Facility layout optimization and design represent critical facets in the efficient management of manufacturing and service operations. At its core, the discipline focuses on arranging facilities, ...

As professor and director of graduate studies in UB’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Dr. Li Lin specializes in facility layout – in addition to the research areas of computer ...

At a recent AES convention, Paul McLane, the U.S. editor in chief of Radio World, chaired a broadcast session on facility planning in which a number of questions and topics related to planning and ...

The physical structure of Armstrong Pumps – a producer of HVAC, plumbing and fire safety systems – is a patchwork of 12 facilities, gradually amassed since 1967. The resulting environment stifled ...

Conceptual layout and deployment of a Prodigy SMR Marine Power Station™ integrating 12 NuScale Power Modules™ (NPMs). Total gross capacity 924 MWe. Structures are non-self-propelled. (Graphic: ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Due to the combinatorial nature of the facility layout problem, current heuristic computer procedures do not always provide better solutions ...

As an architect, I have visited many police stations during my career as a design professional. I have walked through many stations guided by dedicated law enforcement professionals who work ...

Outpatient facilities have become the darlings of the healthcare construction sector in recent years. By even the most conservative measure, spending on outpatient construction is expected to grow ...

Engineering and construction firm McDermott International and pipeline technology developer New Energy Development Co. have wrapped up engineering for two modular 50-MW hydrogen energy projects that ...

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected 11 exemplary educational projects to receive its 2014 Educational Facility Design Excellence Awards. Representing projects from across the ...

Facility layout optimisation is a fundamental topic in operations research that focuses on the strategic arrangement of facilities within a designated space. The primary aim is to minimise material ...