A comparative evaluation of planning engineers' formwork productivity rates in European construction |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Engineering & The Built Environment, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1SB, U.K.;1. Universitá degli Studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e dell’Informazione, Via A. Ferrata 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy;2. Universitá degli Studi di Parma, Industrial Engineering Department, Via delle Scienze 181/A, 43124 Parma, Italy;3. Politecnico di Milano, Mechanical Department, via la Masa 1, 20156 Milano, Italy;1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA;1. Department of Marketing, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78258, USA;2. Department of Economics, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78258, USA;1. Department of Architectural Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea;2. SEN Coretech, Inc., 6 Beodeunaru-ro 19 gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 07229, Republic of Korea;1. Institute for Resilient Infrastructure, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, LS2 9JT Leeds, UK;2. AKT II, 100 St John Str., EC1M 4EH London, UK;3. School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, E1 4NS London, UK |
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| Abstract: | A bespoke methodology is utilised to analyse and compare the productivity rates of contractors' planning engineers, for in situ concrete formwork operations amongst three European construction industries, namely those of Germany, France and the U.K. Analysis of variance is used to investigate differences between the productivity rates. Based on such rates it would appear that French contractors achieve the most efficient levels of labour productivity for this particular operation, whilst the “average” British contractor is by far the least productive compared to the “average” French and German company. Although leading British contractors can compete with the best on the continent, the most unproductive companies in the U.K. are significantly inferior to those in France and Germany. Actual labour costs for this concrete operation are likely to be lowest in France even though French wage rates are marginally higher than in the U.K.; this is due to the superior labour output of French contractors. |
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