Elbeltagi, E; Hegazy, T and Eldosouky, A (2004) Dynamic layout of construction temporary facilities considering safety. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 130(4), pp. 534-541. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
The layout of a construction site plays a major role in the safety and productivity of operations, particularly when site space is restricted. As construction evolves, however, the site layout may need to be dynamically reorganized at various schedule intervals to accommodate operational needs. As opposed to considering only productivity issues during site planning, this paper presents a layout planning approach that considers both safety and productivity. First, safety issues on construction sites are discussed and the factors that contribute to unsafe sites are outlined. A procedure for optimum layout of temporary facilities is then developed in integration with a scheduling tool. Four aspects are considered during site-layout planning: (1) defining the safety-related temporary facilities needed on construction sites; (2) defining proper safety zones around the construction space; (3) considering safety in determining the optimum placement of temporary facilities on the site; and (4) utilizing parts of the constructed space as temporary facilities to relieve congestion on restricted sites. A case study is presented on a prototype system to demonstrate the benefits of the proposed approach.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction management; construction site accidents; safety; temporary structures |
| Index terms: | integration, construction site accident, prototype, construction site, safety issue, placement, scheduling, site layout, productivity, case study |
| Subjects: | organizational analysis, financial risk, health risk and incident analysis, management, site logistics, work location, operations research, modelling and simulation, data collection methods |
| Topics: | Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Health and Safety, Cost Management, Business Strategy, Human Resources, Site Management, Organizational Design, Time Control |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
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