Successful application of Last Planner System combined with Location Based Management System. Divergences between theory and practice.
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Term
4. term
Publication year
2016
Submitted on
2016-01-06
Pages
81
Abstract
This Master thesis has been conducted by a group of three international students, as the 4th semester of the Management in the Building Industry programme, from the department of Civil Engineering at Aalborg University. The thesis is entitled “Successful application of Last Planner System combined with Location Based Management System. Divergences between theory and practice.” As the title suggest, the research topic focuses on scheduling of on-site construction with enhanced attention on improving the traditional methods. This is achieved by applying the Last Planner System (LPS) combined with Location Based Management System (LBMS). The topic was chosen due to the inadequacy of current production control systems and their incapability to handle the complexity of on-site construction. Since 1966, the productivity in Denmark has increased by a rate of merely 10%, while other industries have increased production rates as high as 100%. This data shows the construction sector’s stagnation, the reason being the numerous cost and time overruns and overall inefficiency of the building process. LPS and LBMS are reported to have a positive effect on schedule reliability and control, although there is limited research and guidance about the combination of both systems.
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