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Al-Hajj, A and Horner, M W (1998) Modelling the running costs of buildings. Construction Management and Economics, 16(04), 459-70.
Boussabaine, A H and Kaka, A P (1998) A neural networks approach for cost-flow forecasting. Construction Management and Economics, 16(04), 471-9.
Crosthwaite, D (1998) Note - The internationalization of British construction companies 1990-1996: an empirical analysis. Construction Management and Economics, 16(04), 389-95.
El-Rayes, K and Moselhi, O (1998) Resource-driven scheduling of repetitive activities. Construction Management and Economics, 16(04), 443-6.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: construction planning; continuity; repetitive construction; resource scheduling; scheduling
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/014461998372213
- Abstract:
Repetitive activities are found commonly in the construction of high-rise buildings, pipeline networks and highway and housing projects. Construction crews assigned to these activities often perform the work sequentially, moving from one repetitive unit in the project to the next. Because of this frequent crew movement, construction of repetitive activities should be scheduled in such a way as to enable prompt movement of crews among the repetitive units so as to minimize idle crew time. In order to maximize the efficiency of crew utilization, the schedule of repetitive activities should be resource driven, and should satisfy the crew work continuity constraint in addition to precedence relationships and crew availability constraints. This paper presents a flexible algorithm for resource-driven scheduling of repetitive activities that satisfies the three constraints, and considers the impact of a number of practical factors encountered commonly during the construction of this class of projects. The algorithm is applied in two stages: the first achieves compliance with logical precedence relationships and crew availability constraints, and the second achieves compliance with the crew work continuity constraint. A numerical example of a highway project is analysed to illustrate the use of the algorithm and demonstrate its capabilities.
Gowda, R, Singh, A and Connolly, M (1998) Holistic enhancement of the production analysis of bituminous paving operations. Construction Management and Economics, 16(04), 417-32.
Lingard, H and Rowlinson, S M (1998) Behaviour-based safety management in Hong Kong's construction industry: the results of a field study. Construction Management and Economics, 16(04), 481-8.
Marsh, L and Finch, E (1998) Note - Attitudes towards auto-ID technologies within the UK construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 16(04), 383-8.
McCabe, S, Rooke, J D, Seymour, D E and Brown, P (1998) Quality managers, authority and leadership. Construction Management and Economics, 16(04), 447-57.
Notman, D, Norman, G, Flanagan, R and Agapiou, A (1998) A time-series analysis of UK annual and quarterly construction output data (1955-1995). Construction Management and Economics, 16(04), 409-16.
Ofori, G and Debrah, Y A (1998) Flexible management of operatives in the Singapore construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 16(04), 397-408.
Shi, J and AbouRizk, S M (1998) Continuous and combined event-process models for simulating pipeline construction. Construction Management and Economics, 16(04), 489-98.