Implementing Takt Planning and Takt Control Into Residential Construction

Abstract

This study addresses the suitability of takt planning and takt control (TPTC) for the interior phase in residential construction projects. The purpose is to gain understanding on how to best implement TPTC in residential construction.The study was conducted as a qualitative case study, by investigating TPTC implementation for the interior phase in a residential construction project in Finland. The initial motivation for takt implementation was to achieve better flow efficiency and radically shortened production duration. The analysis was based on 14 interviews, site observation, data from digital control tools and workshops, and aimed to identify lessons learned as well as required future development actions in TPTC implementation.The findings indicate that TPTC is well suitable for the interior phase and even in the first pilot project it substantially reduced the project duration. However, certain barriers, as well as enablers, were identified in both planning and control phases, which can be adopted as a basis for continuous development. For example, more detailed planning of wagons and tighter collaboration between all the project participants should be considered. The study represents the category of applied research and has implications for achieving the full potential of takt planning and control in the future.

Takt Maturity Model: From Individual Successes Towards Systemic Change in Finland

“…Material deliveries to the site, storage and hauling of the material on the site are planned, buffered, and managed in a way that materials are available for every takt in time (also suggested by Lehtovaara et al 2019).…”

“…Takt methods such as Takt Time Planning (TTP, e.g., Frandson et al 2013), Takt Planning and Takt Control (TPTC, e.g., Dlouhy et al 2016) have demonstrated the potential of takted production to achieve more stable operations and radically reduced production duration, among other benefits. Successful implementation cases have been reported in various locations -especially in the US (Frandson et al 2013), Germany (Binninger et al 2018), and Norway (Vatne and Drevland 2016) -and most recently, in Finland (Lehtovaara et al 2019).…”

“…The shared results have inspired the top management of several companies, especially the general contractors and public clients, to adopt takt production as a key aspect of their production development initiatives (Lavikka et al 2020). In addition, designers, suppliers, and subcontractors have expressed their interest in implementing takt into their operations, as takt production has been perceived to increase their profitability and situational awareness of the production as well (Lehtovaara et al 2019). Between 2016-2020 takt production has been utilized in dozens of projects with varied scopes and primarily positive testimonials.…”

Fostering process innovations in construction through industry–university consortium

“…The role of the vision is also to guide future research proposals submitted to the consortium. Takt in production and design was chosen as the theme for the second research project (Lehtovaara et al, 2019). The decision was based on the international benchmarking study conducted during the first year, which yielded takt production as one of the most promising new methods to radically reduce production durations without increasing costs or compromising quality.…”

Takt Production Monitoring and Control in Apartment Renovation Projects

“…That is why the application of takt production requires monitoring production realization at a higher level of detail. Because takt production requires rapid reactions (e.g., [6]) and revising the takt schedule during production is challenging [6,7], it must be monitored closely and in detail [8].…”