CONPAS: Application of Knowledge-Based System to Construction Planning

This report describes a knowledge-based computer tool for construction planning, one of the crucial stages for a construction project. The objective of this research is 10 demonstrate a successful application of a computer tool named CONPAS (CONstruction Planning Assistant). CONPAS is designed to produce erection plans for structural steel. The test cases show that CONPAS can provide erection plans including resources, task sequence and lay out of resources that the projects require for their completion. CONPAS shows that a knowledge-based tool can help engineers build construction plans.