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Carrillo, P (2004) Managing knowledge: lessons from the oil and gas sector. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 631-42.

Chew, M Y L, Silva, N D and Tan, S S (2004) A neural network approach to assessing building façade maintainability in the tropics. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 581-94.

Ho, M-F, Drew, D, McGeorge, D and Loosemore, M (2004) Implementing corporate ethics management and its comparison with the safety management system: a case study in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 595-606.

Johnstone, I M (2004) Development of a model to estimate the benefit-cost ratio performance of housing. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 607-17.

Lowe, D J and Parvar, J (2004) A logistic regression approach to modelling the contractor's decision to bid. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 643-53.

Rooke, J, Seymour, D and Fellows, R (2004) Planning for claims: an ethnography of industry culture. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 655-62.

Trigunarsyah, B (2004) A review of current practice in constructability improvement: case studies on construction projects in Indonesia. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 567–80-.

Wong, E O W and Yip, R C P (2004) Promoting sustainable construction waste management in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 563-6.

Yang, I-T and Ioannou, P G (2004) Scheduling system with focus on practical concerns in repetitive projects. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 619-30.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Repetitive project; work continuity; project management; what-if analysis; crew utilization strategy
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190310001649065
  • Abstract:

    The line of balance (LOB) method has long been used to model construction projects with repetitive units. Critics, however, indicate two major shortcomings of applying LOB in the construction industry: (1) it has not yet been adapted to numerical computation as readily as network methods; and (2) it relies on restrictive assumptions and therefore cannot treat the practical concerns concluded in this paper. To treat all the practical concerns and provide necessary calculation power, a new scheduling system is proposed: the Repetitive Scheduling Method (RSM) and its computerized implementation, Repetitive Project Planner (RP2). RSM includes necessary modelling elements (i.e. activity and relationship types) and a set of computational algorithm to calculate the start time of every activity as well as the minimum project duration. RP2 automatically calculates and generates RSM diagrams that are particularly useful in serving as a test-bed for project managers to perform what-if analyses for different crew utilization strategies. A real-life pipeline project is used to demonstrate the application of RP2 and to compare that with the critical path method (CPM) and traditional LOB models.