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Jun 17, 2014
Estimating Potential Cost Savings from Implementing an Innovative TBM Guidance Automation System
Authors: Ming Lu [email protected], Xuesong Shen [email protected], and Sheng Mao [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (2014)
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It is vitally important to evaluate costs, benefits and risks associated with adopting a new method or technology prior to field implementation. The present research proposes a framework for estimating potential cost savings by implementing new method or technology in the field in terms of: (1) productivity-dependent crew cost; (2) time-dependent indirect cost; and (3) time-independent indirect cost in the current practice that can be removed. In regards to system reliability, the proposed framework guides the identification of possible breakdown event categories and the evaluation of probabilities and consequences for each category of event. A case study is presented in the context of developing an innovative TBM guidance automation system in tunnel construction. Potential cost saving resulting from implementing the new automation system for a 1,000-meter-long drainage tunnel project in Edmonton, Alberta is estimated to be $346k, which far outweighs the additional cost associated with system reliability (about $ 34k) by about ten-fold.
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Construction Engineering & Management, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2W2, Canada. E-mail: [email protected]
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. E-mail: [email protected]
Construction Engineering & Management, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2W2, Canada. E-mail: [email protected]
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