Yang, C (2004) Knowledge-based understanding and interpretation of construction engineering drawings. PhD thesis, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Abstract
In the construction industry, many aspects from structural analysis to drawing production have already been computerized, except quantity surveying which includes the measurement of steel reinforcement used in reinforced concrete, still involves large amount of manual processes. Taking off is a very time consuming process. For example, at the tender preparation stage, it normally takes 4 to 5 man-months of an experienced Quantity Surveyor to complete the measurement work of a reasonable size, high-rise construction project. In order to solve this problem, this thesis presents a computer-aided quantity survey system, named as VHSTATION, to automatically recognize and interpret CAD structural engineering drawings, and to take off the amount of steel reinforcement indicated in the drawings. The methodologies integrated in the VHSTATION system include methods for automatic version control to guarantee the most update version to be analyzed; weighting symbols by the statistics of similar instances in candidate drawings under different recognition thresholds in order to adjust symbol recognition order; detecting walls in an architectural plan based on door symbol recognition; automatically extracting geometric features of architectural objects and converting the features into recognition rules, and utilizing Virtual Reality (VR) enabled 3D reconstruction and collision detection techniques to automatically identify and minimize design errors. The integration of these methods not only makes a useful contribution to the task of developing intelligent computer systems to automate the task of quantity surveying, but also provides interesting insight into the research domain of engineering drawings recognition.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Thesis advisor: | Heng, L |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | measurement; virtual reality; construction project; reinforced concrete; integration; quantity surveying; structural engineering; quantity surveyor; structural engineer |
| Index terms: | structural engineer, construction project, methodology, integration, reinforced concrete, drawing, survey, high-rise construction, structural analysis, computer system, guarantee, take-off, surveying, statistics, construction industry, construction engineering, reinforcement, virtual reality, quantity surveying, reconstruction, design error |
| Subjects: | building materials, technical documentation, professional practice, health monitoring assessment and metrics, data collection methods, profession, mathematical modelling, virtual reality, computing systems, organizational analysis, building construction, industry analysis, structural engineering, quantity surveying, contract structure, research methods, engineering methods, production management |
| Topics: | Engineering Principles, Project Management, Health and Safety, Procurement, Construction Materials, Research Practice, Cost Management, Roles and Professions, Digital Applications, Design Practice, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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