De Filippi, Giancarlo Azevedo (2017) Method for production planning and management of time in real estate projects. PhD thesis, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
Delays are common in the construction industry. They create many concerns for project performance and cause considerable losses to project parties. This research analyze the main causes of delay in construction projects, and it propose a structured method to improve the current use of time planning tools and control instruments. Initially, a literature review and a field survey with 50 real estate construction projects in Brazilian cities (built in a period of nine years) are conducted to identify the main factors influencing the delays. Next, tools and assumptions to improve the control of project deadlines are identified, thus avoiding the occurrence of various problems raised in the previous survey. This study also proposes a time management framework that consolidates these practices and tools studied. The viability of the practices is measured in other recent projects, by a second field survey in 8 recent construction projects. In addition, validation of the practices by professionals who work in planning processes in construction companies was done. Finally, the results of all these analyses are used to consolidate a method to avoid delay occurrence and to support good time management in real estate projects.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Melhado, Silvio Burrattino |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction project; delay; planning tools; time management |
| Index terms: | validation, construction project, survey, construction company, production planning, project party, literature review, construction industry, project performance, causes of delay, real estate, time management, planning process |
| Subjects: | sociology, project controls, industry analysis, project management theory and practice, professional development, real estate economics, project delivery, data analysis and analytics, data collection methods, production management, organization |
| Topics: | Project Management, Information Management, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Stakeholder Management, Urban Studies, Time Control |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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