Planning, estimation and productivity in the lean concrete pour
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
ISSN: 0969-9988
Article publication date: 1 February 2004
Abstract
With an increasingly competitive global market, the UK construction industry finally realised that in order to survive, a marked increase in efficiency and effectiveness have to be achieved in all areas. This paper will describe the UK's approach to planning and designing the concrete operations that form a major part of many civil engineering construction projects. A productivity study has been carried out on three different construction projects and over 200 concrete pours have been observed. The data and knowledge collected on site have been subjected to lean construction philosophies, producing a “lean” measure of productivity, and it has been shown that major productivity increases could be achieved by implementing several relatively simple principles.
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Citation
Dunlop, P. and Smith, S.D. (2004), "Planning, estimation and productivity in the lean concrete pour", Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 55-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/09699980410512665
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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