TY  - CONF
TI  - Improving Buildabuility With Platforms and Configurators 
C1  - Fortaleza, Brazil
C3  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 771
EP  - 780
PY  - 2013
AU  - Jensen, Patrik
AU  - Larsson, Johan
AU  - Simonsson, Peter
AU  - Olofsson, Thomas
AD  - 1  PhD student, Division of Structural and Construction Engineering, Luleå university of technology,  Sweden, Phone +46 (010) 452-2440, patrik.jensen@tyrens.se
AD  - PhD student, Division of Structural and Construction Engineering, Luleå university of technology,  Sweden, Phone +1 (0920) 492-263, johan.larsson@ltu.se 
AD  - Tech. Dr, Division of Structural and Construction Engineering, Luleå university of technology,  Sweden, Phone +1 (070) 290-0410, peter.simonsson@trafikverket.se
AD  - Professor, Division of Structural and Construction Engineering, Luleå university of technology,  Sweden, Phone +1 (0920) 493-662, thomas.olofsson@ltu.se 
ED  - Formoso, Carlos Torres
ED  - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia 
AB  - The different stages in construction projects are often separated with little interaction between the different trades. Many researchers proclaim that this separation between design and production limits the buildability of construction design. Thus there is a need for providing knowledge of rules and constraints imposed from production into the design of construction products. A way of integrating production knowledge into design is by implementing platforms in construction products. This study will however investigate if and how configurators could function as carriers of both product and process (production) knowledge within platform thinking. Previous work developing configurators has mainly focused on the efficiency of the design phase and is usually not linked to production improvements and simplifications. By defining a platform for a certain bridge variant within its market segment, the technical solutions can be designed to be flexible while ensuring good buildability in the construction phase. The developed configurator is built in SolidWorks and parametrically coupled using Tacton Studio. The first version generates geometrical drawings, whereas validation of the generated drawings from the configurator compared with the previous designed drawings from a single case study shows that parametric modelling configurators can be used for increasing buildability and efficiency at site. 
KW  - Buildability
KW  - Customization
KW  - Standardization
KW  - Integration
KW  - Platform
KW  - Configurator.
PB  - 
T2  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2013/07/31
CY  - Fortaleza, Brazil
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/914/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/914
N1  - Export Date: 26 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -