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Bashford, H H, Walsh, K D and Sawhney, A (2005) Production System Loading–Cycle Time Relationship in Residential Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 15–22.

Chen, Z, Li, H and Wong, C T C (2005) {[}EnvironalPlanning{]}: Analytic Network Process Model for Environmentally Conscious Construction Planning. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 92–101.

Chester, M and Hendrickson, C (2005) Cost Impacts, Scheduling Impacts, and the Claims Process during Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 102–7.

Dzeng, R J, Tserng, H P and Wang, W C (2005) Automating Schedule Review for Expressway Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 127–36.

Elazouni, A M, Ali, A E and Abdel-Razek, R H (2005) Estimating the Acceptability of New Formwork Systems Using Neural Networks. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 33–41.

Horman, M J and Kenley, R (2005) Quantifying Levels of Wasted Time in Construction with Meta-Analysis. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 52–61.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Statistical analysis; Construction management; Performance evaluation; Productivity; Production engineering; Time factors; Optimization;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:1(52)
  • Abstract:
    Quantifying the waste present in an operation is an important part of a number of performance improvement initiatives in the architecture engineering construction industry. Contemporary management approaches focus on waste minimization to reduce operating costs and to increase operating responsiveness and flexibility. In construction, studies have been conducted over the past 30 years as part of productivity-improvement efforts that have documented levels of wasted time in construction activities. This paper draws on the methodology of meta-analysis to provide a synthesis of the findings across all of these studies. The analysis reveals that an average of 49.6% of time in construction is devoted to wasteful activity, although this amount is widely varied. Among other things, these results demonstrate considerable potential for improvement in construction through initiatives that reduce levels of wasteful activity.

Kaiser, M J, Pulsipher, A G and Byrd, R C (2005) Cost of Abrasive Cutting in Decommissioning Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 137–48.

Kaiser, M J, Pulsipher, A G and Martin, J (2005) Cost of Site Clearance and Verification Operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 117–26.

Oliveros, A V O and Fayek, A R (2005) Fuzzy Logic Approach for Activity Delay Analysis and Schedule Updating. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 42–51.

Singh, D and Tiong, R L K (2005) A Fuzzy Decision Framework for Contractor Selection. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 62–70.

Tatum, C B (2005) Building Better: Technical Support for Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 23–32.

Yiu, C Y, Ho, H K, Lo, S M and Hu, B Q (2005) Performance Evaluation for Cost Estimators by Reliability Interval Method. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 108–16.

Zhang, X (2005) Critical Success Factors for Public–Private Partnerships in Infrastructure Development. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 3–14.

Zhang, X (2005) Paving the Way for Public–Private Partnerships in Infrastructure Development. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 71–80.

Zheng, D X M, Ng, S T and Kumaraswamy, M M (2005) Applying Pareto Ranking and Niche Formation to Genetic Algorithm-Based Multiobjective Time–Cost Optimization. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(01), 81–91.