Construction engineering

Construction engineering, also known as construction operations, is a professional subdiscipline of civil engineering that deals with the designing, planning, construction, and operations management of infrastructure such as roadways, tunnels, bridges, airports, railroads, facilities, buildings, dams, utilities and other projects. Construction engineers learn some of the design aspects similar to civil engineers as well as project management aspects. At the educational level, civil engineering students concentrate primarily on the design work which is more analytical, gearing them toward a career as a design professional. This essentially requires them to take a multitude of challenging engineering science and design courses as part of obtaining a 4-year accredited degree. Education for construction engineers is primarily focused on construction procedures, methods, costs, schedules and personnel management. Their primary concern is to deliver a project on time within budget and of th

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Modeling of layered timber beams and ribbed shell frameworks

Kai-Uwe Gliniorz, Julius Natterer

A methodology for modeling multi-layered structures is presented. The formulation is easily utilized in the framework of existing structural analysis programs to compute internal forces and the global and local deformations of multi-layered structural members and systems. The methodology is fully applied and verified for the case of multi-layered timber beams with semi-rigid connections between the layers. The verifications are performed using both static experimentation and detailed computational modeling with linear and nonlinear finite element analyses. Extension to curved members is also included where emphasis is focused on residual stresses due to construction procedures of layered timber arches. Finally, experimental and computational demonstration of the methodology is given from timber ribbed shells where reasonable agreement between model predictions and experiments is illustrated. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.

2002

Une maison berlinoise. Construction d'un fragment de ville dans le centre historique de Berlin (D)

Nils Wimmer

Le projet se situe au centre de Berlin, plus précisément dans le quartier historique de Spandauer Vorstadt. Il propose une maison offrant du logement de standard élevé ainsi que du commerce. C'est dans une "Baulücke", une surface qui depuis les destructions de la seconde guerre mondiale est restée majoritairement libre de constructions, que s'insère la nouvelle construction. Elle complète la cour exceptionnellement grande d'un ancien bâtiment de la poste en lui redonnant son quatrième côté. Cette disposition implique que la maison doit à la fois assumer un côté représentatif vers la rue, répondre à une situation d'angle et réagir à l'échelle donnée par la cour côté sud. Simultanément, le nouveau bâtiment a la fonction d'accès principal à cette dernière. Le quartier de Spandauer Vorstadt est l'une des rares parties de Berlin qui ont été largement épargnées par les bombardements. Ainsi, son caractère et sa structure originelle sont bien conservés. A cet endroit, une nouvelle maison d'habitation doit respecter l'existant et son histoire et penser aux interventions à venir. Le grand défi est celui d'allier la typologie traditionnelle berlinoise et, en même temps, répondre aux exigences des modes de vie d'aujourd'hui. C'est surtout au niveau des espaces intérieurs, de leur disposition et de leur domesticité que le projet cherche à développer les qualités de l'appartement berlinois typique.

2005

Analyse du comportement d’une structure avec application des techniques de la réalité virtuelle

Lucas Ferrari

engineering has remained very traditional. The advances made in the fields of representation and visualisation, and in particular the progress made in virtual reality, lead us to wonder what added value this technology can bring to the world of construction. This project will consist of the static analysis of a school in Fribourg, Switzerland, and then representing the calculations on a 3D model for visualisation in virtual reality. This will be followed by an exploration of the different techniques and possibilities that VR has to offer to the construction world. The main advantages that VR offers are a better visualization of projects, whether it is for constructive details or for the building as a whole. It also allows a good anticipation of unforeseen events that may be encountered during the construction process. In addition, VR is interesting for the different parties involved in a project, whether it be the engineer, the architect, the construction company or the owner. In conclusion, this technology has already proven its value in other fields and the construction field would benefit from integrating the use of VR in its projects.

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Construction

Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form objects, systems, or organizations, and comes from Latin constructio (from com- "together" and struere "to pile up") and Old French

Construction management

Construction management (CM) is a professional service that uses specialized, project management techniques and software to oversee the planning, design, construction and closeout of a project. The pu

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