A New Look at Designing Electrical Construction Processes

Mennat Allah Hammam; Parrish Kristen; Feghaly Jeffrey

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-0968-9_41

A New Look at Designing Electrical Construction Processes

Mennat Allah Hammam, Parrish Kristen, Feghaly Jeffrey

Engineering, Ira A. Fulton Schools of (IAFSE)

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Abstract

Labor shortages in the United States and the increased demand for data centers necessitate more efficient processes in construction. This paper maps the existing cable pulling and termination process on data center construction sites and investigates opportunities of enhancing the process through automation. This study investigates the key tasks involved in the cable pulling and termination process and utilizes process mapping to present the current state-of-the-art. By conducting an extensive review of the existing body of knowledge, this paper identifies relevant activities that have been automated in other industries to propose a future cable pulling and termination process that utilizes automation for the construction industry. The findings of this study prove that the existing cable pulling and termination process has significant room for improvement and automation. This study effectively maps the existing cable pulling and termination practices on data center construction sites and investigates the potential of automating certain activities in the process. The results of this study are applicable to the electrical scope of work but are also relevant to other construction scopes of work.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021 - CSCE21 Construction Track Volume 2
Editors	Scott Walbridge, Mazdak Nik-Bakht, Kelvin Tsun Ng, Manas Shome, M. Shahria Alam, Ashraf el Damatty, Gordon Lovegrove
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	513-526
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9789811909672
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0968-9_41
State	Published - 2023
Event	Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, CSCE 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: May 26 2021 → May 29 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume	247
ISSN (Print)	2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)	2366-2565

Conference

Conference	Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, CSCE 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	5/26/21 → 5/29/21

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering

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Hammam, M. A., Kristen, P., & Jeffrey, F. (2023). A New Look at Designing Electrical Construction Processes. In S. Walbridge, M. Nik-Bakht, K. T. Ng, M. Shome, M. S. Alam, A. el Damatty, & G. Lovegrove (Eds.), Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021 - CSCE21 Construction Track Volume 2 (pp. 513-526). (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 247). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0968-9_41

A New Look at Designing Electrical Construction Processes. / Hammam, Mennat Allah; Kristen, Parrish; Jeffrey, Feghaly.
Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021 - CSCE21 Construction Track Volume 2. ed. / Scott Walbridge; Mazdak Nik-Bakht; Kelvin Tsun Ng; Manas Shome; M. Shahria Alam; Ashraf el Damatty; Gordon Lovegrove. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. p. 513-526 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; Vol. 247).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Hammam, MA, Kristen, P & Jeffrey, F 2023, A New Look at Designing Electrical Construction Processes. in S Walbridge, M Nik-Bakht, KT Ng, M Shome, MS Alam, A el Damatty & G Lovegrove (eds), Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021 - CSCE21 Construction Track Volume 2. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 247, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 513-526, Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, CSCE 2021, Virtual, Online, 5/26/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0968-9_41

Hammam MA, Kristen P, Jeffrey F. A New Look at Designing Electrical Construction Processes. In Walbridge S, Nik-Bakht M, Ng KT, Shome M, Alam MS, el Damatty A, Lovegrove G, editors, Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021 - CSCE21 Construction Track Volume 2. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2023. p. 513-526. (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-0968-9_41

Hammam, Mennat Allah ; Kristen, Parrish ; Jeffrey, Feghaly. / A New Look at Designing Electrical Construction Processes. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021 - CSCE21 Construction Track Volume 2. editor / Scott Walbridge ; Mazdak Nik-Bakht ; Kelvin Tsun Ng ; Manas Shome ; M. Shahria Alam ; Ashraf el Damatty ; Gordon Lovegrove. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. pp. 513-526 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering).

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