Module-Based Construction Schedule Administration for Public Infrastructure Agencies
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 130, Issue 1
Abstract
Infrastructure projects such as the construction of expressways are often distributed over different regions and must therefore be divided into several tendering packages. The public agencies that administrate such projects manage project packages that must be integrated. All project packages may involve similar work. However, they are carried out by different contractors each with their own scheduling practices. Standardization provides a foundation for more efficient and effective schedule integration, but cannot easily be enforced without objections from contractors. This paper presents a three-stage standardization implementation framework using modularization. A set of network modules that involve normal, repetitive, cyclic, and merging activities was developed for expressway projects. Two computer systems were developed to help contractors use these modules to create schedules, and to help the owner review schedules submitted by contractors. Experiments and a survey were also carried out to validate the proposed framework, demonstrating a significant amount of time saving and errors reduced by using network modules.
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Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 130 • Issue 1 • February 2004
Pages: 5 - 14
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Copyright © 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Aug 17, 2001
Accepted: Sep 25, 2002
Published online: Jan 16, 2004
Published in print: Feb 2004
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