Loss of Labor Productivity due to Delivery Methods and Weather

“…Similarly, studies conducted in Indonesia and Thailand also revealed that lack of materials affect construction productivity [52,53]. More importantly, it has been accumulated that disruptions in material management resulted in 9% of loss of labour productivity [54].…”

Section: Productivitymentioning

confidence: 97%

A Review on Implication of Material Management to Project Performance

Jusoh

Kasim

2016

MATEC Web Conf.

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Abstract. Material management is an important element in project management as materials contribute a major portion to total project cost. It also plays a key role because of the successes of every construction project rely on having proper resources. Thus, it gives implication on project performance. Despite the importance of material management to project performance, there are limited numbers of research available related to this topic. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to identify the effects factors of material management on project performance. Literature from books, journal articles and conferences papers related to this topic are reviewed. In conclusion, exploring the implication of material management towards project performance will benefit construction players in improving the efficiency of material management in order to minimize the impacts on construction projects performance.

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“…Steelwork activities are also sensitive to electrical storms and high winds (Irizarry et al 2005), but in addition are affected by extremely high and low temperatures (Thomas et al 1999) and excessive amounts of rain (particularly welding) (Thorpe and Karan 2008).…”

Section: Combinations Of Weather Variables Affecting Construction Actmentioning

confidence: 99%

Incorporating the effect of weather in construction scheduling and management with sine wave curves: application in the United Kingdom

Ballesteros‐Pérez

Smith

Lloyd-Papworth

et al. 2018

Construction Management and Economics

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The impact of (adverse) weather is a common cause of delays, legal claims and economic losses in construction projects. Research has recently been carried out aimed at incorporating the effect of weather in project planning; but these studies have focussed on either a narrow set of weather variables, or a very limited range of construction activities or projects. A method for processing a country's historical weather data into a set of weather delay maps for some representative standard construction activities is proposed. Namely, sine curves are used to associate daily combinations of weather variables to delay and provide coefficients for expected productivity losses. A complete case study comprising the construction of these maps and the associated sine waves for the UK is presented along with an example of their use in building construction planning. Findings of this study indicate that UK weather extends project durations by an average of 21%. However, using climatological data derived from weather observations when planning could lead to average reductions in project durations of 16%, with proportional reductions in indirect and overhead costs. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Loss of Labor Productivity due to Delivery Methods and Weather

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Labour Productivity in the Croatian Construction Industry: Impact Factors From the Client’s Point of View

A Review on Implication of Material Management to Project Performance

Incorporating the effect of weather in construction scheduling and management with sine wave curves: application in the United Kingdom

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