TY - GEN
T1 - A combined planning and controls approach to accurately estimate, monitor, and stabilize work flow
AU - Grau Torrent, David
AU - Abbaszadegan, Amin
AU - Tang, Pingbo
AU - Ganapathy, Ram
AU - Diosdado, Jose
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© ASCE 2014.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This study investigates a novel approach - both to precisely plan for project execution and to monitor execution status in near real-time. In this approach, two lean construction techniques - such as pull planning and integrated project delivery - are combined with the fine-grained planning and near real-time monitoring of the executed work. In order to plan for and monitor the flow of work, work packages are defined at the smallest discernible amount of work - the task. Work packages are divided by unique location sectors and, hence, are further discretized. Deviations based on predictions of completed work are proactively reported and assessed in near real-time. In addition, productivity ratios for completed projects are utilized to pre-qualify contractors for future project endeavors and to generate accurate bidding information. Thus, an emphasis to stabilize workflow is at the core of the proposed fine-grained production planning and near real-time monitoring approach. Through an intervention test in a facility project, a comparison of relevant metrics is used to quantify and validate the impact of the novel approach.
AB - This study investigates a novel approach - both to precisely plan for project execution and to monitor execution status in near real-time. In this approach, two lean construction techniques - such as pull planning and integrated project delivery - are combined with the fine-grained planning and near real-time monitoring of the executed work. In order to plan for and monitor the flow of work, work packages are defined at the smallest discernible amount of work - the task. Work packages are divided by unique location sectors and, hence, are further discretized. Deviations based on predictions of completed work are proactively reported and assessed in near real-time. In addition, productivity ratios for completed projects are utilized to pre-qualify contractors for future project endeavors and to generate accurate bidding information. Thus, an emphasis to stabilize workflow is at the core of the proposed fine-grained production planning and near real-time monitoring approach. Through an intervention test in a facility project, a comparison of relevant metrics is used to quantify and validate the impact of the novel approach.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784413616.014
DO - 10.1061/9780784413616.014
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84934324486
T3 - Computing in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
SP - 105
EP - 112
BT - Computing in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
A2 - Issa, R. Raymond
A2 - Flood, Ian
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
Y2 - 23 June 2014 through 25 June 2014
ER -