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Article: Simulating construction duration for multistory buildings with controlling activities
Title | Simulating construction duration for multistory buildings with controlling activities |
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Keywords | Critical-path method Simulation Scheduling Monte Carlo method High-rise buildings |
Issue Date | 2013 |
Citation | Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2013, v. 139, n. 8, p. 951-959 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Construction schedules are uncertain in nature; therefore, predicting construction duration is a difficult task. Extensive research has proposed mathematical models to predict construction duration based on regression analysis, Monte Carlo method (MCM), and so on. Yet regression analysis cannot capture duration uncertainties. Studies normally use Monte Carlo methods to simulate hundreds to thousands of activities in a project schedule. This can be complicated, time-consuming, and unrealistic because the statistical properties of all the activities cannot be readily determined in practice. Typical construction sequences in condominium building construction were first identified, and then the statistical distributions of controlling activities on the sequences were surveyed. Two-stage questionnaire surveys and goodness-of-fit statistical tests were conducted to achieve the mentioned objectives. Subsequently, a model for predicting the duration of building construction was proposed and applied to a high-rise building project. The results showed that the proposed model reasonably predicted the construction duration for this apartment building. The model fills the gap in knowledge of construction time forecast by introducing the concept of controlling activities to simplify the evaluation of the schedule uncertainty in multistory building construction. This research is beneficial for practitioners to estimate an overall construction schedule of building projects, especially in preconstruction phases. © 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/265651 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.071 |
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dc.contributor.author | Nguyen, Long D. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Phan, Duc H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tang, Llewellyn C.M. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-03T01:21:17Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-03T01:21:17Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2013, v. 139, n. 8, p. 951-959 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0733-9364 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/265651 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Construction schedules are uncertain in nature; therefore, predicting construction duration is a difficult task. Extensive research has proposed mathematical models to predict construction duration based on regression analysis, Monte Carlo method (MCM), and so on. Yet regression analysis cannot capture duration uncertainties. Studies normally use Monte Carlo methods to simulate hundreds to thousands of activities in a project schedule. This can be complicated, time-consuming, and unrealistic because the statistical properties of all the activities cannot be readily determined in practice. Typical construction sequences in condominium building construction were first identified, and then the statistical distributions of controlling activities on the sequences were surveyed. Two-stage questionnaire surveys and goodness-of-fit statistical tests were conducted to achieve the mentioned objectives. Subsequently, a model for predicting the duration of building construction was proposed and applied to a high-rise building project. The results showed that the proposed model reasonably predicted the construction duration for this apartment building. The model fills the gap in knowledge of construction time forecast by introducing the concept of controlling activities to simplify the evaluation of the schedule uncertainty in multistory building construction. This research is beneficial for practitioners to estimate an overall construction schedule of building projects, especially in preconstruction phases. © 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Construction Engineering and Management | - |
dc.subject | Critical-path method | - |
dc.subject | Simulation | - |
dc.subject | Scheduling | - |
dc.subject | Monte Carlo method | - |
dc.subject | High-rise buildings | - |
dc.title | Simulating construction duration for multistory buildings with controlling activities | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000677 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84880283349 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 139 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 8 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 951 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 959 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000321558500006 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0733-9364 | - |