https://doi.org/10.24928/2022/0175

How Does Flow Impact Data Center Roofing Durations? A Case Study

Becca Apgar¹, James P. Smith² & Daryn Copenhaver³

¹Undergraduate Student, Civil and Construction Engineering Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-8528-0544
²Assistant Professor, Civil and Construction Engineering Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0001-8925-5680
³3Lean Innovation Manager, Mortenson Construction, [email protected]

Abstract

Throughout the last few decades, a slow shift from the Critical Path Method to other, flow-focused scheduling methods has occurred in the industry. However, they have not yet been widely implemented by construction companies. This case study was conducted on a private data center project on a large site in which the project team has applied Takt time, pull planning, and location-based scheduling (i.e., Takt planning). The case study takes into consideration the roofing schedules for five buildings constructed over a span of three years and compares their total roofing task duration before and after the implementation of these techniques. The analysis has shown that a focus on flow and implementation of Takt planning on a large data center project decreases the overall duration of roofing construction tasks. This case study serves as a support for the transition from the traditional Critical Path Method to Takt planning or a flow-based approach since it has effectively decreased total roofing duration in this project.

Keywords

Takt planning, location-based management (LBM), flow, pull planning

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Reference

Apgar, B. , Smith, J. P. & Copenhaver, D. 2022. How Does Flow Impact Data Center Roofing Durations? A Case Study, Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) , 681-692. doi.org/10.24928/2022/0175

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