Jayawardane, A K; Price, A D and Harris, F C (1995) Measurement of brickwork and blockwork productivity: Part A: Productivity of operations can be improved by accurate estimating, good planning, optimum use of resources and having a sound knowledge of the productivity variables. Building Research & Information, 23(2), pp. 81-86. ISSN 0961-3218
Abstract
In part A the authors describe the field data collection performed using Activity Sampling and explain the principles of calculation, basic times, standard times, placing times, operative factors, gang factors, site factors and balancing of gang sizes. The research demonstrates that it is possible to obtain basic and standard times for fairly complex operations and present these in the form of standard equations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | activity sampling; basic and standard times; brickwork and blockwork productivity; UK |
| Index terms: | placing, operative, estimating, sampling, brickwork, productivity |
| Subjects: | concrete and cementitious materials, management, data collection methods, practitioner, architectural elements, financial and cost management |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Business Strategy, Construction Materials, Roles and Professions, Engineering Principles, Cost Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
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