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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 61
NOVEL DESIGN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS FOR CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Edited by: B. Kumar and B.H.V. Topping

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Preliminaries
1CONCEPTUAL DESIGN  
1.1 Inventive Design in Structural Engineering: Evolutionary Computing Approach
T. Arciszewski, K. De Jong and H. Vyas
1
1.2 M-RAM: An Artificial Intelligence Distributed System to Support the Conceptual Phase of Structural Design
L. Soibelman and F. Pena-Mora
11
2NOVEL DESIGN TECHNIQUES  
2.1 Technical Building Design as Practised: A Description of Typical Tasks
T. Andersen and S.C. Hartvig
21
2.2 Online Algorithms Supporting Emergence in Distributed CAD Systems
B. Feijó, P.C.R. Gomes, S. Scheer and J. Bento
25
2.3 Cooperative Networked Workspaces for Structural Design
J. Wang and C.-W. Chao
33
2.4 A Task and Software Independent CAE Course
B. Raphael, K. Shea and I. Smith
39
2.5 A Framework for Supporting the Design of Highway Bridges
J. Corte-Real Andrade and J. Bento
47
3DETAILED DESIGN  
3.1 Utilising Graphics Packages Capabilities for Processing of Generic Provisions in Design Standards
M.K. Badrah, I.A. MacLeod and B. Kumar
59
4VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATIONS  
4.1 Design-For-Safety-Process (DFSP) Utilizing Virtual Reality as a Representation Tool
B.H.W. Hadikusumo and S. Rowlinson
63
4.2 Virtual Construction for Constructability Improvement
A. Waly, W. Thabet and Y. Beliveau
71
4.3 A Virtual Reality Model for Site Layout
A.H. Boussabaine, B. Grew, S. Cowland and P. Slater
77
5INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT  
5.1 Towards Intelligent Information Retrieval for the Construction Industry
J. McKechnie
83
5.2 Information Management in Construction Project Management
G.D. Karageorgos and A.P. Chassiakos
93
6CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECT ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS  
6.1 UPDATERTM: A Schedule Updating Tool using Palmtop Computing Technology
W. Thabet, J. de la Garza and E. Yan
99
6.2 Contractor Prequalification Expert System for Design-Build Projects
E. Palaneeswaran and M.M. Kumaraswamy
103
6.3 Development of an Intelligent Decision Support System for Cost Escalation in the Heavy Engineering Industry
N. Dawood and W. Bates
113
6.4 A Distributed Object-Oriented Database for Storing and Managing Collaborative Architectural Designs
F. Marir, M.J. Jackson and G. Aouad
127
6.5 A Case-Based Design Brief Development and Design Plans Generation for Construction Projects
F. Marir and M. Alshawi
135
6.6 Computer-Aided Searching for the Optimal Time of a Technological Process Realised with Production Resources of Fixed Type
M. Hajdasz and A. Marlewski
141
6.7 Developing a Construction Project Risk Knowledge Management Software Environment
V. Carr and J.H.M. Tah
153
6.8 Sharing and Exchanging Project Information in a Modularised Integrated Construction Environment
C.W.F. Che Wan Putra and M. Alshawi
163
6.9 Development of an Intelligent Methodology for Integration of Communication and Construction Processes
A.O. Akinsola, N.N. Dawood, B. Hobbs and R. Harrison
173
7GEOTECHNICAL AND GROUNDWATER ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS  
7.1 Development of an IT-Based Ground Modelling System for Optimising Earthwork Activities
P. McMahon, N.N. Dawood and B. Hobbs
181
7.2 A Spreadsheet-based Decision Support System for Excavation Groundwater Control
I.E.G. Davey-Wilson
189
8WATER AND PUBLIC HEALTH APPLICATIONS  
8.1 A Constraint based Hierarchy for the Control of Water Supply Systems
T. Challis, J.C. Miles and C.J. Moore
197
8.2 An Original Real Time Expert Model for the Operation and Control of the Water Supply Aqueduct of the Greater Athens Area, using Fuzzy Reasoning and Computer Assisted Learning
L.S. Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia and H. Giovanopoulos
205
9TRAFFIC ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS  
9.1 An Object-Oriented Traffic Simulation Model for Intersection Signal Control
P. Agarwal, R.-L. Cheu, W.-T. Chan, E.-P. Chew and C.-J. Ong
215
9.2 Identification of Sites for Road Accident Remedial Work by Bayesian Statistical Methods: An Example of Uncertain Inference
B.G. Heydecker and J. Wu
223
9.3 Artificial Intelligence Techniques in the Development of Expressway Incident Detection Systems
X. Jin, R.-L. Cheu, D. Srinivasan, K.-C. Ng, Y.-L. Ng and K.-H. Lee
235

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