Performance of Concrete Placing in Hong Kong Buildings
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 124, Issue 2
Abstract
A study was made in the early 1990s of the utilization of labor and equipment resources in the in situ concreting of buildings in Hong Kong. The study involved close observation of 154 pours on building construction sites and 38 days spent at 38 ready-mixed concrete (RMC) batching plants, one day at each. Much detailed productivity information has been derived and the different concrete placing methods have been compared. Other factors affecting the placing rates, pour size, type of pour, and supply of concrete have also been studied. Benchmarks, which describe the state of the industry in broad terms, have been produced not only for measuring progress in the standards applying in Hong Kong as time goes by but also for making comparisons with other large cities.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
1.
Anson, M., Aston, D. E., and Cooke, T. H. (1989). “Concrete pumping in the U.K. and West Germany.”Proc., Inst. of Civ. Engrs., U.K., Part I, 41–57.
2.
Anson, M., and Cooke, T. H. (1988). “The Operation and Capacity of the RMC Industry: A regional study.” Dept. of Engrg., Univ. of Lancaster, U.K.
3.
Anson, M., Pau, S. H., and Wang, S. Q. (1992). “Matching concrete supply to site production.”Proc., Int. Conf. on the Concrete Future. Nat. Ready-Mixed Concrete Assoc. of Malaysia (NRMCA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9–19.
4.
Anson, M., and Wang, S. Q.(1994). “Hong Kong performance yardsticks for concrete placing during building construction.”Trans. Hong Kong Inst. of Engrs., 1(1), 1–18.
5.
Anson, M., Wang, S. Q., and Wang, Y. S. (1996). “The concreting of Hong Kong buildings.” Dept. of Civ. and Struct. Engrg., Constr. Industry Devel. Studies and Res. Ctr., Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ.
6.
Chan, D. W. M., and Kumaraswamy, M. M.(1995). “A study of the factors affecting construction durations in Hong Kong.”Constr. Mgmt. and Economics, 13, 319–333.
7.
Proverbs, D. G., Olomolaiye, P. O., and Harris, F. C.(1996). “An evaluation of transportation systems for high rise concrete construction.”Building and Envir., 31(4), 363–374.
8.
Tam, C. M. (1990). “Study of the performance of concreting in building sites.”Hong Kong Engr., November.
9.
Wang, S. Q. (1995). “A methodology for comparing the productivities of the RMC industries in major cities,” PhD thesis, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 124 • Issue 2 • March 1998
Pages: 116 - 124
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Published online: Mar 1, 1998
Published in print: Mar 1998
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.