Digital delivery across integrated infrastructure and manufacturing systems

该ICASE项目建议进行自动化建筑交付的影响和可行性研究，特别是调查设计、规划和供应实践方面的变化。目的是调查施工过程自动化对基础设施交付工作的质量、效率、安全性和可预测性可能带来的好处和可识别的限制。建筑自动化对设计、规划、测量、估算、临时工程、项目管理和质量控制都有影响。在某些情况下，它为涉众提供了大量的节省，而在其他一些情况下，它需要更多的资源或增加风险。我们希望这项研究能为未来的自动化工作指明方向，并提出系统层面的建议，以提高基础设施交付的效率。该研究的主要技术目标之一是对施工现场进行参数化，并确定一个标准框架，用于施工活动的数字控制，以及使用智能机械与现场的其他机械和人工操作员一起提供特定的工作包。该框架将借鉴自动化交付（从测量到装配）概念架构的可行性研究，并试图建立一个连贯的、完整的施工现场作业建议。其目的是确定受现有做法和历史原因限制最大的活动，并提出改变建议以消除这些界限。希望在时间和成本方面的明显好处可以证明相同的工作质量，或者如果实施自动化系统，可以在不损害成本和交付时间的情况下优化质量、安全和环境影响。该框架将与现有的最先进的方法进行比较，但也将扩展到对未来建筑工地的抽象研究，以及更高程度的数字化所带来的新机会，特别是在工作精度提高、交货时间缩短和估算准确性方面。该研究将借鉴文献综述、历史数据、实地考察、访谈和对过去和正在进行的项目的分析，并开发抽象但实用的案例研究，将研究结果应用于超级高铁等新型基础设施的交付。新的基础设施不受现有基础设施的约束，而现有基础设施具有完善的实践，这保证了用激进的创新方法构建完整案例的机会。

This ICASE project proposes impact and feasibility study of automated construction delivery, in particular investigating changes in design, planning and supply practices.The aim is to investigate possible benefits and identifiable limitations that automation of construction processes has on the quality, efficiency, safety and predictability of work in infrastructure delivery.Automation of construction has an impact on design, planning, surveying, estimating, temporary works, project management and quality control. In some cases it delivers substantial savings to the stakeholders, while in some others, it requires more resources or increases risk. It is hoped that the study will identify a roadmap for future automation and suggest system-level approach to improving efficiency in infrastructure delivery.One of primary technical objectives of the study is to parametrise construction site and identify a standard framework for digital control of construction activities as well as use of smart machinery to deliver specific work packages, in conjunction with other machinery and human operators present on site. The framework will draw from a feasibility study of conceptual architectures for automated delivery (from surveying to assembly) and attempt to build a coherent, complete proposal of the operations in the construction site could be improved.The aim is to identify activities which are the most limited by existing practices and historical reasons and propose changes to remove said boundaries. It is hoped that clear benefits in terms of time and cost can be demonstrated for the same quality of work, or that quality, safety and environmental impact could be optimised without detriment to cost and time of delivery if automated systems are implemented.The framework will be compared to existing state-of-the-art approach, but also expand into abstract study of future construction sites and new opportunities unlocked by higher degree of digitisation, especially in terms of work precision improvements, delivery time reduction and estimate accuracy.The study will draw from literature review, historical data, site visits, interviews and analysis of past and ongoing projects as well as develop abstract, yet practical case studies of applying the findings in delivery of novel infrastructure such as Hyperloop. Novel infrastructure is not subject to the same constraints as existing infrastructure with well-established practices which promises an opportunity for building a complete case with radically innovative approach.