O’Brien, J J; Kreitzberg, F C and Mikes, W F (1985) Network scheduling variations for repetitive work. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 111(2), pp. 105-116. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Observant CPM schedulers in the early years of CPM application, the 1960s, noted that there were often familiar steps inherent in scheduling similar projects. This similarity occurred in the development of housing neighborhoods, such as New Town of Columbia, Maryland; schools, as in the Philadelphia School District Program involving 200 schools; and in the review process for projects during the preconstruction phase in large cities, namely Philadelphia and New York. In these situations, the development of a prototypical network provided a cost-effective method of applying network scheduling to major programs. These applications are described in the form of case studies, and a recent application to the King Khalid Military City Housing Program is noted. An alternate manual approach to repetitive scheduling in high-rise construction, the vertical production method developed in the 1970s, is also described.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Index terms: | network scheduling, school district, case study, housing, program, variation, New York, high-rise construction, scheduler, repetitive scheduling, scheduling |
| Subjects: | building construction, contractual condition, Geography, software systems, educational management, operations research, practitioner, construction type, data collection methods |
| Topics: | Design Practice, Digital Applications, Contract Administration, Education, Time Control, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Construction Technology, Roles and Professions |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
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