24th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction - Boston, Massachusetts, USA - 2016

Guidelines for Integrated Production Control in Engineer-to-Order Prefabricated Concrete Building Systems: Preliminary Results

Guillermina A. Peñaloza1, Daniela Dietz Viana2, Fernanda Saidelles Bataglin3, Carlos Torres Formoso4 & Iamara Rossi Bulhões5

1PhD student at NORIE/UFRGS - Built Environment Innovation Unit, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Av. Osvaldo Aranha, 99. Porto Alegre, 3o andar, RS, Brazil. CEP 90035-190. +55 51 33083518 [email protected]
2PhD., Researcher at NORIE/UFRGS [email protected]
3M.Sc. student at NORIE/UFRGS [email protected]
4Associate Professor at NORIE /UFRGS [email protected]
5PhD., Professor at Interdisciplinary Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Av. Osvaldo Aranha, 99. Porto Alegre, 3o andar, RS, Brazil. CEP 90035-190. +55 51 33083518 [email protected]

Abstract

The use of prefabricated building systems has grown in several segments of the construction industry, especially in emerging economies, due to the need of reducing project duration and costs, improving safety, and dealing with the shortage of skilled labor. Most companies that operate in this market are engineer-to-order (ETO) organizations, in which there is a need to integrate the planning control processes concerned with design, manufacturing and site assembly. One of the approaches used to address these issues is to adopt hierarchical levels for planning and control, in which there are order confirmation points considering the lead-time of some tasks. The aim of this research project is to propose guidelines for integrated production planning and control in ETO prefabricated concrete building systems. It is based on two case studies carried out a leading company in this segment in Brazil. The research method involved interviews with different stakeholders, participant observation in planning meetings, and direct observations in two construction sites. The main contributions in this study are related to enhance the integration between plant and site assembly. Also, use of 4D BIM simulations for analysis of physical flows and evaluate and control the assembly process.

Keywords

integrated production control, prefabrication, lean construction

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Peñaloza, G. A. , Viana, D. D. , Bataglin, F. S. , Formoso, C. T. & Bulhões, I. R. 2016. Guidelines for Integrated Production Control in Engineer-to-Order Prefabricated Concrete Building Systems: Preliminary Results, 24th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction , -. doi.org/

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