In this paper, supply policy and procurement of
shared resources in some kinds of concurrent construction projects
are investigated. This could be oriented to the problems of holding
construction companies who involve in different projects
concurrently and they have to supply limited resources to several
projects as well as prevent delays to any project. Limits on
transportation vehicles and storage facilities for potential
construction materials and also the available resources (such as cash
or manpower) are some of the examples which affect considerably on
management of all projects over all. The research includes
investigation of some real multi-storey buildings during their
execution periods and surveying the history of the activities. It is
shown that the common resource demand variation curve of the
projects may be expanded or displaced to achieve an optimum
distribution scheme. Of course, it may cause some delay to some
projects, but it has minimum influence on whole execution period of
all projects and its influence on procurement cost of the projects is
considerable. These observations on investigation of some
multistorey building which are built in Iran will be presented in this
paper.
[1] Blisman, N.G. et al., "Factors influencing project delivery", Journal of
Construction and Architectural Management, 2004,Vol. 11 ┬À No.2 ┬À pp.
113-125
[2] Levy, N. and Globerson, S. (1997), "Improving multi-project
management by using a queuing theory approach", Journal of Project
Management, 1997, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 40-6.
[3] Reedy, J.H., "Unique issues of multi-project management", in Cleland,
D.I. and King, W.R. (Eds), Project Management Handbook, Van
Nostrand, London,1983.
[4] Abdullah, A.M. And Vickridge, I.G., "the extent of multi-project
management implementation in the uk construction industry",
proceedings of the 16th annual conference arcom, glasgow caledonian
university, 2000, vol. 2, Pp. 137-46.
[5] .Loftus, J., "The client problem", in Loftus, J. (Ed.), Project
Management of Multiple Projects and Contracts, Thomas Telford,
Londo,1999.
[6] Sarkar M., "Effect of transport and storage facility on construction
management", MSc thesis, University of Tehran, 2004.
[7] Gholipour Y. and Sarkar M., "Optimum scheduling of construction
projects in high populated business areas", a research report,
Engineering optimization research group, university of Tehran, 2003.
[1] Blisman, N.G. et al., "Factors influencing project delivery", Journal of
Construction and Architectural Management, 2004,Vol. 11 ┬À No.2 ┬À pp.
113-125
[2] Levy, N. and Globerson, S. (1997), "Improving multi-project
management by using a queuing theory approach", Journal of Project
Management, 1997, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 40-6.
[3] Reedy, J.H., "Unique issues of multi-project management", in Cleland,
D.I. and King, W.R. (Eds), Project Management Handbook, Van
Nostrand, London,1983.
[4] Abdullah, A.M. And Vickridge, I.G., "the extent of multi-project
management implementation in the uk construction industry",
proceedings of the 16th annual conference arcom, glasgow caledonian
university, 2000, vol. 2, Pp. 137-46.
[5] .Loftus, J., "The client problem", in Loftus, J. (Ed.), Project
Management of Multiple Projects and Contracts, Thomas Telford,
Londo,1999.
[6] Sarkar M., "Effect of transport and storage facility on construction
management", MSc thesis, University of Tehran, 2004.
[7] Gholipour Y. and Sarkar M., "Optimum scheduling of construction
projects in high populated business areas", a research report,
Engineering optimization research group, university of Tehran, 2003.
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shared resources in some kinds of concurrent construction projects
are investigated. This could be oriented to the problems of holding
construction companies who involve in different projects
concurrently and they have to supply limited resources to several
projects as well as prevent delays to any project. Limits on
transportation vehicles and storage facilities for potential
construction materials and also the available resources (such as cash
or manpower) are some of the examples which affect considerably on
management of all projects over all. The research includes
investigation of some real multi-storey buildings during their
execution periods and surveying the history of the activities. It is
shown that the common resource demand variation curve of the
projects may be expanded or displaced to achieve an optimum
distribution scheme. Of course, it may cause some delay to some
projects, but it has minimum influence on whole execution period of
all projects and its influence on procurement cost of the projects is
considerable. These observations on investigation of some
multistorey building which are built in Iran will be presented in this
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