<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article presents strategies for teaching scheduling methods such as takt-time, flowlines, and point-to-point precedence relations (PTPPRs) using building information modeling (BIM) models in the Last Planner System. This article is the extended version of the article entitled “Teaching <italic>Takt</italic>-Time, Flowline and Point-to-point Precedence Relations: A Peruvian Case Study,” which has been published in <italic>Procedia Engineering</italic> (Vol. 196, 2017, pages 666–673). A case study is conducted in final year students of civil engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. The mock-up project is an educational building that has high repetitive processes in the structural works phase. First, traditional tools such as Excel spreadsheets and 2D drawings were used to teach production system design with takt-time, flowlines, and PTPPR. Second, 3D and 4D models with Revit 2016 and Navisworks 2016 were used to integrate the previous schedules with a BIM model and to identify its strengths and weaknesses. Finally, Vico Office was used for the automation of schedules and comparison of the methods in 4D and 5D. This article describes the lectures, workshops, and simulations employed, as well as the feedback from students and researchers. The success of the teaching strategy is reflected in the survey responses from students and the final perceptions of the construction management tools presented.</p></abstract>

This article presents strategies for teaching scheduling methods such as takt-time, flowlines, and point-to-point precedence relations (PTPPRs) using building information modeling (BIM) models in the Last Planner System. This article is the extended version of the article entitled “Teaching Takt-Time, Flowline and Point-to-point Precedence Relations: A Peruvian Case Study,” which has been published in Procedia Engineering (Vol. 196, 2017, pages 666–673). A case study is conducted in final year students of civil engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. The mock-up project is an educational building that has high repetitive processes in the structural works phase. First, traditional tools such as Excel spreadsheets and 2D drawings were used to teach production system design with takt-time, flowlines, and PTPPR. Second, 3D and 4D models with Revit 2016 and Navisworks 2016 were used to integrate the previous schedules with a BIM model and to identify its strengths and weaknesses. Finally, Vico Office was used for the automation of schedules and comparison of the methods in 4D and 5D. This article describes the lectures, workshops, and simulations employed, as well as the feedback from students and researchers. The success of the teaching strategy is reflected in the survey responses from students and the final perceptions of the construction management tools presented.

Comparing three scheduling methods using BIM models in the Last Planner System

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal

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This article presents strategies for teaching scheduling methods such as takt-time, flowlines, and point-to-point precedence relations (PTPPRs) using building...

Comparing three scheduling methods using BIM models in the Last Planner System

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 1604 - 1614

Received: Sep 19, 2017

Accepted: Nov 24, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/otmcj-2016-0024

Keywords
Last Planner System, BIM, flowline, point-to-point precedence relations, takt-time, teaching

© 2017 Xavier Brioso et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Comparing three scheduling methods using BIM models in the Last Planner System

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 1604 - 1614

Received: Sep 19, 2017

Accepted: Nov 24, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/otmcj-2016-0024

KeywordsLast Planner System, BIM, flowline, point-to-point precedence relations, takt-time, teaching

© 2017 Xavier Brioso et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Last Planner System, BIM, flowline, point-to-point precedence relations, takt-time, teaching