TY - GEN
T1 - Developing a Work Package Approach for Construction Robotics
AU - Wang, Ziyi
AU - Khan, Muhammad Amir Hamza
AU - Hu, Yuqing
AU - Leicht, Robert
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The development of robotics in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry has emerged in recent years in response to technology advances and industry challenges such as workforce shortages. Construction robotics has the potential to increase construction productivity and accuracy as well as reduce accidents and costs. However, their introduction to construction sites creates new challenges. Previous studies have shown that robots can cause major changes in construction workflow, scope, and methods. Construction robotics introduces key changes to the work process and the sequence of construction tasks. The traditional planning approach for work break down structure and scheduling assigns resources for construction activities based on human labor and craft methods. Despite this, the capabilities of robotics relative to construction resource planning, sequencing, and work scope have not been fully studied. To address this, the implementation of robotics in construction projects needs a new approach to organizing work packages (WP). With the inclusion of robotics as a resource, planning parameters such as methods and sequence will change both the scope and accordingly the work packaging for construction. This paper aims to systematically identify the potential impacts of robots on construction processes, as well as how those changes influences work packaging. The methodology is based on data integration and content analysis from literature review and collected interviews with project participants about real-world construction projects. The paper discusses how construction robots impact the work package approach and categorizes the affected factors. These factors include the work area, sequence and priority of construction activities, safety management, allocation of risk responsibility for tasks, interaction with other trades, and required materials.
AB - The development of robotics in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry has emerged in recent years in response to technology advances and industry challenges such as workforce shortages. Construction robotics has the potential to increase construction productivity and accuracy as well as reduce accidents and costs. However, their introduction to construction sites creates new challenges. Previous studies have shown that robots can cause major changes in construction workflow, scope, and methods. Construction robotics introduces key changes to the work process and the sequence of construction tasks. The traditional planning approach for work break down structure and scheduling assigns resources for construction activities based on human labor and craft methods. Despite this, the capabilities of robotics relative to construction resource planning, sequencing, and work scope have not been fully studied. To address this, the implementation of robotics in construction projects needs a new approach to organizing work packages (WP). With the inclusion of robotics as a resource, planning parameters such as methods and sequence will change both the scope and accordingly the work packaging for construction. This paper aims to systematically identify the potential impacts of robots on construction processes, as well as how those changes influences work packaging. The methodology is based on data integration and content analysis from literature review and collected interviews with project participants about real-world construction projects. The paper discusses how construction robots impact the work package approach and categorizes the affected factors. These factors include the work area, sequence and priority of construction activities, safety management, allocation of risk responsibility for tasks, interaction with other trades, and required materials.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-61503-0_27
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-61503-0_27
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85214085296
SN - 9783031615023
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 365
EP - 377
BT - Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2023, Construction Track
A2 - Desjardins, Serge
A2 - Poitras, Gérard J.
A2 - Nik-Bakht, Mazdak
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference, CSCE 2023
Y2 - 24 May 2023 through 27 May 2023
ER -