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Slides 3 CE 711 Week 3 DL
Slides 3 CE 711 Week 3 DL
Construction Firm
In a typical construction day 40 to 60% of the work
time is non productive
Much of non productive time is due to poor
communication
What one person said is not what the other person
heard.
If there is 50% non productive time on a project it
means that the productive time has a potential of being
increased by up to 50%.
If productivity can be improved by just 5% the
contractor might improve his profitability by double.
On the other hand, a 20% decrease in productivity can
have the potential of bankrupting a construction firm.
The 10 Step Program
1. Make the project look like a firm rather than a job.
The worker sees himself as part of a long term team
instead of working job to job. Pride,
performance,communication
2. Improved communications, both oral and written.
3. Plan a productive work site.
4. Challenge the work process. Who, what, where,
when, why, how
5. Use scientific standard than accounting, time
studies, etc.
6. Planning and Scheduling, whether it be one day, or
master schedule, its important.
What’s going to be done tomorrow, what will we need,
materials, equipment and labor
7.Project control and productivity improvement.
Evaluate the process of work and analyze the reports
8. Equipment management
9. productivity through safety
10. Productivity through attention to quality
10 New Themes
1. Continuous education
2. Process versus results management
3. Consistent procedures and practices
4. Proactive versus reactive
5. Measurement & analysis of defect
6. Risk or variation Analysis
7. Vital few versus many
8. Planning vs reacting
9. Safety
10. Pride and positive attitude
Examples
1. days of bad weather
2. Not enough staffing
3. Slow decisions
Organizational Structure of a Construction
Company
If effective:
Aid coordination
Max productivity
Expedite control
Positive human relations
Benefits of specialization
Assign responsibility
Decision making : centralized or decentralized
Centralized and Decentralized Estimating
Decentralization leads to the person who prepares the
estimate does the job.
Staffing:
Superintendent – to oversee all aspects of the project
Foreman – Craftsman to supervise specific tasks
Craftsman – the person assigned to perform the work
Site Layout
Convenience
Provide utilities
Work space
Parking
Storage
Support work space
Visitors
Flow diagrams
A Concrete Example
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