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Anson, M, Tang, S L and Ying, K C (2002) Measurement of the performance of ready mixed concreting resources as data for system simulation. Construction Management and Economics, 20(03), 237-50.

Chang, C-Y and Ive, G (2002) Rethinking the multi-attribute utility approach based procurement route selection technique. Construction Management and Economics, 20(03), 275-84.

El-Rayes, K, Ramanthan, R and Moselhi, O (2002) An object-oriented model for planning and control of housing construction. Construction Management and Economics, 20(03), 201-10.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: housing construction; repetitive construction; object-oriented modelling; planning and scheduling; construction control
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190110115312
  • Abstract:

    A practical object-oriented model for the planning and control of housing construction is presented that can generate efficient schedules and determine the time and cost performance of a housing project at three levels: (i) entire project, (ii) particular housing unit and (iii) an individual subcontractor. The model comprises five major components: (1) input module, (2) scheduling module, (3) database module, (4) control module and (5) reports module, and incorporates 18 classes that are designed to address the main requirements in planning and control of housing construction. The model is implemented as a user-friendly prototype software system using Visual C++ 6.0 and Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC). The prototype software is named ’Residential Planner’, and runs in Windows 2000 and NT. An example of an application is analysed to illustrate the use of the developed model and demonstrate its practical features

Kirkham, R J, Boussabaine, A H and Awwad, B H (2002) Probability distributions of facilities management costs for whole life cycle costing in acute care NHS hospital buildings. Construction Management and Economics, 20(03), 251-61.

Lingard, H (2002) The effect of first aid training on Australian construction workers' occupational health and safety knowledge and motivation to avoid work-related injury or illness. Construction Management and Economics, 20(03), 263-73.

Ng, S T, Luu, D T, Chen, S E and Lam, K C (2002) Fuzzy membership functions of procurement selection criteria. Construction Management and Economics, 20(03), 285-96.

Williams, T P (2002) Predicting completed project cost bidding data. Construction Management and Economics, 20(03), 225-35.

Yasamis, F, Arditi, D and Mohammadi, J (2002) Assessing contractor quality performance. Construction Management and Economics, 20(03), 211-23.