Khalafallah, A and El-Rayes, K (2008) Minimizing construction-related security risks during airport expansion projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(1), pp. 40-48. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Airport expansion projects often require the presence of construction personnel, material, and equipment near airport secure areas/facilities, leading to an increase in the level of risk to airport security. Construction planners and airport operators need to carefully study this challenge and implement active measures in order to minimize construction-related security breaches and comply with all relevant Federal Aviation Administration guidelines. This paper presents the development of an advanced multiobjective optimization model for planning airport construction site layouts that is capable of minimizing construction-related security breaches while simultaneously minimizing site layout costs. The model incorporates newly developed criteria and performance metrics that enable evaluating and maximizing the construction-related security level in operating airports. The model is developed using a multiobjective genetic algorithm, and an application example is analyzed to demonstrate the use of the model and its unique capability of generating a wide spectrum of optimal trade-offs between construction-related airport security and site layout costs.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | airport construction; evolutionary computation; optimization; risk management; security; site evaluation; site preparation; construction |
| Index terms: | construction personnel, performance metric, genetic algorithm, site layout, construction planner, aviation, airport construction, evolutionary computation, presence, risk management |
| Subjects: | risk assessment, workforce, practitioner, computational method, site logistics, environmental science, algorithms, performance measurement, infrastructure engineering, industry analysis |
| Topics: | Site Management, Quality Management, Human Resources, Digital Applications, Sustainability, Risk Management, Roles and Professions, Engineering Principles, Research Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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