Takt Production Monitoring and Control in Apartment Renovation Projects

Abstract

Construction production is steered with the help of monitoring task progressions and comparing them to the schedule. Construction monitoring is often imprecise. Especially in takt production, more detailed and systematic monitoring methods should be pursued. In takt production, production must be monitored frequently to make sure that the production follows the takt schedule. However, takt production monitoring methods have not been discussed in literature. In this study, a digital monitoring solution for takt production is developed and tested in a case apartment renovation project in Finland. At first, the production monitoring in the case project was done in paper format. This monitoring form was then developed into a digital monitoring application. The progression of production tasks was entered into the application manually. These entries were then automatically compared with a digital takt schedule. As a result, production status can be analyzed automatically and provide diverse information for the construction foremen. This information can be automatically visualized and used as a detailed status report for site meetings. Gathered information can also be revisited afterwards for development or reclamation purposes, for example.

Suggestions for takt production subcontract clauses – a conceptual study

“…For this reason partnering with subcontractors should be considered, where work between the parties is based on trust and long-term cooperation (Lehtovaara et al , 2020). On the other hand, takt production enables production monitoring in greater detail (Dlouhy et al , 2018; Keskiniva et al , 2021), which allows the comparison of hours worked and hours invoiced in more detail for example with digital tools.…”

Influence of Takt Time Planning on Construction Efficiency

“…Likewise, it was notice that there is no broader and more comprehensive work on monitoring and control of takt production, as most of the publications related to this topic are conference reports with scattered information. As was mentioned at [22], Alhava et al [26] have proposed that the collection of the takt production realization data should be carried out by the trade partners' foremen and workers with a mobile application. Data collection is recommended to be carried out by the foremen of the main contractor.…”

“…It also helps foremen to detect inaccuracies in the takt plan. For example, in the study of Keskiniva et al [22], the foreman walks the site at the end of each workday and documents the situation in a digital application. The application automatically compares records and schedules and provides analysed data for production management and production development in a user-friendly format.…”

“…Little information has been published about this topic due to the novelty of the application of takt production in construction [22]. However, there are several evidence of implementation of that technology in construction companies.…”

“…The monitoring vignette is created in the form of a table based on the schedule, and, thus, filling it out allows to compare the production plan and implementation. It is very important to make sure that documenting and monitoring the situation in the construction site on a daily basis can be carried out with minimal effort, because it still requires a significant part of the foremen's time [22].…”