TY - CONF TI - Development of Construction Work Methods and Detailed Production Planing for on-Site Productivity Improvement C1 - Gold Coast, Australia C3 - 5th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction SP - 149 EP - 156 PY - 1997 AU - Ghio, Virgilio A. AD - Virgilio A. Ghio is with CVG Construction Engineers, Camino Real 1225, Of. 302, Lima, Peru. ED - Tucker, Selwyn N. AB - This paper describes the work conducted to improve productivity during the construction of a Shopping Centre in South America. The work was based on: detailed “design” of construction methods, including the equipment, optimum crew, work procedures, and; detailed production planning, generated in weekly and daily basis. The construction job was particularly complicated due to the hundreds of change orders demanded by the owner and the owner’s clients. The construction followed a fast track scheme, and the contractor was forced to accept last minute changes which generated all sort of delays and work peaks. As in many countries, the actual construction depends mainly on the foremen and crew leaders. The work presented in this paper empowers the construction field engineer, allowing him to plan, control and optimize on-site construction performance. Despite the many project change orders and the resistance of foremen to change, after 10 weeks the productivity of the job was increased two fold. Numerical results, as well as the methodology applied for this study are discussed in this paper. KW - construction performance KW - productivity improvement PB - T2 - 5th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 1997/07/16 CY - Gold Coast, Australia L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/23/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/23 N1 - Export Date: 19 April 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -