Productivity improvement for construction and engineering

Description

Productivity improvement for construction and engineering
Implementing programs that save money and time
by J. K. Yates

Productivity improvement for construction and engineering provides a contemporary synopsis of productivity improvement investigation methods and techniques.

There are other publications that include information on productivity improvement, but Productivity improvement for construction and engineering focuses exclusively on productivity improvement studies and analysis techniques for implementing engineering and construction productivity improvement programs.

If members of engineering and construction firms are able to improve production rates by even small percentages, profits increase for firms.

On multimillion-dollar projects, small increases in productivity might lead to additional profits in the millions of dollars.

The purpose of Productivity improvement for construction and engineering is to introduce engineering and construction professionals to productivity improvement investigation methods and techniques and to provide

them with knowledge on how to design and implement productivity improvement programs for the engineering and construction industry.

In addition to covering traditional productivity improvement topics, Productivity improvement for construction and engineering also includes information on new and emerging areas, such as building information modeling (BIM), sustainability concepts, computer simulation modeling, and global productivity issues.

The goal of Productivity improvement for construction and engineering is to help engineering and construction industry personnel learn to critically analyze engineering and construction work processes and to design

improved work processes that help increase production rates at engineering firms and construction jobsites.

Effectively using resources during construction processes results not only in higher profits but in improvements to jobsite environments that result in safer and more efficient construction jobsites.