of a crane necessary for the job, but also takes account of relationships between construction sub- plans and specific scenarios within the whole context of the construction process. The crane plan has been tested by making use of an expert panel and by applying for the reconstruction of a recently finished construction process.

Keywords: Crane Plan; Construction Plan; Decision Support Systems