TY  - CONF
TI  - Advantages of Industrialized Methods Used in Small Bridge Construction
C1  - Haifa, Israel
C3  - 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 569
EP  - 579
PY  - 2010
AU  - Rwamamara, Romuald
AU  - Simonsson, Peter
AU  - Ojanen, Johan
AD  - Senior Researcher, Div of Architecture and Infrastructure, Luleå University of Technology, 971 87  Luleå, Sweden Phone +46 920 492353, FAX +46 920 491913, Romuald.Rwamamara@ltu.se 
AD  - Ph.D. Student, Div of structural Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 971 87 Luleå,  Sweden Phone +46 920 493140, FAX +46 920 491913, Peter.Simonsson@ltu.se 
AD  - Ph.D. Student, Div of structural Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 971 87 Luleå,  Sweden Phone +46 920 492263, FAX +46 920 491913, Johan.Ojanen@ltu.se 
ED  - Walsh, Kenneth
ED  - Alves, Thais
AB  - Evaluating to what extent industrialized production methods used during the steel reinforcement, formwork and concrete casting of small bridges are beneficial to the construction industry. The study evaluates the economical value of the construction of small bridges in terms of design and constructability from a production point of view. Moreover, the health and safety issues of the production processes are considered. The study method used is the internal documents study involved in the construction of the bridges. A comparison between data collected for previous studies on bridge construction projects and data collected from internal company documents will be performed. The study uses an economic analysis to evaluate alternative construction materials, assemblies, and bridge services with the objective to improve project planners or owners‘ decision making during the course of planning, designing and constructing a bridge. The use of bridge economic analysis to determine the most economically efficient choice among bridge design alternatives when it comes to steel reinforcement, formwork and concrete casting in regard to improved quality and working environment. The study discusses and offers recommendations for a cost effective bridge construction process which reduces waste in the production process and keeps the project schedule. 
KW  - Safety management
KW  - Waste reduction
KW  - Design and planning
KW  - Construction process
KW  - Quality
KW  - Economic analysis
PB  - 
T2  - 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2010/07/14
CY  - Haifa, Israel
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/681/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/681
N1  - Export Date: 04 May 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -