Cloud asset-enabled integrated IoT platform for lean prefabricated construction
Prefabricated construction has become increasingly popular over the recent years, given its benefits including higher construction speed, lower cost, and improved quality. To facilitate the operations of prefabricated construction, various technologies have in parallel been introduced. However, due...
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| author | Xu, Gangyan Li, Ming Chen, Chun-Hsien Wei, Yongchang |
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| description | Prefabricated construction has become increasingly popular over the recent years, given its benefits including higher construction speed, lower cost, and improved quality. To facilitate the operations of prefabricated construction, various technologies have in parallel been introduced. However, due to its project-based feature and the involvement of numerous Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the adoption of information technologies is insufficient and varies between SMEs, thereby hindering the improvement of the efficiency of prefabricated construction. Considering these issues and aiming at realizing lean prefabricated construction, this paper proposes an integrated cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform through exploiting the concept of cloud asset. Its operation model has also been worked out to enable SMEs to adopt IoT technologies economically and flexibly. Besides, to make the platform compatible and scalable on managing diverse physical assets in different companies and scenarios, a unified cloud asset data model is proposed. Furthermore, an IoT service-sharing module is developed to support different levels of service-sharing on the platform. Finally, a real-life prefabricated construction project in Hong Kong and several lab-based LEGO construction models are adopted to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed platform. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1383802020-05-05T06:56:32Z Cloud asset-enabled integrated IoT platform for lean prefabricated construction Xu, Gangyan Li, Ming Chen, Chun-Hsien Wei, Yongchang School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Engineering::Mechanical engineering Prefabricated Construction Cloud Asset Prefabricated construction has become increasingly popular over the recent years, given its benefits including higher construction speed, lower cost, and improved quality. To facilitate the operations of prefabricated construction, various technologies have in parallel been introduced. However, due to its project-based feature and the involvement of numerous Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the adoption of information technologies is insufficient and varies between SMEs, thereby hindering the improvement of the efficiency of prefabricated construction. Considering these issues and aiming at realizing lean prefabricated construction, this paper proposes an integrated cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform through exploiting the concept of cloud asset. Its operation model has also been worked out to enable SMEs to adopt IoT technologies economically and flexibly. Besides, to make the platform compatible and scalable on managing diverse physical assets in different companies and scenarios, a unified cloud asset data model is proposed. Furthermore, an IoT service-sharing module is developed to support different levels of service-sharing on the platform. Finally, a real-life prefabricated construction project in Hong Kong and several lab-based LEGO construction models are adopted to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed platform. 2020-05-05T06:56:31Z 2020-05-05T06:56:31Z 2018 Journal Article Xu, G., Li, M., Chen, C.-H., & Wei, Y. (2018). Cloud asset-enabled integrated IoT platform for lean prefabricated construction. Automation in Construction, 93, 123-134. doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2018.05.012 0926-5805 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138380 10.1016/j.autcon.2018.05.012 2-s2.0-85047067999 93 123 134 en Automation in Construction © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Automation in Construction and is made available with permission of Elsevier B.V. |
| spellingShingle | Engineering::Mechanical engineering Prefabricated Construction Cloud Asset Xu, Gangyan Li, Ming Chen, Chun-Hsien Wei, Yongchang Cloud asset-enabled integrated IoT platform for lean prefabricated construction |
| title | Cloud asset-enabled integrated IoT platform for lean prefabricated construction |
| title_full | Cloud asset-enabled integrated IoT platform for lean prefabricated construction |
| title_fullStr | Cloud asset-enabled integrated IoT platform for lean prefabricated construction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cloud asset-enabled integrated IoT platform for lean prefabricated construction |
| title_short | Cloud asset-enabled integrated IoT platform for lean prefabricated construction |
| title_sort | cloud asset enabled integrated iot platform for lean prefabricated construction |
| topic | Engineering::Mechanical engineering Prefabricated Construction Cloud Asset |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138380 |
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