21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction - Fortaleza, Brazil - 2013

Guidelines for integrated planning and control of engineer-to-order prefabrication systems

Daniela Dietz Viana1, Iamara Rossi Bulhões2 & Carlos Torres Formoso3

1Ph.D Candidate, Building Innovation Research Unit (NORIE), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Phone +55 51 33083518, [email protected]
2Ph.D., Researcher at LOPP/UFRGS (Product and Process Optimization Laboratory, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul). Praça Argentina nº 9, 2º andar. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. CEP 90040-020. Fax: +55 51 33084007, [email protected]
3Ph.D., Associate Professor, Building Innovation Research Unit (NORIE), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Phone +55 51 33083518, [email protected]

Abstract

The industrialization of construction processes is an important strategy for improving quality and productivity in construction. However, the adoption of industrialized technologies does not necessarily have a high impact in the overall performance of the production system. In fact, most papers on the implementation of Lean concepts and principles in prefabricated building systems have focused on a particular stage of the construction process, such as design, prefabrication or assembly. This paper is concerned with planning and controlling engineer-to-order (ETO) prefabricated systems, in which a single company is responsible for designing, and prefabricating components, and assembling them on site. This paper reports the preliminary results of an ongoing research project that aims to understand how the assembly process at the construction site can pull the prefabrication of components in a context with high variability. It is based on a study carried out at a steel fabricator company in which an integrated planning and control model has been developed, involving design, prefabrication and site assembly. This paper presents a set of guidelines for devising planning and control systems in such an environment.

Keywords

Last Planner System, prefabrication, pull production, engineer-to-order

Files


Full Text
 

Reference

Viana, D. D. , Bulhões, I. R. & Formoso, C. T. 2013. Guidelines for integrated planning and control of engineer-to-order prefabrication systems, 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction , 549-558. doi.org/

Download: BibTeX | RIS Format

 

Founded in 1993, the IGLC is an international network of researchers from practice and academia in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) who feel that the practice, education, and research of the AEC industry have to be radically renewed in order to respond to the global challenges ahead.

2015 © All Rights Reserved.