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Engineering Proceedings, Volume 91, Issue 1

2025 IEEE ICACEH 2024 - 20 articles

2024 IEEE 6th International Conference on Architecture, Construction, Environment and Hydraulics
Taichung, Taiwan | 6–8 December 2024

Volume Editors:
Teen-Hang Meen, National Formosa University, Taiwan
Hsi-Hsien Yang, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
Cheng-Fu Yang, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan

Cover Story: This volume presents the proceeding papers from the 2024 IEEE 6th International Conference on Architecture, Construction, Environment and Hydraulics. The conference was organized by the Chaoyang University of Technology, the IEEE Tainan Section Sensors Council (IEEE TSSC), the International Institute of Knowledge Innovation and Invention (IIKII), and the Taiwan Society of Construction Engineers. It provided a platform for discussions of the latest research and discoveries in the fields of architecture, construction, environment and hydraulics brought by computing, networking, big data and artificial intelligence.
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Articles (20)

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,426 Views
16 Pages

Factors and Method of Preventing Construction Site Incidents

  • Ameir Mohamed Medani,
  • Ismail Bin Abdul Rahman and
  • Nor Aziati Binti Abdul Hamid

Construction accidents cause property damage and harm the environment. The construction industry in the UAE has recorded high fatalities and injuries. However, there has been limited research to prevent accidents on construction sites. Hence, this st...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,151 Views
13 Pages

Planning and Strategies for Expansion of Irrigation Services in Mountainous Areas: A Case Study of Nantou County in Taiwan

  • Feng-Wen Chen,
  • Yun-Wei Tan,
  • Hsiu-Te Lin,
  • Yu-Chien Cho,
  • Ya-Ting Chang and
  • Li-Chi Chiang

More than half of the cultivated land belongs to the Irrigation Association. Therefore, there have been no farmland consolidation, irrigation, and drainage projects. The cultivation in the non-irrigation area suffers from poor geographical conditions...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
533 Views
8 Pages

Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Remediation of Copper- and Zinc-Contaminated Farmland

  • Chang-Chao Chen,
  • Pei-Cheng Cheng,
  • Chin-Yuan Huang,
  • Min-Siou Lin and
  • Shu-Fen Cheng

Copper and zinc are metals commonly used in industry. However, improperly disposed copper and zinc pollute soil seriously. In farmland where the concentrations of copper and zinc exceeded regulatory standards and farming has been banned for many year...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
651 Views
11 Pages

Identify Subtle Fall Hazards Using Transfer Learning

  • Wen-Ta Hsiao,
  • Wen-Der Yu,
  • Chi-Yung Tang and
  • Alexey Bulgakov

Computer vision is increasingly used for fall safety monitoring, but it struggles in subtle hazard scenarios, causing delays in hazard detection. Therefore, this issue was addressed in this study using transfer learning on pre-trained models that wer...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,334 Views
11 Pages

Design and Application of an Energy Management System Based on Artificial Intelligence Technology

  • Hongye Lin,
  • Xuanying Bai,
  • Chun Li,
  • Shenghan Xu,
  • Haibin Xu,
  • Zne-Jung Lee,
  • Yun Lin,
  • Qunshan Zhou and
  • Jingxun Cai

In response to the increasingly severe energy consumption problem and to promote energy saving and emission reduction, this study aims to design and apply an energy management system platform based on artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The syst...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
605 Views
10 Pages

Water mist enhances the sense of mystery with visual and sensory effects, depending on its atmospheric creation and varying mist heights. Key factors influencing this mystery are the combination of mist with plants, increased air humidity, and sound...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
956 Views
10 Pages

Using biochar/δ-MnO2 as an adsorbent, heavy metals in soil were immobilized to prevent further pollution. When biochar/δ-MnO2 was thoroughly mixed with contaminated soil in a ratio of 2:8, the residual fractions of As, Cu, Pb, and Zn incr...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,496 Views
6 Pages

Fires in buildings result in the undesirable loss of life and property. Despite fire safety designs, the frequent occurrence of fires indicates a need for improvements in fire safety management. Conventional fire safety management is based on regulat...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
568 Views
10 Pages

In the following study, power allocation in underwater cooperative communication systems was investigated using game theory. To balance the energy consumption of nodes, extend their lifespan, and improve communication quality, a Stackelberg power con...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,902 Views
10 Pages

Benefits of Urban Parks in Different Land Uses

  • Wei-Ting Chen and
  • Sheng-Jung Ou

With continuous urbanization, cities are facing numerous challenges. In addition, the construction and effective management of urban green spaces have become essential for the sustainable development of healthy cities. In previous studies, algorithms...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
741 Views
8 Pages

This study aims to explore how historical attractions in old urban areas effectively contribute to tourism development. In particular, the accessibility and convenience of transport are analyzed using Spatial Syntax. Previous collaborative projects w...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
756 Views
8 Pages

Underwater acoustic communication networks (UACNs) play a critical role in ocean environmental monitoring, maritime rescue, and military applications. However, they are highly susceptible to performance degradation due to narrow bandwidths, long prop...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,830 Views
8 Pages

Exploring Miscommunications in the Construction Industry Through Experiments

  • Shreya Koirala,
  • Endong Wang,
  • Aidan Ackerman and
  • Seyeon Lee

Through a formal experiment, this study aims to identify miscommunication scenarios, quantify miscommunication levels, and analyze potential factors influencing communication in the construction industry with a focus on the communications between own...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,440 Views
8 Pages

This study aimed to enhance wastewater treatment at the Yongkang Water Resource Recovery Center by integrating mechanistic modeling results into machine learning (ML). We combined IoT sensor data from treatment processes with the mechanistic modeling...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,041 Views
8 Pages

Proportion of Fly Ash in Producing Roller-Compacted Concrete

  • How-Ji Chen,
  • Ming-Gin Lee and
  • Shang-Fei Chuo

Roller-compacted concrete (RCC) is designed with consideration for construction machinery capabilities, offering benefits such as rapid construction and cost-efficiency. Therefore, RCC is appropriate for large-scale concrete projects such as gravity...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
964 Views
10 Pages

Check dams play a pivotal role in soil and water conservation engineering as they mitigate debris flow and decelerate the slope of the river channel by intercepting sediments, thereby preventing disasters. However, as ecological conservation and land...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,656 Views
9 Pages

Semantic Segmentation Using Lightweight DeepLabv3+ for Desiccation Crack Detection in Soil

  • Hui Yean Ling,
  • See Hung Lau,
  • Siaw Yah Chong,
  • Min Lee Lee and
  • Yasuo Tanaka

Soil desiccation cracks in natural clayey soil pose significant risks to the stability of civil and geotechnical structures. Traditional methods for detecting these cracks are often inefficient and prone to inaccuracies. Therefore, we applied a deep...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
605 Views
6 Pages

Aerosols are composed of suspended solid or liquid particles and interact with solar radiation through absorption, refraction, and scattering, influencing climate variability. The Ångström exponent (α) is commonly used to differentia...

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