Work Structuring and the Feasibility of Application to Construction Projects in Vietnam
Design should be viewed concurrently by three ways
as transformation, flow and value generation. An innovative approach
to solve design – related problems is described as the integrated
product - process design. As a foundation for a formal framework
consisting of organizing principles and techniques, Work Structuring
has been developed to guide efforts in the integration that enhances
the development of operation and process design in alignment with
product design.
Vietnam construction projects are facing many delays, and cost
overruns caused mostly by design related problems. A better design
management that integrates product and process design could resolve
these problems. A questionnaire survey and in – depth interviews
were used to investigate the feasibility of applying Work Structuring
to construction projects in Vietnam.
The purpose of this paper is to present the research results and to
illustrate the possible problems and potential solutions when Work
Structuring is implemented to construction projects in Vietnam.
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construction labor performance". ASCE.
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HVAC ductwork".
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Austin, TX, September, 103pp.
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[1] Koskela , L. (2000), An Exploration Towards a Production Theory and
its Application to Construction, VTT Publications and VTT Building
Technology, Espoo, 296 p. (available at
http://www.inf.vtt.fi/pdf/publications/2000/P408.pdf, January 2005) 408.
[2] Ballard, G. and Zabelle, T. (2000). "Lean design: Tool and Techniques".
LCI White Paper-10.
[3] Kamara, J. M., Anumba, C. J. and Evbuomwan, N. F. O. (2000),
ÔÇÿDevelopments in the Implementation of Concurrent Engineering in
Construction-, International Journal of Computer-Integrated Design and
Construction, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 68-78.
[4] Tsao, C.C.Y. (2005) "Use of Work Structuring to Increase Performance
of Project-Based Production Systems" PhD. thesis, Univ. of California,
Berkeley, USA.
[5] Best, R. and Vanlence, G. de (2002). "Design and Construction: Building
in Value." Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier, Oxford, UK.
[6] Gleeson, F. and Townend J. (2007). "Lean construction in the corporate
world of the U.K. construction industry", University of Manchester,
School of Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil and Construction Engineering.
[7] Howell, G. A. (1999). "What is Lean Construction." Lean Construction
Institute.
[8] Koskela, L., Howell, G., Ballard, G., and Tommelein, I. (2002). "The
Foundations of Lean Construction." Design and Construction: Building
in Value, R. Best, and G. de Valence, eds., Butterworth-Heinemann,
Elsevier, Oxford, UK.
[9] Ballard, G. (2000b). "Lean Project Delivery Systems." LCI white paper-
8, (Revision 1).
[10] Ballard, G. (1999). "Work Structuring." Lean Construction Institute
White Paper-4.
[11] Halpin, D. W., Escalona, A. L., and Szmurlo, P. M. (1987). "Work
packaging for project control management." Source Document 28,
Construction Industry Institute, Austin, Tex.
[12] Project Management Institute, "A guide to the project management body
of knowledge", PMBOK 4th, 2008.
[13] Wilson, P.E., Dell, L.D., and Anderson, G.F. (1993). "Root cause
analysis: A tool for total quality management", ASQ Quality Press,
Milwaukee.
[14] Ohno, T., (1988). "Toyota project delivery system: Beyond large - scale
production." Productivity Press, Portland, Ore.
[15] Howell, G. A., Laufer, A., and Ballard, G. (1993). "Interation between
subcycles: one key to improved methods." J. Constr. Eng. Manageme.,
199(4), pp. 714 - 728.
[16] Ballard, G. and Howel, G. (1994). "Implementing lean construction:
stabilizing work flow." Proc., 2nd Annual Conf. of the Int. Group for
Lean Construction, Santiago, Chile.
[17] Ballard, G. and Howel, G. (1995). "Toward construction JIT." Proc.,
11th Annual ARCOM Conf., University of York, U.K..
[18] Park, M., and Pe├▒a-Mora, F. (2004). "Reliability Buffering for
Construction Projects," J. of Construction Engineering and Management,
ASCE, September/October, 130(5), pp. 626-637.
[19] Horman, M., Hewitt, C., Cross, J., Pulaski, M. 2003. "Steel fabricator
involvement in project design."Forthcoming Proceedings to the Second
International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction
(ISEC-02). Rome, Italy.
[20] Horman, M.J. and Thomas, H. R.h (2005). "Role of inventory buffers in
construction labor performance". ASCE.
[21] Alves, T. da C.L. and Iris, D. T. (2003). "Simulation of buffering and
batching practices in the interface Detailing-Fabrication-Installation of
HVAC ductwork".
[22] Howell, G.A. and Ballard, H.G. (1996) Managing uncertainty in the
piping process. RR47-13, Construction Industry Institute, Univ. of Texas,
Austin, TX, September, 103pp.
[23] Field, A (2005). "Discovering statistics using SPSS." Thousand Oaks,
Calif. : Sage Publications, London, UK.
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as transformation, flow and value generation. An innovative approach
to solve design – related problems is described as the integrated
product - process design. As a foundation for a formal framework
consisting of organizing principles and techniques, Work Structuring
has been developed to guide efforts in the integration that enhances
the development of operation and process design in alignment with
product design.
Vietnam construction projects are facing many delays, and cost
overruns caused mostly by design related problems. A better design
management that integrates product and process design could resolve
these problems. A questionnaire survey and in – depth interviews
were used to investigate the feasibility of applying Work Structuring
to construction projects in Vietnam.
The purpose of this paper is to present the research results and to
illustrate the possible problems and potential solutions when Work
Structuring is implemented to construction projects in Vietnam.", keywords = "integrated product – process design, Work
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