Assessing the impact of materials tracking technologies on construction craft productivity

被引:106
作者
Grau, David [2 ]
Caldas, Carlos H. [1 ]
Haas, Carl T. [3 ]
Goodrum, Paul M. [4 ]
Gong, Jie [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Civil Environm & Architectural Engn, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[2] Univ Alabama, Dept Civil Construct & Environm Engn, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
[3] Univ Waterloo, Dept Civil Engn, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
[4] Univ Kentucky, Dept Civil Engn, Lexington, KY 40506 USA
关键词
Materials tracking; Productivity; Construction automation; MANAGEMENT; SUPPORT;
D O I
10.1016/j.autcon.2009.04.001
中图分类号
TU [建筑科学];
学科分类号
0813 ;
摘要
Even though previous studies indicate that construction labor productivity can benefit from automated tracking technologies for field materials management purposes, the actual impact of these technologies on construction productivity has not been fully investigated. This study attempted to quantify the productivity impact of automating the identification and localization of engineered components on industrial sites. For this purpose. an extensive field trial was conducted on a power-plant project. Data from both a traditional tracking process and an automated tracking process designed for the purposes of this study were collected. By considering the traditional tracking process as the baseline for comparison, this study quantified and assessed the impact of the automated tracking methodology. The results indicate that materials tracking technologies can significantly improve craft labor productivity. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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页码:903 / 911
页数:9
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