Igwe, C; Nasiri, F and Hammad, A (2022) Construction workspace management: Critical review and roadmap. International Journal of Construction Management, 22(10), pp. 1960-1973. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
Construction workspace management has been a big issue in research and practice in recent years due to the need to improve productivity and safety by reducing spatio-temporal clashes in the management of construction projects. The complexities and dynamic nature of construction sites make construction workspace management difficult due to the continually evolving nature of the workspace. The space planning problem in construction has two main elements that are interdependent but require different approaches: the space scheduling problem, focused on the planning of task execution spaces, and the site layout problem, focused on the location of temporary facilities of various kinds. However, despite the importance of construction workspace management, a comprehensive review of the subject matter is absent in the literature. The objectives of this study are (1) to identify prominent themes in published research; (2) to compare work published within each theme; and (3) to suggest future directions for construction equipment space planning.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | building information modelling; construction planning; construction projects; construction workspace management; roadmap |
| Index terms: | workspace, productivity, building information modelling, construction equipment, construction planning, construction site, site layout, scheduling, complexity, construction project, space planning |
| Subjects: | work location, operations research, construction planning, site logistics, information systems, systems engineering, management, production management, construction equipment, design process |
| Topics: | Business Strategy, Engineering Principles, Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Plant and Equipment, Digital Applications, Design Practice, Site Management, Time Control |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here