WP142: Construction Parts in Building Construction Projects: Definition and Case Study

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Abstract: In contrast to the manufacturing industry, value added per work hour has not increased over the last 50 years in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. One of the major causes is the limited shared understanding of input products among construction project participants related to value-adding processes. To improve the shared understanding of input products, a new term “construction part” is proposed. The definition of a construction part (i.e., a fundamental unit of building input product) was formulated as a common denominator for construction management (and fabrication/construction???) information about input products. To focus on the value added by construction crews and to allow cross-project comparisons, this definition is shaped to be consistent, value-focused, and quantifiable. This paper discusses the consistency and quantifiability of the definition and decomposition method for construction parts as illustrated through a case study. Future work will concentrate on validating the applications and benefits of establishing the construction part concept as proposed in this paper through building ontologies and case studies on part-related metrics.

Type of resource	text
Date created	August 2017

Subject	Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
Subject	CIFE
Subject	building information sharing
Subject	Construction
Subject	construction parts
Subject	construction productivity
Subject	Coordination
Subject	Design
Subject	Simulation
Subject	Value-Adding
Subject	Virtual Design and Construction
Genre	Technical report

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/wx965qw8486

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Preferred Citation: Zhao, Nanyu and Kam, Calvin and Lo, Jacqueline and Kim, Jung In and Fischer, Martin. (2017). WP142: Construction Parts in Building Construction Projects: Definition and Case Study. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/wx965qw8486

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