The omnipresence of cranes in construction environments and the health and safety
concerns associated with their operations have constantly been increasing as a global …

Heavy lifting is a common and important task in industrial plants. It is conducted frequently
during the time of plant construction, maintenance shutdown and new equipment …

Heavy industrial construction, particularly when modularization is adopted, requires
thorough heavy-lift studies to manage the extensive use of mobile cranes in congested and …

Despite the many existing best practices in safety, the construction industry lacks automated
safety monitoring and analysis of task-level construction operations. Data to workforce …

The majority of industrial projects in Alberta's oil sands are constructed using modular
construction. Modules are preassembled components built off-site and transported to the site …

Lift path planning is a significant subtask in constructability analysis, sequencing, and
scheduling of congested industrial modular projects, impacting project cost, and safety …

The planning of tower crane operations is a complex process that has significant impact on
the time, cost, productivity, and safety of construction projects. This complexity pertains to the …

Nowadays, the use of heavy mobile cranes in on-site construction of industrial projects has
become inevitable. Due to the high rental cost of such cranes, an optimized plan is essential …

Various lift planning and optimization (LPO) researches have been conducted; nevertheless,
the body of knowledge is fragmented. This study aims to develop a systematic framework of …

Safe and efficient operations of cranes in complex construction environments require
thorough planning of lift paths. As the scales of construction projects expand, path planning …