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ACCELERATED CONSTRUCTION DECISION MAKING PROCESS

ARURKAR, TEJAS PRAKASH
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1155814743

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2006, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering : Civil Engineering.
The National Bridge Inventory shows that more than 480,000 bridges that serve the U.S highways are of a median age of more than 42 years and a design life of 50 years; out of which, approximately 14 and 16 percent of the bridge inventory falls into the functional and structural deficient categories, respectively. In a mature infrastructure system, upgrade, repair, or replacement requires either restriction or closure of those parts of the system. Traffic disruption during maintenance and construction activities frequently results in disruptions to local economies and communities; and raises issues of safety and congestion. The use of traditional technologies and techniques for infrastructure rehabilitation are not effective enough to mitigate these disruptive effects of rehabilitation work. A systems approach to accelerating infrastructure construction is required to mitigate the impact of the extensive rehabilitation activities that are likely to take place in immediate future. The decision making system proposed in this report uses Analytical Hierarchy Process and provides the decision maker with a tool to quantify the qualitative trade-offs between various objectives to extract a single set of weights which reflect the level of importance of each of the factors in the overall decision making process. This system will thus provide the decision makers an excellent and transparent tool to make decisions regarding choosing an optimal holistic strategy for decision making.
Dr. OSSAMA SALEM (Advisor)
129 p.
Acceleration; Pre-fabrication; Analytical Hierarchy Process

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  • ARURKAR, T. P. (2006). ACCELERATED CONSTRUCTION DECISION MAKING PROCESS [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1155814743

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • ARURKAR, TEJAS. ACCELERATED CONSTRUCTION DECISION MAKING PROCESS. 2006. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1155814743.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • ARURKAR, TEJAS. "ACCELERATED CONSTRUCTION DECISION MAKING PROCESS." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1155814743

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