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A study of best management practices for enhancing productivity in building projects: construction methods perspectives

Construction Economics and Building

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Title A study of best management practices for enhancing productivity in building projects: construction methods perspectives
 
Creator Gurmu, Argaw Tarekegn
Aibinu, Ajibade Ayodeji
Chan, Toong Khuan
 
Subject Construction; Management
Best management practices; construction methods; construction productivity; Australia
Construction; Productivity
 
Description This research investigates management practices that have the potential to enhance productivity in building projects by focusing on construction methods. In phase 1 of the study, face-to-face interviews with nineteen experts were conducted to identify the best management practices for construction methods. The qualitative data analysis reached saturation and resulted in a list of best practices for construction methods that are relevant to the local industry. The second phase used an industry-wide survey to prioritize the best practices. Accordingly, project start-up plan, traffic control plan, machinery positioning strategy, project completion plan, and dynamic site layout plan were shown to be the top five best practices for construction methods. The study also revealed that high levels of implementation of best practices are associated with low levels of project delays. The use of best practices also varied according to the project costs. There were no discernible differences between the top five best practices. The authors suggest that they should be implemented jointly to improve productivity in building projects. Contractors could use the logistic regression model developed, to predict the probability of exceeding a baseline productivity factor and, on that basis, implement corrective actions to achieve the desired level of productivity. 
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
Contributor The University of Melbourne
 
Date 2016-09-08
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Survey/interview
 
Format application/pdf
text/html
 
Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/4882
10.5130/AJCEB.v16i3.4882
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 16, No 3 (2016): Construction Economics and Building, Incorporating a Special Section on Innovation and SMEs in the AEC Sector; 1-19
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/4882/5552
http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/4882/5562
 
Coverage Australia
N/A
Principal Contractors in Victoria, Australia
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2016 Argaw Tarekegn Gurmu, Ajibade Ayodeji Aibinu, Toong Khuan Chan
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0