Over recent years, the independent adoption of lean construction and building information
modeling (BIM) has shown improvements in construction industry efficiency. Because these …

Several methodologies for production planning and control have been introduced over the
years in the construction industry. However, in this industry, it is not uncommon that projects …

Improving the effectiveness of production control has attracted the interest of researchers
and lean construction practitioners over recent years, through techniques such as Last …

Lean construction and construction automation are two of the important efforts to improve the
performance of the construction industry. However, apart from a small number of scholarly …

Construction projects often suffer from backlashes in relation to poor plans and schedules.
Especially pre-construction planning has been challenging due to a high complexity, an …

Construction projects are often unique, time-limited and require a high degree of
customization by involving a significant number of Engineer-to-Order (ETO) components …

Lean construction methods have demonstrated potential to improve construction
productivity. For example, the location-based management system and the last planner …

A new method is presented for construction process planning. It is based on the concept of
work density and called the Work Density Method (WDM), two terms coined for use in this …

Takt time planning (TTP) aims to increase productivity by reducing waste. This is achieved
by optimizing work packages and team sizes to fit the desired rate of production. Takt time …

Projects with repeating activities, such as multistory buildings and highways, present unique
scheduling challenges. This paper presents the necessary requirements that scheduling …