Publications / 2004 Proceedings of the 21st ISARC, Jeju, South Korea

Model Development of the Material Tracking System for High-Rise Building Construction Project Using RFID Technology

Soon-Wook Kwon, Min-Woo Lee, Jae-Goo Han, Moon-Young Cho, Jae-Woo Park
Abstract:

Current study of material management on construction site insists that the ratio of material handling costs to total project costs varies in 30 to 80% depends on the type of construction and the cost of materials [1]. Site layout planning and material management are fundamental to reduce materials handling and re-handling costs and to enhance the efficiency of construction operation for high-rise building. Moreover, these are useful to control planned construction schedule by eliminating the factors related to spatial conflicts due to limited space. There is a need for tracking and controlling effectively material loading and delivery time especially during finishing-work phases to eliminate the need for laydown space on site. Hence, it is essential for monitoring of relevant information regarding material procurement in construction sites and it is the key factor for successful site control and adopting Just-in-Time concept in high-rise building construction. Eventually, the material tracking system is very important for requisition, delivery, and movement of the materials in time. In this paper, the material tracking system using RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) technique is introduced. Using this system, the materials are going to be efficiently tracked and managed in finishing-work phases.

Keywords: RFID, high-rise building, finishing work phases, procurement, material tracking