Acceleration of repetitive units in construction projects using line-of-balance and linear scheduling with singularity function

Abstract

Construction managers usually demand to increase the speed of completion of projects to avoid the penalties, to get the bonus from the owner. They plan and control qualitative and quantitative measures for the successful projects. Generally acceleration measures are followed to increase the speed of delivery of the project. Repetitive units in projects plays an important role in modern world such that most of the residential villa projects have some repetitive nature. This paper proposes a method for the acceleration of repetitive units in project by line-of-balance and linear scheduling with singularity function. Line-of-balance method is used for the programming and control of repetitive projects. Linear schedule is focused on the time-amount relationship and progress of the work. Singularity functions were previously used for the analysis of structures and lately applied for scheduling. Linear schedules associate the information on amount of work and time for each activity. This paper put forward a relationship between production rate, duration of completion of project and number of units. It helps to determine the required production rate to complete a particular number of units in a given duration. The analysis of repetitive units in project has been done, and the general equations are formulated for connecting the duration of project, total number of units, duration required for any activity and number of units completed.