TY - JOUR
T1 - An object-oriented model for planning and control of housing construction
AU - El-Rayes, Khaled
AU - Ramanathan, Ramaneetharan
AU - Moselhi, Osama
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to acknowledge Mr Hazem Sharara of Groupe Immobilier Grilli Inc., Montreal, foparticr-ipating and providing useful information for this study. The Ž nancial support provided by the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada is gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 2002/4
Y1 - 2002/4
N2 - A practical object-oriented model for the planning and control of housing construction is presented that can generate efficient schedules and determine the time and cost performance of a housing project at three levels: (i) entire project, (ii) particular housing unit and (iii) an individual subcontractor. The model comprises five major components: (1) input module, (2) scheduling module, (3) database module, (4) control module and (5) reports module, and incorporates 18 classes that are designed to address the main requirements in planning and control of housing construction. The model is implemented as a user-friendly prototype software system using Visual C++ 6.0 and Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC). The prototype software is named 'Residential Planner', and runs in Windows 2000 and NT. An example of an application is analysed to illustrate the use of the developed model and demonstrate its practical features.
AB - A practical object-oriented model for the planning and control of housing construction is presented that can generate efficient schedules and determine the time and cost performance of a housing project at three levels: (i) entire project, (ii) particular housing unit and (iii) an individual subcontractor. The model comprises five major components: (1) input module, (2) scheduling module, (3) database module, (4) control module and (5) reports module, and incorporates 18 classes that are designed to address the main requirements in planning and control of housing construction. The model is implemented as a user-friendly prototype software system using Visual C++ 6.0 and Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC). The prototype software is named 'Residential Planner', and runs in Windows 2000 and NT. An example of an application is analysed to illustrate the use of the developed model and demonstrate its practical features.
KW - Construction control
KW - Housing construction
KW - Object-oriented modelling
KW - Planning and scheduling
KW - Repetitive construction
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U2 - 10.1080/01446190110115312
DO - 10.1080/01446190110115312
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036539550
SN - 0144-6193
VL - 20
SP - 201
EP - 210
JO - Construction Management and Economics
JF - Construction Management and Economics
IS - 3
ER -