Automated Elevator Delivery of Construction Containers to Floors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for transporting construction materials and equipment in high-rise buildings under construction are inefficient, leading to unscheduled deliveries, traffic congestion, and difficulties in coordinating operations, failing to ensure timely and reliable flow of goods to their destination floors.
Innovation Solution
A method and arrangement utilizing a control system to automate the delivery of transport containers containing construction materials and equipment, using elevators with movable load receiving units, guide rail lines, and a storage system, ensuring containers are delivered to the correct floors efficiently and on time, with identification and tracking systems for seamless operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If diverse means and methods for transportation are used in an unsystematic manner, then transportation flexibility is improved, but transportation efficiency and organization deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The transportation system is segmented into distinct functional zones: a construction time storage area for temporary goods storage, a goods elevator shaft for vertical transport, and a passenger elevator shaft for final building operations. This segmentation allows each zone to serve its specific purpose efficiently while maintaining overall system organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The goods elevator is designed with multi-functionality to serve both construction time transportation needs and final building operations. The elevator can transport various types of goods (construction materials, equipment, packages) and can be configured for different operational modes, making it a universal transportation solution that adapts to changing requirements.
2Ease of operation
If goods are transported using temporary construction time elevators traveling against the outer face of the building, then construction time transportation is achieved, but transition to final building transportation needs becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The goods elevator is designed with multi-functionality to serve both construction time transportation needs and final building operations. The elevator can transport various types of goods (construction materials, equipment, packages) and can be configured for different operational modes, making it a universal transportation solution that adapts to changing requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows dynamic reconfiguration of elevator operations. During construction time, the goods elevator operates with construction-specific characteristics (access to outer face, temporary storage integration). After construction, the system can dynamically adjust to serve final building passenger and goods transportation needs, demonstrating adaptability through operational flexibility rather than structural change.
3Adaptability or versatility
If diverse packages are used for goods transportation, then supplier packaging flexibility is improved, but scheduling and coordination difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
A centralized control system acts as an intermediary between diverse packaging requirements and the transportation system. The control system receives information about various package types and their destinations, then coordinates the goods elevator operations to handle them systematically. This intermediary function translates diverse packaging needs into standardized processing procedures, reducing coordination complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a method for transporting construction material and/or equipment into and inside a building under construction, wherein the building under construction comprises plurality of vertically displaced floors, the method comprising providing a control system configured to automatically operate one or more transporting devices, including at least an elevator; providing a storage at the construction site of the building; and transporting into the storage at the construction site of the building under construction plurality of transport containers containing construction material and/or equipment; storing said transport containers in the storage; and delivering transport containers belonging to said plurality of transport containers from said storage to different destination floors, the delivering comprising obtaining an order to deliver a transport container, the order identifying the transport container to be delivered; and retrieving the transport container identified in the order from the storage; and moving said transport container at least horizontally to a container loading floor of the building under construction; and loading said transport container on the load receiving unit for being moved to its destination floor; and obtaining the destination floor information indicating the destination floor of said container; and moving the load receiving unit vertically in the elevator shaft to the destination floor of said transport container; and unloading said transport container from the load receiving unit to the destination floor of said transport container. The invention also relates to a method for constructing a building and an arrangement for transporting construction material, which implement the method for transporting construction material and/or equipment into and inside a building under construction.