Publications / 2006 Proceedings of the 23rd ISARC, Tokyo, Japan
The Automated Building Construction System (ABCS), which was developed for the construction of high-rise structural-steel buildings, applies the ideas of factory automation to the construction site and allows work to be done in a comfortable factory. It applies automation, robotics, and computer technology to building construction. ABCS integrates the Super Construction Factory (SCF), which provides all-weather warehouse facilities, automated conveyor equipment and a centralized computer control system.
This paper describes the fifth application of ABCS to a 22-story office building, called project O. The building shape of project O is wide and its plan view is square. We examined the building part of the SCF and compared several application plans in terms of the construction period, the construction cost and so on. As a result of the examination and the comparison, we decided to build the SCF partially including the center core of the building, by simultaneously combining the ABCS and the conventional construction method.