Repetitive Scheduling Method: Requirements, Modeling, and Implementation
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 142, Issue 5
Abstract
Projects with repeating activities, such as multistory buildings and highways, present unique scheduling challenges. This paper presents the necessary requirements that scheduling systems should address to meet the needs and complexities of repetitive projects in practice. The repetitive scheduling method (RSM) provides a unified scheduling framework that applies to all types of repetitive projects. In RSM, projects are classified as discrete (vertical) or continuous (horizontal or linear) and then as uniform and nonuniform, depending on whether progress is measured using a counting scale or a dominant-attribute scale. RSM modeling elements include three types of activities (line, block, and bar) and 10 types of relationships (links) between activities. , a computer program developed by the authors to validate the proposed scheduling approach, is used to develop the production diagrams and tabular reports of the target schedule for a complex of four-story apartment buildings for a low-income housing project. Sufficient detail is provided so that the project and its target schedule can be used to validate future research and to verify other systems.
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Acknowledgments
The various plans and schedules for the construction of the four-story apartment building complex presented in this paper were developed in cooperation with Mr. Luis Riquezes, the project manager for the work, whose contributions are gratefully acknowledged.
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Volume 142 • Issue 5 • May 2016
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Received: Jun 22, 2015
Accepted: Oct 14, 2015
Published online: Jan 5, 2016
Published in print: May 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Jun 5, 2016
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