Al-Kaisy, A and Nassar, K (2009) Developing a decision support tool for nighttime construction in highway projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(2), pp. 119-125. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
This paper presents a decision support tool that is intended to help highway agencies in evaluating the suitability of nighttime construction for highway projects. This tool was developed as part of a research project sponsored by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The tool is a simple software package that was developed using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and Visual Basic for Applications. The proposed tool utilizes the cost-effectiveness analysis as a basis for comparison between daytime and nighttime operations. The proposed tool is mainly used whenever night shift is thought of as an alternative to the conventional daytime shift. Nonetheless, the tool is also generic in the sense that it can be used to compare different alternative plans such as different lane closure strategies or scheduling alternatives.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction cost; economic factors; highways and roads; maintenance; nighttime construction; traffic delay |
| Index terms: | scheduling, spreadsheet, strategy, suitability, cost-effectivenes, agency, economic factor, software package, highway construction, decision support, construction cost |
| Subjects: | civil engineering, management, economics, economic concepts, data science, software systems, sociology, design criteria, decision analysis, financial and cost management, operations research |
| Topics: | Risk Management, Design Practice, Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Time Control, Business Strategy, Cost Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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