Abstract
After a large-scale natural disaster struck an urban area a large number of residential buildings construction is often needed. Such residential buildings are often built with more or less similar size and model therefore the construction is repetitive. The project management approach is normally employed in managing a large-scale residential building project. This study argues that due to its repetitive nature the construction of a large number of similar houses can also be viewed as a production system in addition to a project view. This study investigates the utilization of the production planning approach with the aid of a discrete event simulation method in managing the construction of a large number of residential buildings. This study simulates the construction of 500 similar houses. The study results show that the production management approach has the potential in managing a large-scale residential building project in addition to the project management approach.
Highlights
An earthquake with 7.4 magnitudes along with tsunami and liquefaction hit Palu City and its surrounding areas on 28 September 2018
The activity-based planning method implies that the project completion time is solely determined by the summation of all the critical activity duration
To analyze the correlation between the throughput, the work in process, and the cycle time in the construction of a large number of houses, this study uses the SIMUL8 application which is based on the discrete event simulation method
Summary
An earthquake with 7.4 magnitudes along with tsunami and liquefaction hit Palu City and its surrounding areas on 28 September 2018. The triple large-scale natural disaster caused the loss of thousands of lives and houses. Thousands of houses needed to be reconstructed in many locations in Palu and its surrounding areas. The model and size of the houses in one location are often more or less similar, the construction process is repetitive and can be compared with the conveyor belt system in manufacturing [1,2,3,4,5,6]. This study analyses the completion time of large-scale house construction when it is viewed as a manufacturing process
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