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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.
Sustainable development is a priority for the future of our society. Sustainable development is of particular importance to the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, both for new buildings and for the renovation of existing buildings. Great potential for sustainable development lies in the renovation of existing office buildings. This paper introduces a new framework for identifying the best set of renovation strategies for existing office buildings. The framework applies selected green building rating system criteria and cost-effective sustainable renovation solutions based on cost-benefit analysis (CBA), and thus provides a novelty in decision-making support for the sustainable renovation of office buildings at an early-stage. The framework covers all necessary steps and activities including data collection, determination of the required level of renovation, selection of the green building rating system, identification of impact categories and criteria, and final evaluation and decision-making using CBA. The framework can be used in conjunction with different systems and according to different regional characteristics. The applicability of the addressing procedure is shown through a case study of a comprehensive renovation of an office building in the city of Maribor.
Nataša Šuman; Mojca Marinič; Milan Kuhta. A Methodological Framework for Sustainable Office Building Renovation Using Green Building Rating Systems and Cost-Benefit Analysis. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6156 .
AMA StyleNataša Šuman, Mojca Marinič, Milan Kuhta. A Methodological Framework for Sustainable Office Building Renovation Using Green Building Rating Systems and Cost-Benefit Analysis. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (15):6156.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNataša Šuman; Mojca Marinič; Milan Kuhta. 2020. "A Methodological Framework for Sustainable Office Building Renovation Using Green Building Rating Systems and Cost-Benefit Analysis." Sustainability 12, no. 15: 6156.
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.
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. Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics 2020, 533 -567.
AMA StyleNataša Šuman, Zoran Pučko. Integration of Industry 4.0 for Advanced Construction Project Management. Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics. 2020; ():533-567.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNataša Šuman; Zoran Pučko. 2020. "Integration of Industry 4.0 for Advanced Construction Project Management." Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics , no. : 533-567.
The refurbishment of educational buildings usually involves a variety of measures aiming at reducing energy demands and improving building functionality to achieve higher living comfort. This paper aims to develop an approach for determination of comprehensive refurbishment strategy upon existing preschool buildings in Slovenia from the aspects of energy and economic efficiency. The main idea of the approach is to separate and individually analyse the investments into those related to energy efficiency improvements and those related to improvements of building functional quality through the step-by-step evaluation of individual measures. The proposed approach was applied on the case study of the existing timber preschool building in the city of Maribor. Generally, the highest energy savings are detected only in the case of combination of multiple renovation measures. Moreover, the economic indicators show low efficiency for almost all measures if they are treated separately. Additionally, the analysis reveals that certain measures are totally inefficient in terms of energy, yet they are highly beneficial from the viewpoint of building functional quality, which indicates the importance of the multi-perspective assessment of renovation process. The conclusions of this study can be implemented to similar building types and construction ages in similar climatic and economic environments.
Nataša Šuman; Maja Žigart; Miroslav Premrov; Vesna Žegarac Leskovar. APPROACH TO REFURBISHMENT OF TIMBER PRESCHOOL BUILDINGS WITH A VIEW ON ENERGY AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY. JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 2019, 25, 27 -40.
AMA StyleNataša Šuman, Maja Žigart, Miroslav Premrov, Vesna Žegarac Leskovar. APPROACH TO REFURBISHMENT OF TIMBER PRESCHOOL BUILDINGS WITH A VIEW ON ENERGY AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY. JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT. 2019; 25 (1):27-40.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNataša Šuman; Maja Žigart; Miroslav Premrov; Vesna Žegarac Leskovar. 2019. "APPROACH TO REFURBISHMENT OF TIMBER PRESCHOOL BUILDINGS WITH A VIEW ON ENERGY AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY." JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 25, no. 1: 27-40.
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.
Nataša Šuman; Zlata Dolaček-Alduk; Uros Klansek. Construction Procedures for Public Goods on Roads of Local Interest in Slovenia. Tehnicki vjesnik - Technical Gazette 2018, 25, 231 -239.
AMA StyleNataša Šuman, Zlata Dolaček-Alduk, Uros Klansek. Construction Procedures for Public Goods on Roads of Local Interest in Slovenia. Tehnicki vjesnik - Technical Gazette. 2018; 25 (Supplement):231-239.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNataša Šuman; Zlata Dolaček-Alduk; Uros Klansek. 2018. "Construction Procedures for Public Goods on Roads of Local Interest in Slovenia." Tehnicki vjesnik - Technical Gazette 25, no. Supplement: 231-239.
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.
Daniela Dvornik Perhavec; Danijel Rebolj; Nataša Šuman. Systematic approach for sustainable conservation. Journal of Cultural Heritage 2015, 16, 81 -87.
AMA StyleDaniela Dvornik Perhavec, Danijel Rebolj, Nataša Šuman. Systematic approach for sustainable conservation. Journal of Cultural Heritage. 2015; 16 (1):81-87.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniela Dvornik Perhavec; Danijel Rebolj; Nataša Šuman. 2015. "Systematic approach for sustainable conservation." Journal of Cultural Heritage 16, no. 1: 81-87.
Nataša Šuman; Martina Semič El-Masr. The Integrated Approach for Introducing Innovation in construction Industry. Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal 2013, 5, 834 -843.
AMA StyleNataša Šuman, Martina Semič El-Masr. The Integrated Approach for Introducing Innovation in construction Industry. Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal. 2013; 5 (2):834-843.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNataša Šuman; Martina Semič El-Masr. 2013. "The Integrated Approach for Introducing Innovation in construction Industry." Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal 5, no. 2: 834-843.
In this paper, we are using the business process reengineering (BPR) concept together with the potentials of mobile information and communication technology (mobile ICT) to interpret the ability for better capturing of business changes that construction companies are faced with. Through our intensive examination of reengineering initiative in construction, we find that relatively low emphasis was placed on the opportunity to use information and communication technology (ICT) more progressively throughout the construction processes. We developed a methodological concept ‘Reengineering of the construction process (RCP-model)’ that captures the BPR philosophy as well as potentials of mobile ICT as technical background. Research assumptions were tested with the implementation of the proposed model in a concrete Construction Company in Slovenia. The reengineering project realization is defined from the viewpoint of the given implementation projects and exposure of the elements that affect adoption of BPR and enable evaluation of the attained results of company reorganization. Difficulties and milestones of the reengineering project, the importance of management and coordination of work are also stressed.
Natasa Suman; Dusko Ursic; Mirko Psunder; Drasko Veselinovic. Mobile Information and Communication Technology and Management of Business Changes in Construction Companies in Slovenia. Systemic Practice and Action Research 2009, 22, 397 -411.
AMA StyleNatasa Suman, Dusko Ursic, Mirko Psunder, Drasko Veselinovic. Mobile Information and Communication Technology and Management of Business Changes in Construction Companies in Slovenia. Systemic Practice and Action Research. 2009; 22 (5):397-411.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNatasa Suman; Dusko Ursic; Mirko Psunder; Drasko Veselinovic. 2009. "Mobile Information and Communication Technology and Management of Business Changes in Construction Companies in Slovenia." Systemic Practice and Action Research 22, no. 5: 397-411.
Mobile Computing Changing the Traditional Ways of Organizing the Construction Company
Natasa Suman; Mirko Psunder; Nata; Mirko P. Mobile Computing Changing the Traditional Ways of Organizing the Construction Company. American Journal of Applied Sciences 2008, 5, 42 -47.
AMA StyleNatasa Suman, Mirko Psunder, Nata, Mirko P. Mobile Computing Changing the Traditional Ways of Organizing the Construction Company. American Journal of Applied Sciences. 2008; 5 (1):42-47.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNatasa Suman; Mirko Psunder; Nata; Mirko P. 2008. "Mobile Computing Changing the Traditional Ways of Organizing the Construction Company." American Journal of Applied Sciences 5, no. 1: 42-47.