Sensors in Construction and Infrastructure Management

GUEST EDITOR(S):

Dr. Burcu Akinci, Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Eng. Department
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
email: bakinci@cmu.edu

Dr. Chimay Anumba, Professor
Civil and Building Eng. Department
Loughborough University
Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK
email: c.j.anumba@lboro.ac.uk

SUMMARY:

Construction project managers and infrastructure managers can benefit from utilizing a variety of sensors and wireless communication technologies on construction sites. These sensors target getting relevant information about products that are being constructed, processes and equipment that are being utilized in constructing these products, flow in supply-chains of materials that will be delivered to a construction site, and monitoring the as-is conditions of an infrastructure throughout its service life. The nature of sensing can vary from embedded sensing that assesses some material characteristics of a product, to utilization of spatial sensing and imaging technologies that assess both the quality of products being constructed and the safety of processes being utilized during construction. By the utilization of a wide array of sensors, both infrastructure components and processes of managing the construction and operations of those components become intelligent, and as a result, project and infrastructure managers can have better situation awareness and can make more informed decisions.

A variety of sensors has already been utilized on job sites and on infrastructure systems and it is expected that this trend is going to increase towards job sites and infrastructure systems being intelligent with sensing and wireless communication technologies deployed ubiquitously. We see this special issue as an opportunity to exchange ideas and research results in the area of sensing in construction and infrastructure management. It will bring together both industry and academic perspectives from different parts of the world.

The objectives of the special issue are as follows:

To identify needs and functional requirements for the utilization of sensing and wireless communication technologies on construction sites.
To explore and discuss approaches that will enable ubiquitous deployment of sensing on construction sites.
To share research results and industry case studies that leverage sensing during construction.

ITCon would like to encourage all authors wishing to contribute to this special issue to submit first abstracts, followed by full draft papers. All papers will be fully reviewed before final acceptance and publication. The papers should be structured in a way to express clearly the background, objectives, methodology and results of the work. Authors are encouraged to apply the ITCon formatting rules for the draft paper.

Schedule:

Expression of interest (one page abstract):Feb 15, 2007
Notification of abstract acceptance and invitation to full papers: March 15, 2007
Submission of full paper: June 1, 2007
Notification of full paper acceptance with reviewers' comments: August 1, 2007
Submission of final papers in electronic format: September 15, 2007
Publication of the papers on the ITCon web-site: October, 2007

Contact:

For more information and to submit papers, contact c.j.anumba@lboro.ac.uk or bakinci@cmu.edu .

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Current volume All volumes Special issues Search papers Author index About ITcon Journal Scope Editors Editorial board Reader info. Author info. Submissions Login		Sensors in Construction and Infrastructure Management *GUEST EDITOR(S):* Dr. Burcu Akinci, Associate Professor Civil and Environmental Eng. Department Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 email: bakinci@cmu.edu Dr. Chimay Anumba, Professor Civil and Building Eng. Department Loughborough University Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK email: c.j.anumba@lboro.ac.uk SUMMARY: Construction project managers and infrastructure managers can benefit from utilizing a variety of sensors and wireless communication technologies on construction sites. These sensors target getting relevant information about products that are being constructed, processes and equipment that are being utilized in constructing these products, flow in supply-chains of materials that will be delivered to a construction site, and monitoring the as-is conditions of an infrastructure throughout its service life. The nature of sensing can vary from embedded sensing that assesses some material characteristics of a product, to utilization of spatial sensing and imaging technologies that assess both the quality of products being constructed and the safety of processes being utilized during construction. By the utilization of a wide array of sensors, both infrastructure components and processes of managing the construction and operations of those components become intelligent, and as a result, project and infrastructure managers can have better situation awareness and can make more informed decisions. A variety of sensors has already been utilized on job sites and on infrastructure systems and it is expected that this trend is going to increase towards job sites and infrastructure systems being intelligent with sensing and wireless communication technologies deployed ubiquitously. We see this special issue as an opportunity to exchange ideas and research results in the area of sensing in construction and infrastructure management. It will bring together both industry and academic perspectives from different parts of the world. The objectives of the special issue are as follows: To identify needs and functional requirements for the utilization of sensing and wireless communication technologies on construction sites. To explore and discuss approaches that will enable ubiquitous deployment of sensing on construction sites. To share research results and industry case studies that leverage sensing during construction. ITCon would like to encourage all authors wishing to contribute to this special issue to submit first abstracts, followed by full draft papers. All papers will be fully reviewed before final acceptance and publication. The papers should be structured in a way to express clearly the background, objectives, methodology and results of the work. Authors are encouraged to apply the ITCon formatting rules for the draft paper. Schedule: Expression of interest (one page abstract):Feb 15, 2007 Notification of abstract acceptance and invitation to full papers: March 15, 2007 Submission of full paper: June 1, 2007 Notification of full paper acceptance with reviewers' comments: August 1, 2007 Submission of final papers in electronic format: September 15, 2007 Publication of the papers on the ITCon web-site: October, 2007 *Contact:* For more information and to submit papers, contact c.j.anumba@lboro.ac.uk or bakinci@cmu.edu .
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