Song, Y and Chua, D K H (2011) Requirement and availability time-window analysis of intermediate function. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(11), pp. 967-975. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Many existing resource-constrained scheduling tools may be inadequate for representing and evaluating intermediate functions, a major category of construction requirements, with respect to availability time-windows and alternative construction sequences. This study develops a time-window analysis approach for calculating and matching the requirement and availability time-windows of an intermediate function. Consequently, the proposed analysis approach can facilitate planning engineers to formally detect unfulfilled construction requirements residing in a construction schedule. Moreover, the analysis tool can also be used for accommodating alternative construction sequences to work out better construction schedules, which is demonstrated and validated by using the case of constructing a nursing house.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction requirement; construction sequence; intermediate function; precedence relationship; resource-constrained scheduling |
| Index terms: | precedence relationship, scheduling, window, engineer |
| Subjects: | operations research, architectural elements, profession |
| Topics: | Time Control, Design Practice, Roles and Professions |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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