Constructability improvement : making effective use of construction lessons learned.

160 Pages·1991·4.1 MB·en_US

by  Morro, Robert Henry.

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CONSTRUCTABILITY IMPROVEMENT: MAKING
EFFECTIVE USE OF CONSTRUCTION
LESSONS LEARNED
by
Robert Henry Morro
Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School
of The University of Maryland in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science
1991
Advisory Committee:
Assistant Professor Nabil Kartam, Chairman/Advisor
Professor Donald Vannoy
Professor William Maloney

ABSTRACT
Title of Thesis: Constructability Improvement:
Making Effective Use of Construction
Lessons Learned
Robert Henry Morro, Master of Science, 1991
Thesis Directed by: Dr. Nabil Kartam
Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering Department
Expert knowledge and lessons-learned in the construction phase
of a project are not being effectively fed back to the design
and construction phases of subsequent projects. The
advancement of construction since ancient times has been
predicated on the communication of lessons-learned. Anecdotal
story telling has evolved into case studies and formal systems
for the classification and dissemination of lessons-learned.
While past efforts have focused on the design phase,
opportunities for collection and dissemination exist in all
phases of the facility life-cycle. Constructability, the early
integration of construction knowledge into all phases of a
project, can be improved by effectively utilizing lessons-
learned. Traditional methods of collecting and disseminating
construction lessons-learned have enjoyed limited success due
to the unmanageable format, the lack of a meaningful
classification system, and difficulty integrating the new
system into existing operations and procedures. Current
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