An RTLS-Based Approach to Cyber-Physical Systems Integration in Design and Construction
There have been several approaches to integrating physical construction components and their virtual models using RFID tags. These enable the movement of components to be tracked on the construction site. However, there is inadequate support for bidirectional coordination between these components an...
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| author | Abiola A. Akanmu Chimay J. Anumba John I. Messner |
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| description | There have been several approaches to integrating physical construction components and their virtual models using RFID tags. These enable the movement of components to be tracked on the construction site. However, there is inadequate support for bidirectional coordination between these components and their virtual representations. Also, these approaches often involve manual input of status information into the tags and do not support tracking the permanent installed position of tagged components for consistency maintenance between the as-built and the as-planned models. As such, there are difficulties with ensuring accurate and timely updating of building information models and tag information during the construction process. A major bottleneck in achieving this integration is the choice of appropriate mechanisms for binding physical components with their virtual representations. This paper presents an approach to facilitating bidirectional coordination between physical construction components and their virtual models. Specialized real-time location sensing (RTLS) tags were used for tracking the position and status of physical construction components. This approach showed significant opportunities for enhancing real-time construction consistency checking, which will aid proactive decision making and control. The paper also discusses experiments undertaken to demonstrate the proposed RTLS-based system and highlights the merits and demerits of adopting the proposed approach on a full-scale project. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16d9b1b3dcea45ffaab335b5e0c018702024-11-02T05:32:16ZengHindawi - SAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772012-12-01810.1155/2012/596845An RTLS-Based Approach to Cyber-Physical Systems Integration in Design and ConstructionAbiola A. Akanmu0Chimay J. Anumba1John I. Messner2 Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802, USA Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, PA 16802, USAThere have been several approaches to integrating physical construction components and their virtual models using RFID tags. These enable the movement of components to be tracked on the construction site. However, there is inadequate support for bidirectional coordination between these components and their virtual representations. Also, these approaches often involve manual input of status information into the tags and do not support tracking the permanent installed position of tagged components for consistency maintenance between the as-built and the as-planned models. As such, there are difficulties with ensuring accurate and timely updating of building information models and tag information during the construction process. A major bottleneck in achieving this integration is the choice of appropriate mechanisms for binding physical components with their virtual representations. This paper presents an approach to facilitating bidirectional coordination between physical construction components and their virtual models. Specialized real-time location sensing (RTLS) tags were used for tracking the position and status of physical construction components. This approach showed significant opportunities for enhancing real-time construction consistency checking, which will aid proactive decision making and control. The paper also discusses experiments undertaken to demonstrate the proposed RTLS-based system and highlights the merits and demerits of adopting the proposed approach on a full-scale project.https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/596845 |
| spellingShingle | Abiola A. Akanmu Chimay J. Anumba John I. Messner An RTLS-Based Approach to Cyber-Physical Systems Integration in Design and Construction International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks |
| title | An RTLS-Based Approach to Cyber-Physical Systems Integration in Design and Construction |
| title_full | An RTLS-Based Approach to Cyber-Physical Systems Integration in Design and Construction |
| title_fullStr | An RTLS-Based Approach to Cyber-Physical Systems Integration in Design and Construction |
| title_full_unstemmed | An RTLS-Based Approach to Cyber-Physical Systems Integration in Design and Construction |
| title_short | An RTLS-Based Approach to Cyber-Physical Systems Integration in Design and Construction |
| title_sort | rtls based approach to cyber physical systems integration in design and construction |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/596845 |
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