li, H; Chen, Z; Wong, C T C and Love, P E D (2002) A quantitative approach to construction pollution control based on resource levelling. Construction Innovation, 2(2), pp. 71-81. ISSN 1471-4175
Abstract
A quantitative approach for construction pollution control that is based on construction resource levelling is presented. The parameters of construction pollution index (CPI) and hazard magnitude (hi) are treated as a pseudo resource and integrated with a project’s construction schedule. When the level of pollution for site operations exceeds the permissible limit identified by a regulatory body, a Genetic Algorithm (GA) enhanced levelling technique is used to reschedule project activities so that the level of pollution can be redistributed and thus reduced. The GA enhanced resource levelling technique is demonstrated using 20 on-site construction activities in a project. Experimental results indicate that the proposed GA enhanced resource levelling method performs better than the traditional resource levelling method used in MS Project®. The proposed method is an effective tool that can be used by project managers to reduce the level of pollution at a particular period of time; when other control methods fail.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | genetic algorithm; pollution control; resource levelling |
| Index terms: | construction activity, resource levelling, genetic algorithm, site operation, control method, resource levelling technique, project manager, pollution |
| Subjects: | operations management, algorithms, environmental health, profession, monitoring and control, resource management, construction operations |
| Topics: | Site Management, Business Strategy, Sustainability, Roles and Professions, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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