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The aim of the thesis is the project of the process layout of the Motocentre in Ledenice. The project of the premises is elaborated in two versions from which one is chosen and finished to the documentation stage ready for releasing the building licence. Special attention is paid to the equipment, size of the areas needed and special demands during the manipulation with the vehicles in order to keep standard requirements and good accessibility. The construction is designed for a concrete lot in the village of Ledenice which is defined for industrial production by the territorial plan. In the thesis, are introduced all important requirements which are necessary to follow during designing; requirements for project documentation of the construction and individual acts preceding the works.

A indústria da construção civil tem adotado várias tecnologias nos últimos anos com o propósito de melhorar seu desempenho, entre elas a Tecnologia da Informação (TI). Alguns dos principais objetivos da TI no setor são o de integrar e agregar valor aos processos e ajudar no gerenciamento de empreendimentos. Neste sentido, com a consolidação da Internet, foram desenvolvidas as chamadas extranets de projeto para gestão dos processos e armazenamento de documentos. Com estes sistemas é possível integrar as várias equipes intervenientes nos processos da construção civil, oferecendo um grande volume de informações a cada usuário. A proposta deste trabalho é conceber uma ferramenta especializada que auxilie na tarefa de recuperar informações em documentos de construção civil armazenados em extranets de projeto. As ferramentas atualmente disponíveis nas extranets normalmente possuem apenas mecanismos convencionais, com recursos baseados em busca por palavraschave. Estes mecanismos podem retornar grande quantidade de documentos irrelevantes frente a uma solicitação. Isso ocorre pelo generalismo e pela descontextualização dessas ferramentas. Numa extranet de projeto, o tema dos documentos armazenados é delimitado (a Construção Civil). A ferramenta proposta procura otimizar os argumentos das consultas e ordenar por relevância a lista de documentos recuperados. Os algoritmos de busca e ordenação de documentos apresentados neste sistema são baseados no conhecimento do domínio da construção civil objetivando maior eficácia na recuperação. Os resultados obtidos mostraram grande melhora nos parâmetros de precisão e revocação do sistema quando comparados a mecanismos convencionais. / The Building Industry has been adopting several technologies in the last years for improving its performance, including those from the Information Technology (IT). Some of the main objectives of IT in this sector are to integrate and to add value to processes, as well as to help in enterprise management. In this sense, along with the consolidation of the Internet, the so-called project extranets were developed for process management and document archival. With these systems it is possible to integrate all the different teams involved with the building construction processes, offering each user a large amount of information. The purpose of this work is to devise an expert tool to help in the information retrieval from building documents stored in project extranets. The searching engines available in current extranets are conventional, featuring only keyword search. These mechanisms can retrieve many irrelevant documents upon a request. This is due to the generic nature and the non-contextualization of these tools. The subject matter of the documents in a project extranet is restricted (Building Construction). The proposed tool aims to optimize the user query terms and to rank retrieved documents according to their relevance. The document search and ranking algorithms of this system are based on building construction domain knowledge for improving retrieval efficacy. The obtained results show large improvements on the system’s precision and recall parameters when compared to a standard search mechanism.

A indústria da construção civil tem adotado várias tecnologias nos últimos anos com o propósito de melhorar seu desempenho, entre elas a Tecnologia da Informação (TI). Alguns dos principais objetivos da TI no setor são o de integrar e agregar valor aos processos e ajudar no gerenciamento de empreendimentos. Neste sentido, com a consolidação da Internet, foram desenvolvidas as chamadas extranets de projeto para gestão dos processos e armazenamento de documentos. Com estes sistemas é possível integrar as várias equipes intervenientes nos processos da construção civil, oferecendo um grande volume de informações a cada usuário. A proposta deste trabalho é conceber uma ferramenta especializada que auxilie na tarefa de recuperar informações em documentos de construção civil armazenados em extranets de projeto. As ferramentas atualmente disponíveis nas extranets normalmente possuem apenas mecanismos convencionais, com recursos baseados em busca por palavraschave. Estes mecanismos podem retornar grande quantidade de documentos irrelevantes frente a uma solicitação. Isso ocorre pelo generalismo e pela descontextualização dessas ferramentas. Numa extranet de projeto, o tema dos documentos armazenados é delimitado (a Construção Civil). A ferramenta proposta procura otimizar os argumentos das consultas e ordenar por relevância a lista de documentos recuperados. Os algoritmos de busca e ordenação de documentos apresentados neste sistema são baseados no conhecimento do domínio da construção civil objetivando maior eficácia na recuperação. Os resultados obtidos mostraram grande melhora nos parâmetros de precisão e revocação do sistema quando comparados a mecanismos convencionais. / The Building Industry has been adopting several technologies in the last years for improving its performance, including those from the Information Technology (IT). Some of the main objectives of IT in this sector are to integrate and to add value to processes, as well as to help in enterprise management. In this sense, along with the consolidation of the Internet, the so-called project extranets were developed for process management and document archival. With these systems it is possible to integrate all the different teams involved with the building construction processes, offering each user a large amount of information. The purpose of this work is to devise an expert tool to help in the information retrieval from building documents stored in project extranets. The searching engines available in current extranets are conventional, featuring only keyword search. These mechanisms can retrieve many irrelevant documents upon a request. This is due to the generic nature and the non-contextualization of these tools. The subject matter of the documents in a project extranet is restricted (Building Construction). The proposed tool aims to optimize the user query terms and to rank retrieved documents according to their relevance. The document search and ranking algorithms of this system are based on building construction domain knowledge for improving retrieval efficacy. The obtained results show large improvements on the system’s precision and recall parameters when compared to a standard search mechanism.

The basic aim of this diploma thesis is to prepare project documentation for construction management for the new residential building in Prague. The building is designed in a combined monolithic reinforced concrete and brick support system. The building consists of three above (3.NP partial) and one underground floor. The mass of the building is designed as a single integrated unit. Plan of the building is rectangular. The thesis includes documnetation in the range of requirements for building management, assessment in terms of building physics building and fire safety of the building.

Scope of this diploma work is layout proposal for joinery workshop including store for its products and materials. Building design has been done in two variants. Chosen variant has been finished into documentation required for issue of building permission. Attention is paid to dimensions and location of manufacturing areas, sanitary facilities and salesroom so that all regulations are accomplished, accessibility and manipulation with material are optimized. Building is drawn up for real estate in area of Ledenice town, which is according to development plan allocated to industrial areas. In diploma work are mentioned all important requirements, which have to be kept during project planning, requirements for documentation and also are discussed particular activities prior to construction itself.

Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Structural design standards based on the principles of structural reliability are gaining worldwide acceptance and are fast becoming the new basis of structural safety verification. The application of these principles to establish a standardised basis for structural design using partial factor limit states design procedures is done in the European Standard for the Basis of Structural Design EN 1990 from which it is adapted to the South African Basis of Design Standard for Building and Industrial Structures SANS 10160-1. The basis of design requirements stipulated in EN 1990 and SANS 10160-1 apply to all aspects of structural design: This includes reliability levels of structural performance and their differentiation and management; identification of various limit states and design situations; the specification of all the basic variables; separate treatment of actions and material-based resistance. However, application of these requirements is then primarily focused on actions whilst the provision for structural concrete is then left to the materials based design standards. This two-part thesis describes a systematic assessment of the degree to which the application of the reliability framework presented in the basis of design requirements has been achieved in the present generation of structural concrete design standards. More importantly, attempts are made to identify ways in which the process can be advanced. Special attention is drawn to issues that are specific to South African conditions and practice in structural concrete. Part One of the thesis focuses on the key elements of the reliability framework presented in EN 1990 and traces to what extent the requirements have been propelled through the design stipulations of the Eurocode Standard for Design of Concrete Structures EN 1992-1-1. The implications of the different reference level of reliability between the Eurocode default value of ß = 3.8 and that characteristic of South African practice ß = 3.0 through various issues are highlighted. The use and advantage of explicit treatment of reliability performance on reliability management related to some aspects of quality control are explored. A critical aspect is the shear prediction model providing unconservative estimates of shear resistance. Part Two of the thesis focuses on characterising the model factor of the EN 1992-1-1 shear prediction model for members requiring design shear reinforcement. This is done by a comparison to a compiled experimental database with special focus on situations with high reinforcement ratios. The significance of the modelling uncertainty in shear prediction is verified by this comparison. The use of the more conceptually rational modified compression field theory (MCFT) to improve on the quality of shear predictions is investigated and proves to yield more precise values with lower scatter hence making it a more reliable tool for predicting shear. The MCFT can then be used as reference for the reliability calibration and possible improvement for the Eurocode procedure. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Strukturele ontwerpstandaarde gebaseer op die beginsels van strukturele betroubaarheid verkry wêreldwye aanvaarding en word vinnig die nuwe basis van strukturele veiligheid bevestiging. Die toepassing van hierdie beginsels om ʼn gestandaardiseerde basis vir strukturele ontwerp is bevestig deur gebruik te maak van gedeeltelike-faktorbeperkende stadiums ontwerpprosedures in die Europese Standaard vir die Basis van Strukturele Ontwerp EN 1990 waarvandaan dit herbewerk is na die Suid-Afrikaanse Basis van Ontwerp Standaarde vir Bou en Industriële Strukture SANS 10160-1. Die basis van ontwerpvereistes bepaal in EN 1990 en SANS 10160-1 is van toepassing op alle aspekte van strukturele ontverp: Dit sluit inbetroubaarheidsvlakke van struktureele prestasie en hul diversifikasie en bestuur; identifikasie van verskeie beperkende state en ontwerpsituasies; die spesifikasie van al die basiese veranderlikes; afsonderlike behandeling van aksies en materiaal-gebaseerde weerstand. Desnieteenstaande, die toepassing van hierdie voorwaardes is dan hoofsaaklik gefokus op aksies terwyl die voorsiening van strukturele beton is dan gelaat op die materiaalgebaseerde ontwerpstandaarde. Hierdie tweeledige verhandeling beskryf ʼn stelselmatige beoordeling van die graad waartoe die toepassing van die betroubaarheidsraamwerk aangebied word in die basis van ontwerpvereistes bereik in die huidige generasie van strukturele beton-ontwerp standaarde is. Meer belangrik, pogings is aangewend om die maniere hoe die proses bevorder kan word te identifiseer. Spesiale aandag word gevestig op kwessies wat spesifiek op Suid-Afrikaanse toestande en praktyke in strukturele beton toepaslik is. Deel Een van die verhandeling fokus op die sleutel-dele van die betroubaarheidsraamwerk aangebied in EN 1990 en skets die mate waartoe die vereistes aangespoor word deur die ontwerp voorskrifte van die Eurocode Standard for the Design of Concrete Structures EN 1992-1-1. Die implikasie van die verskillende verwysingsvlakke van betroubaarheid tussen die Eurocode standaardwaarde van ß = 3.8 en die eienskap van Suid-Afrikaanse praktyk ß = 3.0 deur verskillende kwessies word uitgelig. Die gebruik en voordeel van spesifieke behandeling van betroubaarheidsuitvoering op betroubaarheidsbestuur verwantskap met sekere aspekte van kwaliteit kontrole word ondersoek. ʼn Kritiese aspek is die model vir die voorspelling van skuif-weerstand wat die onkonserwatiewe beramings vir skuif-weerstand gee. Deel Twee van die verhandeling fokus op karakterisering die modelfaktor van die EN 1992- 1-1 skuif-weerstand voorspellings-model. Dit word gedoen deur ʼn vergelyking na ʼn saamgestelde eksperimentele databasis met spesifieke fokus op situasies met hoe herbevestigingsvergelykings. Die oorheersing van die modellering- onsekerheid in skuifweerstand voorspelling is bevestig deur hierdie vergelyking. Die gebruik van ʼn meer konseptuele rasionele gemodifiseerde druk-veld teorie (bekend as MCFT) om die kwaliteit van skuif voorspelling te verbeter is ondersoek en verskaf ‘n meer presiese waarde met laer verspreiding wat lei tot ʼn meer betroubaree instrument om skuif mee te voorspel. Die MCFT word dan gebruik as verwysing vir die betroubaarheid-samestelling en moontlike verbetering van die Eurocode prosedures.

Maps are important for both human and robot navigation. Given a route, drivingassistance systems consult maps to guide human drivers to their destinations. Similarly, topological maps of a road network provide a robotic vehicle with information about where it can drive and what driving behaviors it should use. By providing the necessary information about the driving environment, maps simplify both manual and autonomous driving. The majority of existing cartographic databases are built, using manual surveys and operator interactions, to primarily assist human navigation. Hence, the resolution of existing maps is insufficient for use in robotics applications. Also, the coverage of these maps fails to extend to places where robotics applications require detailed geometric information. To augment the resolution and coverage of existing maps, this thesis investigates computer vision algorithms to automatically build lane-level detailed maps of highways and parking lots by analyzing publicly available cartographic resources, such as orthoimagery. Our map-building methods recognize image patterns and objects that are tightly coupled with the structure of the underlying road network by 1) identifying, without human intervention, locally consistent image cues and 2) linking them based on the obtained local evidence and prior information about roadways. We demonstrate the accuracy of our bootstrapping approach in building lane-level detailed roadwaymaps through experiments. Due to expected abnormal events on highways such as roadwork, the geometry and traffic rules of highways that appear on maps can occasionally change. This thesis also addresses the problem of updating the resulting maps with temporary changes by analyzing perspective imagery acquired from a vision sensor installed on a vehicle. To robustly recognize highway work zones, our sign recognizer focuses on handling variations of signs’ colors and shapes. Sign recognition errors, which are inevitable, can cause our system to misread temporary highway changes. To handle potential errors, our method utilizes the temporal redundancy of sign occurrences and their corresponding classification decisions. We demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of our approach highway workzone recognition through testing with video data recorded under various weather conditions. Two major results of this thesis work are 1) algorithms that analyze orthoimages to produce lane-level detailed maps of highways and parking lots and 2) on-vehicle computer vision algorithms that are able to recognize temporary changes on highways. Our maps can provide detailed information about a route, in advance, to either a human driver or a self-driving vehicle. While driving on highways, our roadway-assessing algorithms enable the vehicle to update the resulting maps with temporary changes to the route.

This thesis explains important facts concerning financial products for solutions of housing need from three points of view, which influent each other -- from the point of view of client, bank and state. In the thesis, there is noted, what shall be understood under the solution of housing need, and what are the products which have been used for housing financing. Accent is put on possible use of different forms of state support and its influence on the state budget. The most of financial products for the solution of housing need have character of credit, therefore part of the thesis is touching credit risk and is clearing running of credit process.

This diploma thesis deals with the change in the price of land, depending on its determination in ground plan and also on the method of use in location Průhony in Vysoké Mýto. The first part describes the methods of real estate assessing, and consequently, ground planning is outlined. The second part in concerned with the description of Vysoké Mýto and real estate investment opportunities in close neighbourhood. The practical part is focused on setting prices of various lands in relation to its potential. To end up, historical price development in location Průhony is discussed.