An intelligent transportation system in construction sites

Site transportation in terms of organising the efficient movement of vehicles, people and materials ensures the efficient use of workforce and production/process time in construction operations. In an attempt to improve productivity from the site transportation perspective, an appropriate IT performance evaluation framework could play an important role in the context of efficient management of construction site layouts and the movement patterns within a site. An efficient path layout of a working site that allows to store, transport, deliver material, plant and equipment in the shortest time is a determinant factor and requirement in a complex project. In addition, risks on construction sites can be reduced if the use of vehicles and mobile plant is properly managed by setting out paths avoiding high risks areas. Provision of safe paths could be used to control high-risk situations on the site. This paper addresses the lack of computer-based support tools for multi-objective optimum path finding applications that can be used interactively to assist site planners with generating alternative path scenarios. This IT tool will support the use of what-if analysis for planners so that they can work out the movements paths for people and vehicles for a given site layout.