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Zoran Pučko is employed at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, and Architecture at the University of Maribor as Assistant Ph.D. As a member of the Chair of Management, Technology, and Economics, he performs pedagogical work in various subjects. He is a member of the Slovenian Association for Building Information Modelling (SiBIM) and a member of the Technical Committee SIST / TC BIM Building Information Modelling at the Slovenian Institute of Standardization (SIST).
Project Goal: Automated construction progress monitoring has been addressed in various ways, using different data acquisition methods and approaches, however, with a limited success, and this was the motivation for the research project. According to the findings in the reviewed works, none of the observed methods is yet able to provide comprehensive and reliable monitoring of construction, which would cover the whole building (outdoor and indoor) through the entire construction process. In our research, we have focused on methods, based on 4D as-built (AB) vs. 4D as-designed (AD) comparison, referred to as Scan-vs-BIM. Our goal was to develop a method, which would permanently compare the 4D AD BIM to the on-site situation in form of a 4D AB BIM model. The basic idea was, to continuously generate 4D point clouds on the go by gathering 3D scans from workers' helmets, equipped with appropriate low-cost 3D scanning devices (see Figure below). Further steps of the proposed method are: generating the point cloud of the entire building under construction (4D AB PC), and identification process with the help of the existing 3D AD BIM. Finally, the 4D AB BIM is created. The 4D AB BIM is then compared to the 4D AD BIM and a list of differences is generated. Since the difference elements are linked to activities, the delayed activities or those ahead are recognised and listed. The essential novelty of the presented method is in the way of point cloud acquisition, which is i) continuous, ii) does not require any additional monitoring or surveying activities, and iii) data acquisition is taken only where changes occur. The basic idea was presented at the Conference Lean & Computing in Construction Congress (LC3) with the paper entitled “Automated construction progress monitoring using continuous multipoint indoor and outdoor 3d scanning” (https://doi.org/10.24928/JC3-2017/0021). The anticipated scanning technology does not ensure a high point cloud accuracy and density, it does, however, fit the required criteria and enables efficient element identification for the required classes of elements according to the preliminary research project and published paper in Automation in Construction entitled “Point cloud quality requirements for Scan-vs-BIM based automated construction progress monitoring” (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926580517304107). The overall research project is not yet finished and there are some open problems and disadvantages. For the automation of partial point cloud registration, the worker helmets should be equipped with a subsystem for precise positioning and orientation, and possibly also with a subsystem for communication with the server. In our experiment, we have simulated some activities manually, which should be otherwise automated. Further, several solutions are anticipated for the precise positioning and orientation, e.g. inertial positioning using Bluetooth beacons, UWB tags and anchors, Wi-Fi-based positioning, and some others. For communication with the server, a Wi-Fi network could be installed on site and the protection helmets upgraded with a Wi-Fi subsystem. To simplify the helmet equipment, another solution would be to upload data at the end of the working day, when helmets are put into docking stations. We have also anticipated helmet equipment in an affordable price range. After solving the mentioned open problems, we plan to move from the testbed to a real construction project, where we plan to use (probably awkward) prototype scanning helmets, upgraded with positioning and communication subsystems and a server for partial point cloud registration and comparison of the 4D AD and 4D AB BIM. The automatic determination of the actual situation on the site and comparison with the planned implementation is one of the key challenges for automated construction progress monitoring. The development of the method, envisages continuous and multilocational automatic data acquisition outdoor and indoor the building with the aid of scanners integrated in workers' helmets that create point clouds on the basis of depth images and which together represent the entire point cloud of the actual build object (4D AB PC) throughout the entire construction process. The 4D AB PC together with the 3D BIM model (AD BIM) enables the identification of individual built elements and generation of the 4D AB BIM model. Comparing 4D AB BIM with the planned 4D AD BIM model gives, as a result, those elements that deviate from the planned performance at the selected time. The essential novelty of the developed method for automated continuous construction progress monitoring (ACCPM) is in the process of data acquisition, compared to the existing methods, thus removing the shortcomings of the existing methods and allowing complete and reliable monitoring of the construction throughout the entire construction process. The ACCPM method is published as a Paper in the Journal Advanced Engineering Informatics and a 50-day free access to the full paper is available: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1XExI5FA1jm4V~.
Current Stage: In progress
The construction industry is facing the increasing process of integration of Industry 4.0 in all phases of the construction project lifecycle. Its exponential growth has been detected in research efforts focused on the usage of the building information modeling (BIM) as one of the most breakthrough innovative approaches in the construction (AEC) industry. BIM brings many advantages as well as changes in the existing construction practice, which allows for adjustment of processes in the most automated possible way. The goal in the design phase is to create a comprehensive BIM model that combines the data of all project participants and represents a digital model of a future building. In the construction phase, the monitoring and controlling the work progress is one of the most important and difficult tasks, and it is today still mostly done manually. Currently, more research and actual implementations are oriented towards the introduction of the automated construction progress monitoring (ACPMon). All of this is the basis for advanced construction project management (ACPMan).
Nataša Šuman; Zoran Pučko. Integration of Industry 4.0 for Advanced Construction Project Management. Research Anthology on Cross-Industry Challenges of Industry 4.0 2021, 1277 -1311.
AMA StyleNataša Šuman, Zoran Pučko. Integration of Industry 4.0 for Advanced Construction Project Management. Research Anthology on Cross-Industry Challenges of Industry 4.0. 2021; ():1277-1311.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNataša Šuman; Zoran Pučko. 2021. "Integration of Industry 4.0 for Advanced Construction Project Management." Research Anthology on Cross-Industry Challenges of Industry 4.0 , no. : 1277-1311.
The selection of cost-effective components of the building envelope plays a significant role in a sustainable building design solution. Therefore, in terms of effective decision-making, it is important to have a complete insight into construction and running costs throughout the lifespan of the building. A systematic building information modelling (BIM) approach as a new trend in the innovative approaches in the construction (AECO) industry provides appropriate support for improvement of environmental assessments. Our study presents a new approach to automated/semi-automated comprehensive energy and the whole life-cycle cost analysis of building envelope components using BIM, and, as such, it represents a novelty for Advanced Construction Project Management. It focuses on the sequence of steps required for evaluation of energy and economic assessment, from the basic 3D BIM model, through the energy and cost analysis, to the final evaluation and decision-making. The energy balance was calculated with dynamic simulation, the results of which formed the basis for the cost analysis. Economic assessment of construction and operating costs was performed by implementation of the cost-optimal methodology. Our proposed approach contributes to the environmental assessment of building envelope components throughout the life cycle and includes the economic valuation. The applicability of the systematic approach in our case study considered 24 different variants of building envelope components at three different U-values, namely U0 = 0.28 W/m2K for external wall, U0 = 0.20 W/m2K for roof, U1 = 0.15 W/m2K and U2 = 0.10 W/m2K. Sophisticated project BIM management software was used for the economic evaluation of all elements of the life-cycle costs (LCC). In summary, the main contribution of this approach is provision of a comprehensive and simple insight into all costs in a transparent way, because a 5D BIM model allows for optimal decision-making on appropriate energy and cost-efficient envelope components.
Zoran Pučko; Damjan Maučec; Nataša Šuman. Energy and Cost Analysis of Building Envelope Components Using BIM: A Systematic Approach. Energies 2020, 13, 2643 .
AMA StyleZoran Pučko, Damjan Maučec, Nataša Šuman. Energy and Cost Analysis of Building Envelope Components Using BIM: A Systematic Approach. Energies. 2020; 13 (10):2643.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZoran Pučko; Damjan Maučec; Nataša Šuman. 2020. "Energy and Cost Analysis of Building Envelope Components Using BIM: A Systematic Approach." Energies 13, no. 10: 2643.
In recent years, exponential growth has been detected in research efforts focused on automated construction progress monitoring. Despite various data acquisition methods and approaches, the success is limited. This paper proposes a new method, where changes are constantly perceived and as-built model continuously updated during the construction process, instead of periodical scanning of the whole building under construction. It turned out that low precision 3D scanning devices, which are closely observing active workplaces, are sufficient for correct identification of the built elements. Such scanning devices are small enough to fit onto workers’ protective helmets and on the applied machinery. In this way, workers capture all workplaces inside and outside of the building in real time and record partial point clouds, their locations, and time stamps. The partial point clouds are then registered and merged into a complete 4D as-built point cloud of a building under construction. Identification of as-designed BIM elements within the 4D as-built point cloud then results in the 4D as-built BIM. Finally, the comparison of the 4D as-built BIM and the 4D as-designed BIM enables identification of the differences between both models and thus the deviations from the time schedule. The differences are reported in virtual real-time, which enables more efficient project management.
Zoran Pučko; Nataša Šuman; Danijel Rebolj. Automated continuous construction progress monitoring using multiple workplace real time 3D scans. Advanced Engineering Informatics 2018, 38, 27 -40.
AMA StyleZoran Pučko, Nataša Šuman, Danijel Rebolj. Automated continuous construction progress monitoring using multiple workplace real time 3D scans. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 2018; 38 ():27-40.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZoran Pučko; Nataša Šuman; Danijel Rebolj. 2018. "Automated continuous construction progress monitoring using multiple workplace real time 3D scans." Advanced Engineering Informatics 38, no. : 27-40.
Zoran Pučko; Uroš Klanšek; Nataša Šuman. Pedagogical and research work on Building Information Modeling in construction management. Common Foundations 2018 - uniSTem: 6th Congress of Young Researchers in the Field of Civil Engineering and Related Sciences 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleZoran Pučko, Uroš Klanšek, Nataša Šuman. Pedagogical and research work on Building Information Modeling in construction management. Common Foundations 2018 - uniSTem: 6th Congress of Young Researchers in the Field of Civil Engineering and Related Sciences. 2018; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZoran Pučko; Uroš Klanšek; Nataša Šuman. 2018. "Pedagogical and research work on Building Information Modeling in construction management." Common Foundations 2018 - uniSTem: 6th Congress of Young Researchers in the Field of Civil Engineering and Related Sciences , no. : 1.
Danijel Rebolj; Zoran Pučko; Nenad Čuš Babič; Marko Bizjak; Domen Mongus. Point cloud quality requirements for Scan-vs-BIM based automated construction progress monitoring. Automation in Construction 2017, 84, 323 -334.
AMA StyleDanijel Rebolj, Zoran Pučko, Nenad Čuš Babič, Marko Bizjak, Domen Mongus. Point cloud quality requirements for Scan-vs-BIM based automated construction progress monitoring. Automation in Construction. 2017; 84 ():323-334.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDanijel Rebolj; Zoran Pučko; Nenad Čuš Babič; Marko Bizjak; Domen Mongus. 2017. "Point cloud quality requirements for Scan-vs-BIM based automated construction progress monitoring." Automation in Construction 84, no. : 323-334.
The aim of this paper is to present an application of 6D building information modelling (6D BIM) on a real business-storage building in Slovenia. First, features of building maintenance in general are described according to the current Slovenian legislation, and also a general principle of BIM is given. After that, step-by-step activities for modelling 6D BIM are exposed, namely from Element list for maintenance, determination of their lifetime and service measures, cost analysing and time analysing to 6D BIM modelling. The presented 6D BIM model is designed in a unique way in which cost analysis is performed as 5D BIM model with linked data to use BIM Construction Project Management Software (Vico Office), integrated with 3D BIM model, whereas time analysis as 4D BIM model is carried out as non-linked data with the help of Excel (without connection to 3D BIM model). The paper is intended to serve as a guide to the building owners to prepare 6D BIM and to provide an insight into the relevant dynamic information about intervals and costs for execution of maintenance works in the whole building lifecycle.
Zoran Pučko; Dražen Vincek; Andrej Štrukelj; Nataša Šuman. Application of 6D Building Information Model (6D BIM) for Business-storage Building in Slovenia. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2017, 245, 62028 .
AMA StyleZoran Pučko, Dražen Vincek, Andrej Štrukelj, Nataša Šuman. Application of 6D Building Information Model (6D BIM) for Business-storage Building in Slovenia. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2017; 245 (6):62028.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZoran Pučko; Dražen Vincek; Andrej Štrukelj; Nataša Šuman. 2017. "Application of 6D Building Information Model (6D BIM) for Business-storage Building in Slovenia." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 245, no. 6: 62028.
Zoran Pučko; Dražen Vincek; Andrej Štrukelj; Nataša Šuman. Planning of Maintenance Cost for Business-Storage Facility Using BIM. Lean and Computing in Construction Congress - Volume 1: Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Computing in Construction 2017, 1 .
AMA StyleZoran Pučko, Dražen Vincek, Andrej Štrukelj, Nataša Šuman. Planning of Maintenance Cost for Business-Storage Facility Using BIM. Lean and Computing in Construction Congress - Volume 1: Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Computing in Construction. 2017; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZoran Pučko; Dražen Vincek; Andrej Štrukelj; Nataša Šuman. 2017. "Planning of Maintenance Cost for Business-Storage Facility Using BIM." Lean and Computing in Construction Congress - Volume 1: Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Computing in Construction , no. : 1.
Zoran Pučko; Danijel Rebolj. Automated Construction Progress Monitoring Using Continuous Multipoint Indoor and Outdoor 3D Scanning. Lean and Computing in Construction Congress - Volume 1: Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Computing in Construction 2017, 1 .
AMA StyleZoran Pučko, Danijel Rebolj. Automated Construction Progress Monitoring Using Continuous Multipoint Indoor and Outdoor 3D Scanning. Lean and Computing in Construction Congress - Volume 1: Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Computing in Construction. 2017; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZoran Pučko; Danijel Rebolj. 2017. "Automated Construction Progress Monitoring Using Continuous Multipoint Indoor and Outdoor 3D Scanning." Lean and Computing in Construction Congress - Volume 1: Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Computing in Construction , no. : 1.
Informacijsko modeliranje gradbenih objektov (angl. Building Information Modeling - BIM), kot sodoben pristop v grajenem okolju, združuje področja gradbeništva, arhitekture, strojništva in druga področja, povezana z gradbenimi projekti s pomočjo informacijsko komunikacijskih tehnologij. Izdelek BIM-pristopa je informacijski model gradbenega objekta, ki z vsemi zbranimi informacijami predstavlja povečanje kakovosti, natančnosti in dostopnosti do informacij v celotnem življenjskem ciklu gradbenih projektov. Z BIMpristopom se tako izboljšajo procesi (procesni model) ter posamezni sklopi obravnav gradbenega objekta (objektni model) pri gradbenih projektih v vseh fazah obravnave. Takšen pristop celostno obravnava gradbene projekte od njihove idejne zasnove, geometrijske upodobitve objekta, funkcionalne namembnosti, strukturne in energetske analize, umeščenosti v prostor, vse do njihove realizacije ter pozneje pri uporabi in na koncu pri razgradnji. Odgovornost Fakultete za gradbeništvo, prometno inženirstvo in arhitekturo Univerze v Mariboru (FGPA UM), katere primarna dejavnost je izobraževanje in usposabljanje bodočih kadrov, ob nenehnem raziskovanju in razvoju novih sodobnih oblik pridobivanja znanja, je izjemno velika. Zato se vsebine študijskih programov nenehno prilagajajo novim trendom v gradbeništvu. K temu veliko doprinese entuziazem in interes študentov, ki se skupaj z mentorji in somentorji pri svojih zaključnih delih podajo na nova, nemalokrat še neraziskana področja obravnav gradbenih projektov s sodobnim BIM-pristopom. Pričujoča e-publikacija z naslovom Katalog zaključnih del študentov FGPA s področja BIM podaja povzetke zaključnih del diplomantov, magistrantov in doktorandov, ki so ali bodo v kratkem zaključili študij na FGPA in katerih zaključna dela obravnavajo BIM-pristop. Namen e-publikacije je promocija študentov, ter posledično tudi FGPA, in je lahko hkrati vir informacij za podjetja z vizijo uvajanja BIMpristopa, pri iskanju usposobljenihkadrov, ki jih potrebujejo za doseganje zastavljenih ciljev razvoja. Informacijsko modeliranje gradbenih objektov (angl. Building Information Modeling - BIM), kot sodoben pristop v grajenem okolju, združuje področja gradbeništva, arhitekture, strojništva in druga področja, povezana z gradbenimi projekti s pomočjo informacijsko komunikacijskih tehnologij. Izdelek BIM-pristopa je informacijski model gradbenega objekta, ki z vsemi zbranimi informacijami predstavlja povečanje kakovosti, natančnosti in dostopnosti do informacij v celotnem življenjskem ciklu gradbenih projektov. Z BIMpristopom se tako izboljšajo procesi (procesni model) ter posamezni sklopi obravnav gradbenega objekta (objektni model) pri gradbenih projektih v vseh fazah obravnave. Takšen pristop celostno obravnava gradbene projekte od njihove idejne zasnove, geometrijske upodobitve objekta, funkcionalne namembnosti, strukturne in energetske analize, umeščenosti v prostor, vse do njihove realizacije ter pozneje pri uporabi in na koncu pri razgradnji. Odgovornost Fakultete za gradbeništvo, prometno inženirstvo in arhitekturo Univerze v Mariboru (FGPA UM), katere primarna dejavnost je izobraževanje in usposabljanje bodočih kadrov, ob nenehnem raziskovanju in razvoju novih sodobnih oblik pridobivanja znanja, je izjemno velika. Zato se vsebine študijskih programov nenehno prilagajajo novim trendom v gradbeništvu. K temu veliko doprinese entuziazem in interes študentov, ki se skupaj z mentorji in somentorji pri svojih zaključnih delih podajo na nova, nemalokrat še neraziskana področja obravnav gradbenih projektov s sodobnim BIM-pristopom. Pričujoča e-publikacija z naslovom Katalog zaključnih del študentov FGPA s področja BIM podaja povzetke zaključnih del diplomantov, magistrantov in doktorandov, ki so ali bodo v kratkem zaključili študij na FGPA in katerih zaključna dela obravnavajo BIM-pristop. Namen e-publikacije je promocija študentov, ter posledično tudi FGPA, in je lahko hkrati vir informacij za podjetja z vizijo uvajanja BIMpristopa, pri iskanju usposobljenihkadrov, ki jih potrebujejo za doseganje zastavljenih ciljev razvoja.
Zoran Pučko. Katalog zaključnih del študentov UM FGPA z vsebinami s področja informacijskega modeliranja gradbenih objektov (BIM). Katalog zaključnih del študentov UM FGPA z vsebinami s področja informacijskega modeliranja gradbenih objektov (BIM) 2017, 1 .
AMA StyleZoran Pučko. Katalog zaključnih del študentov UM FGPA z vsebinami s področja informacijskega modeliranja gradbenih objektov (BIM). Katalog zaključnih del študentov UM FGPA z vsebinami s področja informacijskega modeliranja gradbenih objektov (BIM). 2017; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZoran Pučko. 2017. "Katalog zaključnih del študentov UM FGPA z vsebinami s področja informacijskega modeliranja gradbenih objektov (BIM)." Katalog zaključnih del študentov UM FGPA z vsebinami s področja informacijskega modeliranja gradbenih objektov (BIM) , no. : 1.
Zoran Pučko; Nataša Nataša; Uros Klansek. Building Information Modeling Based Time And Cost Planning In Construction Projects. Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal 2014, 6, 1 .
AMA StyleZoran Pučko, Nataša Nataša, Uros Klansek. Building Information Modeling Based Time And Cost Planning In Construction Projects. Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal. 2014; 6 (1):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZoran Pučko; Nataša Nataša; Uros Klansek. 2014. "Building Information Modeling Based Time And Cost Planning In Construction Projects." Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal 6, no. 1: 1.