Repetitive Projects Scheduling to Minimize Idle Time: A Case Study of Libyan Electricity Infrastructure Projects
Medhat Youssef,
Alshger Abdallah Alshger Alshagmani,
Mahmoud Malek Olwan
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 5, October 2023
Pages:
80-89
Received:
15 July 2023
Accepted:
9 August 2023
Published:
14 October 2023
Abstract: Libyan reconstruction plan will start after the end of the current crisis, so effective management of resources is crucial as adopting time-cost optimizing tools. projects' success depends upon achieving their objectives, which makes project planning essential. Repetitive Scheduling Method (RSM) ensures continuous utilization of resources from location to location in linear projects to eliminate time waste. This study applied RSM in the electrical project scheduling of Sirt-Hone 400kv transmission project. A graph of crew's movement through locations without idle time was presented, leading to fast project delivery and providing more value to the owner. The scheduling was done for a single work crew's composition and production rate two times, one time assigning one contractor and the other time two contractors. The project duration in 1st case was 574 days with zero idle time, and in the 2nd case was 275 days with zero idle time. RSM facilitates it easy to perform several scheduling scenarios to compare idle time and project duration. The study is empirical evidence for production strategies based on Lean Construction principles in project scheduling using RSM. Libyan reconstruction plan will need an advanced scheduling approach as RSM for repetitive linear projects due to the scarcity of resources.
Abstract: Libyan reconstruction plan will start after the end of the current crisis, so effective management of resources is crucial as adopting time-cost optimizing tools. projects' success depends upon achieving their objectives, which makes project planning essential. Repetitive Scheduling Method (RSM) ensures continuous utilization of resources from loca...
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Research Article
The Game of Engineering Ethics in Gully Water Conservancy Reconstruction Project of Xishuangbanna International Tourism Resort
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 5, October 2023
Pages:
90-99
Received:
7 September 2023
Accepted:
24 October 2023
Published:
28 October 2023
Abstract: With the rapid development of our country's economy and urban construction, the number of new construction and reconstruction projects of water conservancy projects has gradually increased. In the construction process, there are also engineering ethics problems that cannot be ignored, among which safety, responsibility, ecological environment and benefit compensation and other related problems are relatively significant. Based on the basic principles of engineering ethics and aiming at the practical problems in the gully water conservancy reconstruction project of Xishuangbanna International Tourism Resort, this paper makes a comparative study of pros and cons, and points out that the concepts of “deontology”, “contract theory” and “virtue theory” should be adhered to in the water conservancy project. While focusing on maximizing social benefits, it is more important to ensure “the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people”. And put forward the corresponding measures to solve the problem. At the same time, because there are many special situations in the types and actual construction of water conservancy renovation projects, this study needs to further analyze multiple practice cases and summarize the common content of such projects, so as to effectively guide the construction of similar water conservancy renovation projects and provide references for future research on ethical issues of water conservancy renovation projects, so that water conservancy projects can benefit mankind more effectively.
Abstract: With the rapid development of our country's economy and urban construction, the number of new construction and reconstruction projects of water conservancy projects has gradually increased. In the construction process, there are also engineering ethics problems that cannot be ignored, among which safety, responsibility, ecological environment and b...
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