Wireless networking in tunnelling projects

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2007-05-01

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Nielsen, Yasemin
Koseoglu, Ozan

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Emerging collaborative technologies and working methods often require tremendous engineering and organisational efforts for successful implementation of information and communication technologies (ICTs). According to a research conducted in Turkish construction industry, most of the problems that occur during the construction phase are due to lack of co-operation and communication between designers and contractors and lack of prompt expert decisions during on-site engineering. Similar to any major construction project, tunnelling project's success is highly dependent on collaborative team work where communication and information exchange take place between project members. Distributed collaborative teamwork, as the case in most of the large scale construction projects as well as tunnelling projects, empowered by state of the art information and communication technology, promises more efficient work processes, reduced travelling needs, and increased opportunities for project communication. Following the fast development of mobile computing in recent years, many sectors have adopted mobile devices and wireless technologies enabling real-time information transfer thereby improving business processes. For some years, the feasibility of implementing wireless solutions to construction sites has been researched. Potentially, mobile and wireless technologies enable construction staff to be more flexible in terms of location and time. For better use of mobile collaboration in construction projects, mobile technologies and construction sector have to be examined in some detail to implant the most suitable technology for real-time information access and improved collaboration of distributed teams in construction. However, case studies in construction are very limited in number and scope. This paper discusses and proposes an implementation scenario of wireless networking in Marmaray; a multi-site tunnelling project in Istanbul. Benefits, possible problems and cost assessments are discussed.

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Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology, Building and Construction

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/65637

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TUNNELLING AND UNDERGROUND SPACE TECHNOLOGY

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2006.08.004

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Department of Civil Engineering, Article

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Y. Nielsen and O. Koseoglu, “Wireless networking in tunnelling projects,” TUNNELLING AND UNDERGROUND SPACE TECHNOLOGY, pp. 252–261, 2007, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/65637.