Title :
Manubuild Construction Site Training Simulator for Offsite Manufacturing
Author :
Petridis, Panagiotis ; Nadim, W. ; Bowden, Stuart ; Goulding, James ; Alshawi, M.
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. for the Built & Human Environ. (BuHu), Univ. of Salford, Manchester
Abstract :
The ManuBuild Construction Site Training Simulator provides a virtual environment for practicing new practice-based skills associated with off-site production. The dasiascenespsila of this simulator take place on a virtual construction site, and mainly targets professionals i.e. project managers, construction managers, architects, designers, suppliers, manufacturers etc. Thus, construction-related problems (e.g. key decisions, connectivity problems, faulty work, health and safety etc) can be simulated in respect of time, cost and resources (without the associated risks often associated with dasialearning-by-doingpsila). In this respect, the aim of this simulator is not to resolve the problems of using offsite manufacturing (OSM) per se, it does however provide a medium through which users can experience how things can go dasiawrongpsila along with the resulting implications.
Keywords :
computer based training; computer games; construction industry; industrial training; virtual reality; game engine; manubuild construction site training simulator; offsite manufacturing production; practice-based skill; virtual environment; Costs; Educational programs; Health and safety; Industrial training; Layout; Lifting equipment; Project management; Virtual environment; Virtual manufacturing; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, 2009. VS-GAMES '09. Conference in
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3588-3
DOI :
10.1109/VS-GAMES.2009.16