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Theses

 

Computer Integrated Construction: Project Data Model Representation and Use

Doctoral Thesis, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 1997.

 

EIDOCC - Expert Interactive Design of Concrete Columns

Master’s Thesis, MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985.

 

Refereed papers in professional journals

 

1.      Sacks, R., and Buyukozturk, O., (1987), ‘Expert Interactive Design of Concrete Columns under Bi-axial Bending’, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 1 No. 2 pp. 69-81.

2.      Sacks, R., and Warszawski, A., (1997), ‘A Project Model for an Automated Building System; Design and Planning Phases’, Automation in Construction, Elsevier Science B.V., Vol. 7 pp. 21-34.

3.      Sacks, R., (1998), ‘Issues in the Development and Implementation of a Building Project Model for an Automated Building System’, International Journal of Construction Information Technology, Salford University, Salford UK Vol. 5 No. 2 pp 75-101.

4.      Sacks, R., Warszawski, A., and Kirsch, U., (2000), ‘Structural Design in an Automated Building System’, Automation in Construction, Elsevier Science B.V., Vol. 10 No. 1 pp. 181-197.

5.      Sacks, R., (2002), ‘Integrated AEC Information Services using Object Methods and a Central Project Model’, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Blackwell Publishers, Boston USA & Oxford UK, Vol. 17 No.6 pp. 449–456.

6.      Sacks, R., Navon, R., and Goldschmidt, E., (2003), ‘Building Project Model Support for Automated Labor Monitoring’, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol.17 No.1 pp. 19-27.

7.      Sacks, R., Eastman, C.M., and Lee, G., (2003) ‘Process Improvements in Precast Concrete Construction Using Top-Down Parametric 3-D Computer-Modeling’, Journal of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Vol. 48 No. 3 pp. 46-55.

8.      Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., and Lee, G., (2003), ‘Development and Implementation of Advanced IT in the North American Precast Concrete Industry’, ITCON - Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction, Vol. 8, pp. 247-262.

9.      Sacks, R., Eastman, C.M., and Lee, G., (2004) ‘Process Model Perspectives On Management and Engineering Procedures in the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Industry’, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 130 No. 2 pp. 206-215.

10.    Sacks, R., Eastman, C.M., and Lee, G., (2004), ‘Parametric 3D Modeling in Building Construction with Examples from Precast Concrete’, Automation in Construction, Elsevier Science B.V., Vol. 13 No. 3 pp. 291-312.

11.    Warszawski, A., and Sacks, R., (2004), ‘A Practical Multi-Factor Approach to Evaluating the Risk of Investment in Engineering Projects’, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 130 No. 3 pp. 357-367.

12.    Sacks, R., (2004), ‘Evaluation of the economic impact of computer-integration in precast concrete construction’, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 18 No. 4. pp. 301-312.

13.    Sacks, R., Navon, R., Brodetskaia, I., and Shapira, A. (2005). ‘Feasibility of Automated Monitoring of Lifting Equipment in Support of Construction Project Control’, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 131 No. 5 pp. 604-614.

14.    Sacks, R., Eastman, C.M., Lee, G. and Orndorff, D. (2005). ‘A Target Benchmark of the Impact of Three-Dimensional Parametric Modeling in Precast Construction’, Journal of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Vol. 50 No. 4 pp. 126-139.

15.    Sacks, R., Navon, R., and Brodetskaia, I., (2006). ‘Interpretation of Automatically Monitored Equipment Data for Project Control’, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 20 No. 2 pp. 111-120.

16.    Lee, G., Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., and Navathe, S.B., (2006). ‘Grammatical Rules for Specifying Information for Automated Product Data Modeling’, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Vol. 20 No. 2 pp. 155-170.

17.    Sacks, R., and Harel, M., (2006). ‘An Economic Game Theory Model of Subcontractor Resource Allocation Behavior’, Construction Management & Economics, Vol. 24 No. 8 pp. 869-881.

18.    Lee, G., Sacks, R., and Eastman, C.M., (2006). ‘Specifying Parametric Building Object Behavior (BOB) for a Building Information Modeling System’, Automation in Construction, Vol. 15 No. 6 pp. 758-776.

19.    Ergen, E., Akinci, B., and Sacks, R., (2006). ‘Tracking and Locating Components in a Precast Storage Yard Utilizing Radio Frequency Identification Technology and GPS’, Automation in Construction, Vol. 16 No. 2 pp. 354–367.

20.    Navon, R., and Sacks, R., (2007). ‘Assessing Research in Automated Project Performance Control (APPC)’, Automation in Construction, Vol. 16 No. 4 pp. 474-484.

21.    Lee, G., Eastman, C.M., and Sacks, R., (2007). ‘Twelve Design Patterns for Integrating and Normalizing Product Model Schemas’, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol. 22 No. 3 pp. 163-181.

22.    Sacks, R., and Goldin, M., (2007). ‘Lean Management Model for Construction of High-rise Apartment Buildings’, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 133 No. 5 pp. 374-384.

23.    Lee, G., Sacks, R., and Eastman, C.M., (2007). ‘Product Data Modeling using GTPPM - A Case Study’, Automation in Construction, Vol. 16 No.3 pp. 392-407.

24.    Sacks, R., Esquenazi, A., and Goldin, M., (2007). ‘LEAPCON: Simulation of Lean Construction of High-rise Apartment Buildings’, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 133 No. 7 pp. 529-539.

25.    Lee, G., Eastman, C.M., and Sacks, R., (2007) ‘Eliciting Information for Product Modeling using Process Modeling’, Data & Knowledge Engineering, Elsevier Science B.V., Vol. 62 No. 2 pp. 292-307.

26.    Ergen, E., Akinci, B., and Sacks, R., (2007). ‘Life-Cycle Data Management of Engineered-to-Order Components Using Radio Frequency Identification’, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Vol. 21 No. 4 pp. 356-366.

27.    Sacks, R., and Barak, R., (2008). ‘Impact of Three-dimensional Parametric Modeling of Buildings on Productivity in Structural Engineering Practice’, Automation in Construction, Vol. 17 No. 4 pp. 439-449.

28.    Eastman, C. M., and Sacks, R., (2008). ‘Relative Productivity in the AEC Industries in the US for On-site and Off-site Activities’, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 134 No. 7 pp. 517-526.

29.    Kaner, I., Sacks, R., Kassian, W., and Quitt, T., (2008). ‘Case Studies of BIM Adoption for Precast Concrete Design by Mid-sized Structural Engineering Firms,’ ITCON - Information Technology in Construction (accepted) Vol. 13 Special Issue - Case studies of BIM use, pp. 303-323.

30.    Barak, R., Jeong, Y.-S., Sacks, R., and Eastman, C.M., (2009). ‘Unique Requirements of Building Information Modeling for Cast-in-place Reinforced Concrete’, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 23 No. 2 pp. 64-74.

31.    Jeong, Y.-S., Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., Kaner, I., (2009). ‘Benchmark Tests for BIM Data Exchanges of Precast Concrete’, Automation in Construction, Vol. 18 pp. 469-484.

32.    Sacks, R., Rozenfeld, O., and Rosenfeld, Y., (2009). ‘Spatial and Temporal Exposure to Safety Hazards in Construction’, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 135 No. 8 pp. 726-736.

33.    Rozenfeld, O., Sacks, R., and Rosenfeld, Y., (2009). ‘CHASTE - Construction Hazard Analysis with Spatial and Temporal Exposure’, Construction Management & Economics, Vol. 27 No. 7 pp. 625-638.

34.    Sacks, R., Treckmann, M., and Rozenfeld, O., (2009). ‘Computer-Aided Visualization of Work Flow to Support Lean Construction’, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 135 No. 12 pp. 1307-1315.

35.    Eastman, C.M., Jeong, Y.-S., Sacks, R., and Kaner, I., (2010). ‘Exchange Model and Exchange Object Concepts for Implementation of National BIM Standards’, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Vol. 24 No. 1 pp. 25-34.

36.    Sacks, R., and Barak, R., (2010). ‘Teaching Building Information Modeling as an Integral Part of Freshman Year Civil Engineering Education’, ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 136 No. 1 pp. 30-38.

37.    Tribelsky, E., and Sacks, R., (2010). ‘Measuring information flow in the detailed design of construction projects’, Research in Engineering Design, Vol. 21 No.3 pp. 189-206.

38.    Rozenfeld, O., Sacks, R., Rosenfeld, Y., and Baum, H., (2010). ‘Construction Job Safety Analysis’, Safety Science, Vol. 48 pp. 491–498.

39.    Sacks, R., Kaner, I., Eastman, C.M., and Jeong, Y-S., (2010). ‘The Rosewood Experiment – Building Information Modeling and Interoperability for Architectural Precast Facades’, Automation in Construction Vol. 19 pp. 419-432.

40.    Sacks, R., and Partouche, R., (2010). ‘The Empire State Building project: an archetype of “Mass Construction” ’, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 136 No. 6 pp. 702-710.

41.    Sacks, R., Radosavljevic, M., and Barak, R., (2010). ‘Principles for Building Information Modeling based Lean Production Management Systems for Construction’, Automation in Construction Vol. 19 No. 5 pp. 641-655.

42.    Brilakis, I., Lourakis, M., Sacks, R., Savarese, S., Christodoulou, S., Teizer, J., Makhmalbaf, A., (2010). ‘Toward Automated Generation of Parametric BIMs based on Hybrid Video and Laser Scanning’, Advanced Engineering Informatics Vol. 24 pp. 456-465.

43.    Sacks, R., Koskela, L., Dave, B. and Owen, R.L., (2010). ‘The Interaction of Lean and Building Information Modeling in Construction’, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 136 No. 9 pp. 968-980.

44.    Soibelman, L., Sacks, R., Akinci, B., Dikmen, I., Birgonul, M.T., Eybpoosh, M., (2010). ‘Preparing Civil Engineers for International Collaboration in Construction Management’, ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, Vol. 137 No.3 pp. 141-150.

45.    Tribelsky, E., and Sacks, R., (2011). ‘An empirical study of information flows in multi-disciplinary civil engineering design teams using lean measures’, Architectural Engineering and Design Management, Vol. 7 No. 2 pp. 85-101.

 

Refereed papers in professional journals (accepted/in press)

 

46.    Zhou, W., Whyte, J.K., and Sacks, R., (2011). ‘Design for construction safety in the digital economy’, Automation in Construction (accepted).

 

Refereed papers in professional journals (submitted)

 

47.    Brodetskaia, I., Sacks, R., and Shapira, A., (2011). ‘A Workflow Model for Finishing Works in Building Construction’, submitted to Construction Management and Economics.

48.    Brodetskaia, I., Sacks, R., and Shapira, A., (2011). ‘Stabilizing Production Flow of Finishing Works in Building Construction with Re-entrant Flow’, submitted to ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.

49.    Venugopal, M., Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., and Teizer, J., (2011). ‘Semantics of Model Views for Information Exchanges using the Industry Foundation Class Schema’, submitted to Advanced Engineering Informatics.

 

 

Books

 

Sacks, R., and Bertelsen, S., (Eds.) (2006). Understanding and Managing the Construction Process: Theory and Practice, Proceedings of the 14th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Catholic University of Santiago, Santiago, Chile, 641 pps.

 

Eastman, C. M., Teicholz, P., Sacks, R., and Liston, K., (2011). BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Architects, Engineers, Contractors and Fabricators, ISBN: 978-0-470-54137-1, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 626 pages.

This book has been translated into Korean and Portuguese. A Chinese edition is being prepared. The first edition was published April 2008, ISBN: 978-0-470-18528-5, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 495 pages.

 

Book Chapters   

 

Sacks, R., and Buyukozturk, O., “An Expert System for Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures”, in Expert Systems in Engineering, edited by D.T. Pham, ISBN: 0-387-19229-8 IFS Publications/Springer-Verlag, New York, 1988.

 

Sacks, R., (2008). “Production System Instability and Subcontracted Labor”, in Construction Supply Chain Management Handbook, edited by W. O’Brien, C. Formoso, K. London and R. Vrijhoef, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 504 pages.

 

Educational Management Simulation Game

 

Sacks, R. (2004). Technion LEAPCON™ (Lean Apartment Construction) Game, 2nd Edition, January, 2007. http://www.technion.ac.il/~cvsacks/tech-leap.htm. A construction management simulation game, used by 50universities and 29 companies in 36 countries.

 

Research Reports

 

1.   Warszawski, A., and Sacks, R., ‘Automation of Design and Planning in Building - the Description of the System and the Knowledge Base’, Israel National Building Research Institute Report #769, Haifa, 1997, 81 pages.

2.   Sacks, R., Warszawski, A., Kirsch, U., ‘An Automated Building System - the Structural Aspect’, Israel National Building Research Institute Report #803, Haifa, 1998, 80 pages.

3.   Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., and Lee, G., ‘Specification for a Precast Concrete Design and Engineering Software Platform’, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 2001.

4.   Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., Lee, G., and Orndorff, D., ‘PCSC Inform Task Report in Support of Development of Precast Concrete Design and Engineering Software’, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 2003.

5.   Sacks, R., and Goldin, M., ‘Management Procedures for Client Changes – Development of a Management Model based on Lean Construction Principles’, Research Report #1005158, Technion Research and Development Foundation, Haifa, 2005.

6.   Sacks, R., Lee, G., Eastman, C.M., and Orndorff, D., ‘PCSC Final Report – Assessing Development of Precast Concrete Design and Engineering Software’, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, and Technion Research and Development Foundation, Haifa, 2005.

7.   Sacks, R., and Barak, R., ‘A Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of 3D Modelling of Building Structures on Engineering Productivity’, Research Report #1005156, Technion Research and Development Foundation, Haifa, 2006.

8.   Sacks, R., Kaner, I., and Esquenazi, A., ‘Improving the Competitiveness of Industrialized Components in Construction using Building Information Modeling’, Israel National Building Research Institute Report #5235239, Haifa, 2007, 168 pages.

9.   Sacks, R., Rosenfeld, Y., Baum, H., and Rozenfeld, O., ‘A Lean Dynamic Quantitative Method for Planning Safety Enhancement Operations in Construction’, Israel National Building Research Institute Report #2005902, Haifa, 2007, 121 pages.

10. Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., Jeong, Y-S., and Kaner, I., ‘Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Precast Concrete’, National Institute of Building Sciences, Washington DC, USA, 2007, 212 pages.

11. Sacks, R., Eastman, Barak, R., and Jeong, Y-S., ‘User and Functional Requirements for 3D Parametric Modeling of Cast-in-place Reinforced Concrete Structures’, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, and Technion Research and Development Foundation, Haifa, 2007, 223 pages.

12. Sacks, R., Shapira, A., Brodetskaia, I., and Partouche, R., ‘The Potential to Enhance Productivity in Construction through Industrialization using Lean Principles’, Israel National Building Research Institute Report #2008220, Haifa, 2008, 149 pages.

13. Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., Panushev, I., Aram, S., Venugopal, M., 'Development of a National BIM Standard for Precast Concrete', Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 2009, 24 pages.

14. Sacks, R., Barak, R., Gurevich, U., and Belaciano, B., ‘The Impact of the KanBIM™ System on the Productivity, Safety and Quality for Trade Crew Leaders and Works Superintendents’, Israel National Building Research Institute Report #2013011, Haifa, 2011, 90 pages.

 

Conferences and other contributed lectures

 

1.      Technical University of Berlin, Guest Lecture, Berlin, West Germany, July 1985. “EIDOCC - Expert Interactive Design of Concrete Columns.”

2.      Modeling of Buildings Through their Life Cycle, CIB W78 Workshop, Stanford, CA, USA, August 1995. “The Project Model of an Automated Building System.”

3.      Information Support for Building Economics, CIB W55 Workshop, Salford, UK September 1997. “The Development of Knowledge Modules for Automated Structural Design.”

4.      IT in Construction in Africa, CIB W78 Workshop, White River, South Africa, May 2001. “Adding Function and Behavior to Project Model Objects to Integrate AEC Information.”

5.      ASCE Specialty Conference on Fully Integrated and Automated Project Processes (FIAPP) in Civil Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, USA, January 2002. “An Automated Building System - Development, Difficulties and New Directions.”

6.      Polytechnic University, guest lecture, Brooklyn, New York, USA, April 2002. “Computer Integrated Construction Research:  An Overview”.

7.      CEC02 Concurrent Engineering Conference, Berkeley, CA, USA, July 2002. “Information and Process Flow in Models of Precast Concrete Design and Construction.”

8.      ISARC - Nineteenth International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, September 2002. “Monitoring Construction Equipment for Automated Project Performance Control.”

9.      PCI – National Convention of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Nashville, TN, USA, October 2002. “Can parametric 3-D computer-modeling prevent errors in Precast Construction?”

 

10.    IGLC – Eleventh Meeting of the International Group for Lean Construction, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA, July 2003. “3D Modeling and Real-time Monitoring in Support of Lean Production of Engineered-to-order Precast Concrete Buildings.”

11.    ISARC - Twentieth International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands, September 2003. “Monitoring Lifting Equipment for Automated Progress Control: A Feasibility Study.”

12.    Third National Conference on Construction and Infrastructure, Tel Aviv, November 2003. “Management Reporting in Construction Projects based on Computerized Monitoring of Lifting Equipment.” (in Hebrew).

13.    Grupo Dragados and Drace 3D Modeling Seminar, Madrid, Spain, March 2004. “Background to the PCSC Project – Precast Concrete Software Consortium”; “The Benefits of 3D modeling for the Precast Concrete Industry” (invited lecture – funded by hosts).

 

14.    Tekla Global Business Forum, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2004. “The PCSC Project and Evaluating Economic Benefits” (invited lecture – funded by hosts).

15.    IGLC – Twelfth Meeting of the International Group for Lean Construction, Elsinore, Denmark, August 2004. “Towards a lean understanding of resource allocation in a multi-project sub-contracting environment.”

16.    Tekla Structures Seminar, Leeds, UK, August 2004. “3D parametric modeling of precast concrete structures: Motivation, technical specifications and productivity measures.”

17.    BIBM – Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 2005, “3D parametric modelling of precast structures - a revolutionary change.”

18.    IGLC – Thirteenth Meeting of the International Group for Lean Construction, Sydney, Australia, July 2005. “Pull-driven construction of high-rise apartment buildings.”

19.    IGLC – Thirteenth Meeting of the International Group for Lean Construction, Sydney, Australia, July 2005. “Lean scheduling for safety: development of a time-dependent risk level model.”

20.    Carnegie-Mellon University ICCM Meeting, Pittsburgh PA, US, April 2006. "A Game Theory Analysis of Subcontractor Resource Allocation" (invited lecture funded by hosts).

21.    ICCCBE-XI - 11th Int'l Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Montreal, Canada, June 2006. " 'WORKMANAGER' - an Online Interface for Lean Flow Control in Apartment Building Construction."

22.    ICCCBE-XI - 11th Int'l Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Montreal, Canada, June 2006. "Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of 3D Modelling of Building Structures on Engineering Productivity."

23.    IGLC - 14th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Chile, Santiago, July 2006. "Subcontractor Resource Allocation in a Multi-project Environment – Field Study."

24.    IGLC - 14th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Chile, Santiago, July 2006. "Evaluation of Lean Improvements in Residential Construction using Computer Simulation."

25.    IGLC - 14th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Chile, Santiago, July 2006. "How Last Planner Motivates Subcontractors to Improve Plan Reliability – a Game Theory Model."

26.    Georgia Tech College of Architecture Symposium “Adopting Building Information Modeling and Integrated Practice”, Atlanta, GA, USA, March 2008. “Synergy: Lean Construction and Building Information Modeling” (invited lecture funded by hosts).

27.    Carnegie-Mellon University, Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar, Pittsburgh PA, US, March 2008. "Information Flows, Resource Allocations and Safety Risks: Lean Construction Research at the Technion" (invited lecture funded by hosts).

28.    IGLC – 16th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Manchester, UK, July 2008. “Partial remuneration for capacity to stabilize subcontractor resource allocations”.

29.    Yonsei University, Dept. of Architectural Engineering Seminar, Seoul, Korea, October 2008. “KanBIM - Lean and BIM Research at the Technion” (invited lecture).

30.    ICCCBE-XII 12th Int'l Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering & INCITE 2008, Beijing, China, October 2008. “R&D of BIM Exchange Standards for IFCs: A Case Study of Architectural Precast Facades.”

31.    Salford University Research Institute for the Built and Human Environment (BuHu), Salford, UK, November 2008. “Synergies of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean Construction” (invited lecture).

32.    AEC-ST and Ecobuild Fall – buildingSMART Alliance National Conference, Washington DC, US, December 2008. “National BIM Exchange Standards for Precast Concrete.”

33.    ASCE Construction Research Congress, Seattle, Washington, US, April 2009. “Production Flow in the Construction of Tall Buildings.”

34.    EGLC European Group for Lean Construction Industry Day, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, April 2009. “Lean Management im Bauwesen - Building Information Modeling die Revolution der Planung” together with Prof. Manfred Breit (invited lecture).

35.    5th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-V), Istanbul, Turkey, May 2009. “Teaching Globalization Issues to Civil Engineering Students – The International Collaborative Construction Management Course.”

36.    Design Management and Information Modelling (BIM), Chartered Institute of Builders (CIOB) and Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM), Ascot, UK, June 2009. “Parametric 3D Modelling: Implications for Management of Design Professionals.”

37.    Aalborg University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Aalborg, Denmark, November 2009. “KanBIM and the Interaction of Lean and Building Information Modeling in Construction” (invited lecture).

38.    CIB World Congress 2010, Meeting of CIB W78, Salford, UK, May 2010. "A Building Information Modelling based Production Control System for Construction."

39.    IGLC - 18th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel, July 2010. “Implementation of Pull Control in Finishing Works with Re-Entrant Flow.”

40.    GEPUC 10th Annual Workshop, Pontifica Universidade Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, September 2010. "The Synergy of Building Information Modeling and Lean Construction" (invited lecture).

41.    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, NORIE, Department of Civil Engineering, Porto Alegre, Brazil, September 2010. "BIM and Lean Research at the Technion Virtual Construction Lab" (invited seminar).

42.    II Project Manager's Day, Tallin Technical University & Tallinn University of Applied Sciences, Tallinn, Estonia, November 2010. "Introduction to Building Information Modeling- process rather than software" (invited keynote lecture).

43.    CIB W78 Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, November 2010. "Development of the National BIM Standard (NBIMS) For Precast/Prestressed Concrete."

44.    CIB W78 Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, November 2010. "Engineering Semantics of Model Views for Building Information Model Exchanges Using IFC."

45.    CIB W78 Workshop, Cairo, Egypt, November 2010. "Introducing a New Methodology to Develop the Information Delivery Manual for AEC Projects."

46.    Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) Workshop - Engineering Management in a Digital Economy: Research and Practice, London, UK, December 2010. "Lean construction and information management in the supply chain" (invited lecture).

47.    5 IGLC - 19th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Lima, Peru, July 2011. "Field Tests of the KanBIM Lean Production Management System."

48.    BIM Interinstitutional Group Advanced BIM Workshop –– Building Information Modeling: needs and ways to implementation, Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 2011. "Building Information Modeling Support for Production Control on Site" (invited lecture).

49.    University of Sao Paulo, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 2011. "Building Information Modeling (BIM) Education" (invited lecture).

50.    University of Campinas,  Department of Architecture and Civil Eng., Campinas, Brazil, July 2011, “BIM and Virtual Reality Research at the Technion VC Lab.” (invited lecture).

51.    TIC 2011 Conference on IT in Construction in Brazil, Salvador, Brazil, August 2011. "Construction Management Research using BIM, Virtual Reality and Discrete Event Simulation" (invited keynnote lecture).

 

Refereed Papers in Conference Proceedings

 

1.     Warszawski, A., and Sacks, R., (1995), ‘Computer Integrated Construction’, ISARC – 12th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, IMBiGS, Warsaw, May 1995.

2.     Warszawski, A., and Sacks, R., (1995), ‘The Project Model of an Automated Building System’, Modeling of Buildings Through their Life Cycle, CIBW78 Workshop Proceedings, Fischer, M., Law, K.H., Luiten, B. (Eds). Stanford University, CA, August 1995, CIB Publication No.180. pp. 77-89.

3.     Sacks, R., Warszawski, A., and Kirsch, U., (1997), ‘The Development of Knowledge Modules for Automated Structural Design’, Information Support for Building Economics, CIBW55 Workshop Proceedings, Ruddock, L. (Ed.), Salford UK Sept 1997, CIB Publication No. 210. pp 137-146.

4.     Sacks, R., (2001), ‘Adding Function and Behavior to Project Model Objects to Integrate AEC Information’, IT in Construction in Africa, CIB W78 Workshop Proceedings, South Africa, May 2001, pp. 31-1 – 31-16

5.     Sacks, R., (2001), ‘An Automated Building System - Development, Difficulties and New Directions’, ASCE Specialty Conference on Fully Integrated and Automated Project Processes (FIAPP) in Civil Engineering, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, Sept. 2001, pp. 66-80.

6.     Warszawski, A., and Sacks, R., (2002), ‘Economic Risk Evaluation for Residential Housing Projects’, First International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (ASCE CITC2002) April 2002, Miami, USA, pp. 143-150.

7.     Sacks, R., Navon, R., and Goldschmidt, E., (2002), ‘Project Modeling of Labor Inputs for Automated Control in Building Construction’, First International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (ASCE CITC2002) April 2002, Miami, USA, pp. 575-582.

8.     Eastman, C.M., Lee, G., and Sacks, R., (2002) ‘A New Formal and Analytical Approach to Modeling Engineering Project Information Processes’, Distributing Knowledge in Building, CIB W78 Workshop, Aarhus, Denmark, June 2002, Vol. 2 pp.125-132.

9.     Sacks, R., Eastman, C.M., and Lee, G., (2002) ‘Information and Process Flow in Models of Precast Concrete Design and Construction’, CEC02 Concurrent Engineering Conference, UC Berkeley, July 2002, pp. 51-62.

10.  Eastman, C.M., Lee, G., and Sacks, R., (2002) ‘Deriving a Product Model from Process Models’, ISPE/CE2002 Concurrent Engineering Conference, Cranfield University UK, July 2002, pp. 429-438.

11.  Lee, G., Sacks, R., and Eastman, C.M., (2002) ‘Dynamic Information Consistency Checking in the Requirements Analysis Phase of Data Modeling’, in ‘eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction’, Turk., Z., and Scherer, R., (Eds), proceedings of ECPPM - European Conference for Process and Product Modeling, Slovenia, September 2002. A.A. Balkema, pp. 285-291.

12.  Sacks, R., Navon, R., Shapira, A., and Brodetzkaia, I., (2002) ‘Monitoring Construction Equipment for Automated Project Performance Control’, ISARC – 19th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Stone, W. (ed.), Washington DC, September 2002. NIST SP 989, pp 161-166.

13.  Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., and Lee, G., (2002) ‘Strategies for Realizing the Benefits of 3D Integrated Modeling of Buildings for the AEC Industry’, ISARC – 19th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Stone, W. (ed.), Washington DC, September 2002. NIST SP 989, pp. 9-14.

14.  Sacks, R., Akinci, B. and Ergen, E., (2003) ‘3D Modeling and Real-time Monitoring in Support of Lean Production of Engineered-to-order Precast Concrete Buildings’ Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference on Lean Construction, Martinez, J., and Formoso, C., (eds.), Blacksburg, VA, USA, July 2003. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, pp. 398-410.

15.  Sacks, R., Navon, R., Shapira, A. and Brodetzkaia, I., (2003) ‘Monitoring Lifting Equipment for Automated Progress Control: A Feasibility Study’ ISARC – 20th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Maas, G., and van Gassel, F., (eds.), Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 2003. Techniesche Universiteit Eindhoven, pp. 637-642.

16.  Ergen, E., Akinci, B., and Sacks, R., (2003) ‘Automation of effective tracking and locating of precast components in a storage yard’ EIA9: E-Activities and Intelligent Support in Design and the Built Environment, Istanbul, Turkey. EIA Productions, Paris, pp. 31-37.

17.  Eastman, C. M., Lee, G., and Sacks, R., (2003). ‘Development of a Knowledge-Rich CAD System for the North American Precast Concrete Industry’, ACADIA 22: Connecting—Crossroads of Digital Discourse, Indianapolis, IN. Ball State University, pp. 208-215.

18.  Sacks, R., Navon, R., Shapira, A., and Brodetzkaia, I., (2003). ‘Management Reporting in Construction Projects based on Computerized Monitoring of Lifting Equipment’, Third National Conference on Construction and Infrastructure, D. David (Eds). Tel Aviv, Israel, Israel Civil Engineers Society. pp. 231-235 (in Hebrew).

19.  Eastman, C. M., Sacks, R., and Lee, G., (2004). ‘Functional Modeling in Parametric CAD Systems’, Generative CAD Systems G-CADS 2004, O. Akin (Ed.), Pittsburgh PA, Carnegie Mellon University.

20.  Eastman, C. M., Sacks, R., and Lee, G. (2004). 'Implementing 3D Parametric Modeling in Technical Areas of Construction - a Case Study', CIB 2004 World Congress, Toronto, Canada, May 2004.

21.  Sacks, R. (2004). 'Towards a lean understanding of resource allocation in a multi-project sub-contracting environment', Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on Lean Construction, S. Bertelsen (Ed.), Elsinore, Denmark, August 2004, pp. 97-109.

22.  Lee, G., Sacks, R., Eastman, C. M., and Wessman, R. (2004). 'Development of an intelligent 3D parametric modeling system for the North American precast concrete industry: Phase II.' ISARC – 21st International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Jeju, Korea, September 2004, pp. 700-705.

23.  Sacks, R., and Barak, R. (2005). 'A Methodology for Assessment of the Impact of 3D Modeling of Buildings on Structural Engineering Productivity.' ASCE Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2005, Cancun, Mexico, L. Soibelman and F. Pena-Mora, eds., 41.

24.  Sacks, R., Goldin, M., and Derin, Z. (2005). 'Pull-driven construction of high-rise apartment buildings' Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, R. Kenley (Ed.), Sydney, Australia, pp. 217-226.

25.  Sacks, R., Rozenfeld, O., and Rosenfeld, Y., (2005). 'Lean scheduling for safety: development of a time-dependent risk level model', Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, R. Kenley (Ed.), Sydney, Australia, pp. 513-520.

26.  Lee, G., Eastman, C.M., and Sacks, R., (2006). 'Generating IFC VIEWs and Conformance Classes using GTPPM', ICCCBE-XI - 11th Int'l Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, H. Rivard and E. Miresco, (Eds.), Montreal, Canada, pp. 1715-1724.

27.  Sacks, R., and Derin, Z., (2006). ''WORKMANAGER' - an Online Interface for Lean Flow Control in Apartment Building Construction', ICCCBE-XI - 11th Int'l Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, H. Rivard and E. Miresco, (Eds.), Montreal, Canada, pp. 1176-1185.

28.  Sacks, R., and Barak, R., (2006). 'Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of 3D Modelling of Building Structures on Engineering Productivity', ICCCBE-XI - 11th Int'l Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, H. Rivard and E. Miresco, (Eds.), Montreal, Canada, pp. 1186-1195.

29.  Rosenfeld, Y., Rozenfeld, O., Sacks, R., and Baum, H., (2006). 'Efficient and Timely Use of Safety Resources in Construction', Global Unity for Safety and Health in Construction - Proceedings of the CIB W99 International Conference on Construction Safety, D. Fang, R.M. Choudhry and J.W. Hinze (Eds.), Beijing, China, pp. 290-297.

30.  Harel, M., and Sacks, R., (2006). 'Subcontractor Resource Allocation in a Multi-project Environment – Field Study', Understanding and Managing the Construction Process: Theory and Practice, Proceedings of the 14th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, R. Sacks and S. Bertelsen, (Eds.), Santiago, Chile, pp. 467-478.

31.  Esquenazi, A., and Sacks, R., (2006). 'Evaluation of Lean Improvements in Residential Construction using Computer Simulation', Understanding and Managing the Construction Process: Theory and Practice, Proceedings of the 14th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, R. Sacks and S. Bertelsen, (Eds.), Santiago, Chile, pp.137-149.

32.  Sacks, R., and Harel, M., (2006). 'How Last Planner Motivates Subcontractors to Improve Plan Reliability - a Game Theory Model', Understanding and Managing the Construction Process: Theory and Practice, Proceedings of the 14th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, R. Sacks and S. Bertelsen, (Eds.), Santiago, Chile, pp. 443-454.

33.  Rozenfeld, O., Sacks, R., Rosenfeld, Y., and Baum, H., (2007). ‘Construction Job Safety Analysis in Support of Lean Project Management’, Proceedings of CME25 Construction Management and Economics: Past, Present and Future, University of Reading, July 2007. W. Hughes (Ed.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK.

34.  Tribelsky, E., and Sacks, R., (2007). ‘Measures of Information Flow for Lean Design in Civil Engineering’, Proceedings of CME25 Construction Management and Economics: Past, Present and Future, University of Reading, July 2007. W. Hughes (Ed.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK.

35.  Bertelsen, S., and Sacks, R. (2007). 'Towards a new Understanding of the Construction Industry and the Nature of its Production.' Proceedings of the 15th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, C. Pasquire and P. Tzortzopoulous (Eds.), Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, pp. 46-56.

36.  Brodetskaia, I., and Sacks, R. (2007). ‘Understanding Flow and Micro-variability in Construction: Theory and Practice’, Proceedings of the 15th  Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, C. Pasquire and P. Tzortzopoulous (Eds.), Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, pp. 488-497.

37.  Barak, R., Jeong, Y-S., Sacks, R. and Eastman, C.M., (2007). ‘Unique Requirements of Building Information Modeling for Cast-in-place Reinforced Concrete’, Proceedings of the 2007 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, L. Soibelman and B. Akinci (Eds.), Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, pp. 264-271.

38.  Partouche, R., Sacks, R., and Bertelsen, S. (2008). ‘Craft construction, mass construction, lean construction: lessons from the empire state building’, Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction IGLC16, P. Tzortzopoulos and M. Kagioglou, (Eds.), University of Salford, Manchester, UK, pp. 183-194.

39.  Sacks, R., and Harel, M. (2008). ‘Partial remuneration for capacity to stabilize subcontractor resource allocations’, Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction IGLC16, P. Tzortzopoulos and M. Kagioglou, (Eds.), University of Salford, Manchester, UK, pp. 109-120.

40.  Sacks, R., Eastman, C. M., Kaner, I., and Jeong, Y.-S. (2008). ‘R&D of BIM Exchange Standards for IFCs: A Case Study of Architectural Precast Facades’, ICCCBE-XII & INCITE 2008, A. Ren, ed., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

41.  Sacks, R., and Partouche, R. (2009). ‘Production Flow in the Construction of Tall Buildings’, ASCE Construction Research Congress, S. Ariaratnam and E. Rojas (Ed.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, US, pp. 1019-1028.

42.  Soibelman, L., Akinci, B., Sacks, R., Dikmen, I., Birgonul, M.T., Formoso, C., and Isatto, E. (2009). ‘Teaching Globalization Issues to Civil Engineering Students – The International Collaborative Construction Management Course’, 5th International Conference on Construction in the 21st Century (CITC-V) “Collaboration and Integration in Engineering, Management and Technology,” S. Azhar (Ed.), Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 1104-1112.

43.  Brilakis, I., Lourakis, M., Sacks, R. Savarese, S., Christodoulou, S., Teizer, J. and Makhmalbaf, A., (2009). ‘Automated Generation of Parametric BIMs based on Hybrid Video and Laser Scanning Data’, 16th EG-ICE Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering &Architecture, Berlin, Germany, pp. XX-XX.

44.  Sacks, R., Dave, B., Koskela, L., and Owen, R., (2009). ‘Analysis Framework for the Interaction between Lean Construction and Building Information Modelling’, Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction IGLC17, Y. Cuperus and E. Hirota, National Pingtung University of Science & Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 189-201.

45.  Sacks, R., Radosavljevic, M., Barak, R., (2010). 'A Building Information Modelling based Production Control System for Construction', Proceedings of the CIB World Congress 2010, P. Barrett, D. Amaratunga, R. Haigh, K. Keraminiyage and C. Pathirage (Eds.), University of Salford, UK, p. 63.

46.  Tribelsky, E., , E., and Sacks, R., (2010). 'The Relationship Between Information Flow and Project Success in Multi-Disciplinary Civil Engineering Design', Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction IGLC 18, K. Walsh and T. Alves (Eds.), Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, pp. 140-150.

47.  Brodetskaia, I., , I., Sacks, R., and Shapira, A., (2010). 'Implementation of Pull Control in Finishing Works with Re-Entrant Flow', Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction IGLC 18, K. Walsh and T. Alves (Eds.), Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, pp. 274-284.

48.  Panushev, I., Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., Venugopal, M., and Aram, V., (2010). 'Development of the National BIM Standard (NBIMS) For Precast/Prestressed Concrete', Applications of IT in the AEC Industry, CIB W78 Workshop Proceedings, Cairo, Egypt, November 2010, Virginia Tech, 10 pps.

49.  Venugopal, M., Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., Panushev, I., and Aram, V., (2010). 'Engineering Semantics of Model Views for Building Information Model Exchanges Using IFC', Applications of IT in the AEC Industry, CIB W78 Workshop Proceedings, Cairo, Egypt, November 2010, Virginia Tech, 10 pps.

50.  Aram, V., Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., Panushev, I., and Venugopal, M., (2010). 'Introducing a New Methodology to Develop the Information Delivery Manual for AEC Projects', Applications of IT in the AEC Industry, CIB W78 Workshop Proceedings, Cairo, Egypt, November 2010, Virginia Tech, 10 pps.

51.  Venugopal, M., Eastman, C.M., Sacks, R., and Teizer, J., (2011). ‘Improving the Robustness of Model Exchanges Using Product Modeling “Concepts” for IFC Schema’ Proceedings of the 2011 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Zhu, Y., Issa, R., (Eds.), .June 19–22, 2011 Miami, Florida, pps. 611-618.

52.  Kalsaas, B.T., Sacks, R., (2011). ‘Conceptualization of Interdependency and Coordination between Construction Tasks’, Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Rooke, J., and Dave, B., (Eds.), Grana y Montero and Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, Peru, pps. 33-44.

53.  Sacks, R., Barak, R., Belaciano, B., Gurevich, U., and Pikas, E., (2011). ‘Field Tests of the KanBIM Lean Production Management System’, Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Rooke, J., and Dave, B., (Eds.), Grana y Montero and Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, Peru, pps. 502-513.

54.  Manzione, L., Wyse, M., Sacks, R., van Berlo, L., and Melhado, S., (2011). ‘Key Performance Indicators to Analyze and Improve Management of Information Flow in the BIM Design Process’, Proceedings of the CIB W78-W102 2011 International Conference,  Sophia Antipolis, France, 11 pages.

 

Other Papers in Conference Proceedings

 

55.  Sacks, R., Wessman, R., Eastman, C. M., Lee, G., and Orndorff, D. (2005). '3D parametric modelling of precast structures - a revolutionary change', 18th BIBM International Congress and Exhibition, M. Borghoff, A. Gottschalg, and R. Mehl, eds., Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 115-116.

56.  Bertelsen, S., and Sacks, R. (2007). ‘Contractual vicious circles: a Process Approach to Understanding the Construction industry’s Performance’, Managing the Construction of Buildings, November 2007, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 pages.

57.  Manzione, L., Abaurre, M.W., Melhado, S.B., Berlo, M.L., Sacks, R., (2011). ‘Desenvolvimento e Aplicação de Indicadores de Desempenho na Análise e Melhoria da Gestão do Fluxo de Informações do Processo de Projeto em BIM’, V Encontro de Tecnologia de Informação e Comunicação na Construção – TIC 2011 (Application of ICT in Construction), de Amorim, A., Groetelaars, N.J., (Eds.), Federal University of Bahia, August 2011, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 12 pages.