CEE 592: Construction Labor Productivity Management

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592 Construction Labor Productivity Management. II; 3cr. Comprehensive systems approach to construction labor productivity management and methods improvement. Productivity measurements including work sampling, crew balance charts, process charts, flow diagram and others. The course also includes external factors affecting labor productivity, such as change orders, overmanning, stacking of trades and weather. An integral part of this course is the impact of safety on productivity.

Course Prerequisite(s)

See catalog description above.

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Oglesby, C., Parker, H., and Howell, G.: "Productivity Improvement in Construction," McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY, 1989.
Hanna, A.S.: "Quantifying The Cumulative Impact of Change Orders or Electrical and mechanical Contractors," CII research Report # 158-11, February 2001.
Adrian, J.J.: "Total Productivity and Quality Management.

Course objectives

The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the different techniques of measuring construction productivity and use the data collected using these techniques to improve construction methods. External factors that affect construction productivity. Such as overmanning, stacking of trades, change orders, and weather are also covered in this course. The course includes a special section on financial productivity measures. This part of the course will allow in-depth understanding of financial ratios that prepare the students to top management positions.

Topics covered

Introduction, Course Outlines, grading policy, etc. Extent of Construction productivity problem Sources of poor productivity Productivity definitions Factors affecting Construction Productivity
Productivity Measurements And Methods Improvements -Work Sampling -Crew Balance Charts -Process Charts -Flow Diagram -Group Timing Technique/Five minutes rating techniques -Foreman-Delay Surveys -The Rate of man-power consumption -Recordation Techniques -Stop Watch Studies (Loader-Truck operation) -Video Taping -Bar Coding -Method Productivity Delay model
Case Study Provided By Guest Lecturer
Q And A And Construction Productivity Data Collection And Cost Control -Daily labor time card -Weekly labor time card -Weekly labor quantity report -Weekly labor cost report -Equipment time and cost card -Monthly cost report
Contractors Financial Performance -What Do Top managers need to know? Basic accounting -Financial statement -Ratio Analysis -How to manage both profit and cash -Balance Sheet -Income statement -Cash Flow statement -Understanding Banking Processes -How Do Lenders Rate Contractors -Profit And Overhead -Profitability Ratios -Profit on Sales, Return on assets, return on net worth. Etc. -Working Capital -What Affects Cash Flow
Site Layout
External Factors Affecting Productivity (An Overview) -The Total Cost Method -The Modified Total Cost Method -The Measured Mile Method -Introduction To Lean Construction
Change Order -Definition -Potential Impact of Change Orders on Labor efficiency -Types of Changes
Methods Of Quantifying The Impact Of Change Orders On Labor Efficiency -The Leonard Method -The Hanna/ CII Method
Overtime (Brt, Cii, Neca Studies)
Weather
Stacking Of Trades
Site Congestion
Schedule Compression And Acceleration
Learning Curves Models

Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes

This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives.

related to Civil Engineering undergarduate program

Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Grade Distribution:
Attendance 5%
Group Assignments 50%
Term Project 25%
Exam 20%

Person(s) who prepared this description

Awad S. Hanna

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Date last modified: 02-Aug-2007
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