Benefits of Constructability on Construction Projects

Jergeas, George; Put, John Van der

doi:10.1061/(asce)0733-9364(2001)127:4(281)

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“…Pocock et al (1996) presented that one of the "critical factors" identifying successful projects in "constructability information from and available to the project team in a timely manner" [8]. Constructability programme implementations have resulted in significant gains in safety performance, schedule and project cost control (Jergeas and Put 2001) [9]. Pulaski and Horman (2005) introduced a model CPPMM -Conceptual Product/Process Matrix Model, for organizing constructability information based on timings and levels of detail.…”

Section: Principles Of Constructabilitymentioning

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Application of Design Structure Matrix (DSM) for Managing Projects on the Basis of Constructability

Khan¹

2016

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Project Management techniques have been developed by many researchers from time to time, to make optimum use of resources. Constructability and Design Structure Matrix are also to be listed among such tools. An attempt has been made in this study to bring together and utilize the best of the management processes to achieve project success. There are mainly two stages of the study. Firstly, construction projects are studied from the point of view of Constructability and a list of thirty activities identified, under three different heads. These activities are then surveyed with a sample group of thirty architects and data regarding their dependency and independency are collected. Based on suitable scores, the data is used to create Design Structure Matrices, which are further processed for iterations, in the second stage. The paper aims to study the advantages of applying DSM to the activities, which are based on the concept of Constructability. The results obtained after the final iterations of DSM, give multidimensional analysis regarding their parallel run, sequencing and networking etc. The DSM's obtained before and after the iterations help prove, that the complex Construction projects can be managed more efficiently after applying DSM.

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Section: Principles Of Constructabilitymentioning

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Application of Design Structure Matrix (DSM) for Managing Projects on the Basis of Constructability

Khan¹

2016

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“…Such variables included dimensions and details of elements; nonetheless, the impacts of such variables on labour productivity were not quantified. Jergeas and Put (2001) in a study to identify the most significant gaps between the potential benefits of applying buildability principles to Alberta, Canada, concluded that buildability enhancement requires a collaborative industry effort which should focus on areas where the largest gaps currently exist between potential and realized benefits. These include the involvement of construction expertise during the design stage, and building mutual trust, respect, and credibility between project planners, designers, and constructors.…”

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The Impacts of Buildability Factors on Formwork Labour Productivity of Columns

Jarkas

2010

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Abstract. The impacts of buildability on formwork labour productivity of major in situ reinforced concrete elements such as, foundations, walls, columns, beams and slabs, are yet to be determined and quantified. The labour unit cost of columns formwork, in comparison with other constituents of the reinforced concrete frame, is constantly higher due to the forming complexity of these elements, especially non-rectangular shapes, and the small output achieved in the operation. Therefore, the objective of this research is to investigate the impacts of buildability factors on columns formwork labour productivity. To achieve this objective, a large volume of productivity data was collected and analyzed using the categorical-regression method. As a result, the impacts of the grid patterns, variability of column sizes, repetition, total and average shutter size, and geometry of columns are quantified. Apart from the variability of column sizes, the findings show significant effects of these factors on labour productivity, which can be used to provide designers feedback on how well their designs consider the requirements of buildability principles, and the consequences of their decisions on labour efficiency. Moreover, the depicted patterns of results may provide guidance to construction managers for effective activity planning and efficient labour utilization.

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“…The final result may be not consistent with the requirements and it will therefore be not acceptable in terms of quality [8].…”

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Constructability and Safety Performance Based Design: A Design and Assessment Tool for the Building Process

Capone

Getuli

Giusti

2014

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC)

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-The theme of this contribution fits astride two strands of Construction Management Studies: "health and safety risk management" on construction site and "constructability" design approach. Specifically we faces two problems usually considered separately: the lack of specificity, synergy, effectiveness between safety planning and construction process and the lack of concurrence between design and construction process. The proposed approach assigns to design the key role of optimizing both constructability and safety planning in a unique and simultaneous procedure. The purpose is to improve "working plan" design level by specific construction simulation and the related safety assessment in the perspective of the better constructability performance and final building results. The proposed method is a Construction Management Approach supported by design tool based on working directly on design drawings. Starting from the representation of construction details, their construction can be simulated. This is obtained analyzing construction details by means of progressive drawings that express and simulate the breakdown of construction phases, chronologically processed and logically related. In these specific drawings all the elements of the construction site are graphically placed. The procedure allows both to perform the specific and detailed safety assessment for the realization of construction detail components, and to verify the constructability of them. The safety and constructability analysis is so performed in a graphical way during the design process not waiting the construction phase. So we are still able to intervene, if necessary, with amendments under the designer control.

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Benefits of Constructability on Construction Projects

Cited by 106 publications

References 7 publications

Application of Design Structure Matrix (DSM) for Managing Projects on the Basis of Constructability

Application of Design Structure Matrix (DSM) for Managing Projects on the Basis of Constructability

The Impacts of Buildability Factors on Formwork Labour Productivity of Columns

Constructability and Safety Performance Based Design: A Design and Assessment Tool for the Building Process

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