Identifying user requirements in order to digitally enable the off-site fabrication of steel reinforcement
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White, Käthe-Marie Klehe
Brilakis, Ioannis https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1829-2083
Abstract
There has been limited study into the user-requirements of steel-fixers in the off-site fabrication of reinforced concrete and steel reinforcement. This work seeks to understand and specify the context in which steel-fixers are working and identify the user-requirements. Steel-fixing video footage was analysed, enabling the production of targeted questions, which were then posed to industry experts at in-person site visits. The user-requirements are categorised into three groups: the users’ safety & comfort, environmental, and task-specific requirements. These requirements are intended to be used in future work to develop a new system and approach to the off-site fabrication of steel reinforcement.
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4005 Civil Engineering, 46 Information and Computing Sciences, 40 Engineering
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Proceedings of the 2022 European Conference on Computing in Construction
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2022 European Conference on Computing in Construction
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2684-1150
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University of Turin
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S02302X/1)
EPSRC (EP/V056441/1)
EPSRC (EP/V056441/1)