Requirement and Availability Time-Window Analysis of Intermediate Function
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 137, Issue 11
Abstract
Many existing resource-constrained scheduling tools may be inadequate for representing and evaluating intermediate functions, a major category of construction requirements, with respect to availability time-windows and alternative construction sequences. This study develops a time-window analysis approach for calculating and matching the requirement and availability time-windows of an intermediate function. Consequently, the proposed analysis approach can facilitate planning engineers to formally detect unfulfilled construction requirements residing in a construction schedule. Moreover, the analysis tool can also be used for accommodating alternative construction sequences to work out better construction schedules, which is demonstrated and validated by using the case of constructing a nursing house.
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Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 137 • Issue 11 • November 2011
Pages: 967 - 975
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jul 29, 2008
Accepted: Jan 18, 2011
Published online: Jan 19, 2011
Published in print: Nov 1, 2011
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