Niche Construction Model of Construction Projects and its Application

Abstract. At the present stage of development of the construction industry, steps to improve the efficiency of investment and construction projects can no longer be considered outside the context of construction information modeling technologies. Today, one of the main criteria for optimizing work on investment and construction projects is to reduce the time spent searching, working out and agreeing on spatial, financial, and temporal information about the construction object, therefore, the issue of the correct organization of information modeling of a construction site is quite relevant. In most cases, the design assignment is drawn up in the form given in Appendix B DBN A 2.2-2-2014 and is formal in nature. The presence of a design assignment, drawn up using the tools proposed below, reflects the thoroughness of the customer's elaboration of an investment and construction project, and reduces the risks of its implementation. The proposed methodology is based on three components of counter design, such as disaggregation, aggregation, and decomposition, from which its name – DAD –approach comes from. Allocation of structural elements in the structure of a building by disaggregation (analysis of alternative options) allows to create its model in the form of a hierarchical structure consisting of detailed and mutually synchronized parts - the configuration of the building. In accordance with the configuration of the construction site, hierarchical numbering is further reflected at all stages of design and in all its sections, incl. stamps of drawings and local estimates. This creates a unified system of interconnection and control of project sections. The creation of a construction site configuration in the form of a tree model with hierarchically numbered elements at the pre-design stage allows it to be applied at subsequent stages of the life cycle of a construction object in information modeling technologies. The use of the DAD – approach in counter-design is intended to increase the efficiency of the implementation of investment and construction projects.

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Adaptation and niche construction in human prehistory: a case study from the southern Scandinavian Late Glacial

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rstb.2010.0266 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 366 (1566) ◽

pp. 793-808 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

Felix Riede

Keyword(s):

Material Culture ◽

Social Evolution ◽

Rangifer Tarandus ◽

Niche Construction ◽

Late Glacial ◽

Weak Evidence ◽

Human Niche Construction ◽

Southern Scandinavia ◽

Construction Model ◽

Late Palaeolithic

The niche construction model postulates that human bio-social evolution is composed of three inheritance domains, genetic, cultural and ecological, linked by feedback selection. This paper argues that many kinds of archaeological data can serve as proxies for human niche construction processes, and presents a method for investigating specific niche construction hypotheses. To illustrate this method, the repeated emergence of specialized reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus ) hunting/herding economies during the Late Palaeolithic ( ca 14.7–11.5 kyr BP) in southern Scandinavia is analysed from a niche construction/triple-inheritance perspective. This economic relationship resulted in the eventual domestication of Rangifer . The hypothesis of whether domestication was achieved as early as the Late Palaeolithic, and whether this required the use of domesticated dogs ( Canis familiaris ) as hunting, herding or transport aids, is tested via a comparative analysis using material culture-based phylogenies and ecological datasets in relation to demographic/genetic proxies. Only weak evidence for sustained niche construction behaviours by prehistoric hunter–gatherer in southern Scandinavia is found, but this study nonetheless provides interesting insights into the likely processes of dog and reindeer domestication, and into processes of adaptation in Late Glacial foragers.

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An innovative approach for generation of Virtual Construction Model and a time location plan for road construction projects

Managing IT in Construction/Managing Construction for Tomorrow ◽

10.1201/9781482266665-81 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 595-604

Keyword(s):

Construction Projects ◽

Road Construction ◽

Innovative Approach ◽

Virtual Construction ◽

Construction Model

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Music and philosophical naturalism

10.26686/wgtn.17143670 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Anton Killin

Keyword(s):

Niche Construction ◽

General Context ◽

Philosophical Naturalism ◽

Edge Field ◽

Hominin Evolution ◽

Evolutionary Scenario ◽

Evolution Of Music ◽

Construction Model ◽

Conceptual Pluralism ◽

Methodological Reflection

<p>The philosophical and scientific explication of music is a cutting-edge field in contemporary academia. This thesis develops a naturalistic framework for theorising about music. The following novel philosophical positions are motivated and defended: a polysemy analysis of “sound”, conceptual pluralism about music, a pluralistic framework for approaching the science of music, and a fictionalist account of Western musical artworks. The adaptation/ by-product framework for couching discussion about the evolution of music is critiqued. A novel, co-evolutionary, niche construction model of the foundations of musicality and the origins, expansion and stabilisation of music is developed, couched in the general context of hominin evolution and prehistory. Conceptual and methodological reflection accompanies the evolutionary scenario developed.</p>

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Music and philosophical naturalism

10.26686/wgtn.17143670.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Anton Killin

Keyword(s):

Niche Construction ◽

General Context ◽

Philosophical Naturalism ◽

Edge Field ◽

Hominin Evolution ◽

Evolutionary Scenario ◽

Evolution Of Music ◽

Construction Model ◽

Conceptual Pluralism ◽

Methodological Reflection

<p>The philosophical and scientific explication of music is a cutting-edge field in contemporary academia. This thesis develops a naturalistic framework for theorising about music. The following novel philosophical positions are motivated and defended: a polysemy analysis of “sound”, conceptual pluralism about music, a pluralistic framework for approaching the science of music, and a fictionalist account of Western musical artworks. The adaptation/ by-product framework for couching discussion about the evolution of music is critiqued. A novel, co-evolutionary, niche construction model of the foundations of musicality and the origins, expansion and stabilisation of music is developed, couched in the general context of hominin evolution and prehistory. Conceptual and methodological reflection accompanies the evolutionary scenario developed.</p>

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Exploring Servitization in Industrial Construction: A Sustainable Approach

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13148002 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (14) ◽

pp. 8002

Author(s):

Carlos Galera-Zarco ◽

José Antonio Campos

Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Construction Projects ◽

Business Models ◽

Production Model ◽

Industrial Construction ◽

Construction Companies ◽

Product Service ◽

Tier 1 ◽

Construction Model

Off-site manufacturing is emerging as an advantageous production model in the construction industry. In recent years, many tier 1 construction companies are including off-site production as part of their portfolio. Likewise, this change of model is attracting new entrants to the sector. The shift from the traditional on-site construction model to off-site manufacturing is unleashing positive impacts on projects in terms of cost, time efficiency, sustainability, and improved quality. Nonetheless, this phenomenon has yet to be analysed from the perspective of how this change in production processes influences the inclusion of services in company business models. This study explores whether and how industrialisation arises as an enabler for servitization in the construction sector. By means of an in-depth case study, our research identifies different product-service system (PSS) typologies associated with industrial construction and reveals their potential to increase additional services. Furthermore, the research sheds light on how industrial construction provides an opportunity to integrate offers and features that work towards reducing the environmental impact of construction projects and the operation and maintenance of built assets.

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Social epistemic actions

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19002802 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

Giovanni Pezzulo ◽

Laura Barca ◽

Domenico Maisto ◽

Francesco Donnarumma

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Joint Action ◽

Niche Construction ◽

Cultural Practices ◽

Learning Processes ◽

Epistemic Actions ◽

Target Article ◽

Online Social Interaction

Abstract We consider the ways humans engage in social epistemic actions, to guide each other's attention, prediction, and learning processes towards salient information, at the timescale of online social interaction and joint action. This parallels the active guidance of other's attention, prediction, and learning processes at the longer timescale of niche construction and cultural practices, as discussed in the target article.

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