Conceptual Planning Process for Electrical Construction |
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Authors: | Cindy L Menches Awad S Hanna |
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Affiliation: | 1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1752, Austin, TX 78712-0273 (corresponding author). E-mail: menches@mail.utexas.edu 2Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, 2314 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706. E-mail: hanna@engr.wisc.edu
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Abstract: | The competitive nature of the construction industry has motivated many specialty contractors to search for ways to improve efficiency by increasing their quality and decreasing their costs in order to strengthen their market share. As a result, contractors are turning to “better planning” as a method for improving their efficiency and, consequently, increasing their profitability. In fact, a consensus exists in the construction industry that more formalized preconstruction planning is necessary to remain successful in an increasingly competitive industry. This paper presents a model electrical preconstruction planning process that was crafted from outstanding processes used on several successful electrical projects. Furthermore, a method to evaluate the effectiveness of planning, by comparing actual planning to the model process, is briefly introduced. From this assessment, “effective planning” was correlated to project outcome, and evidence is provided that better planning is, indeed, related to successful performance. |
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Keywords: | Performance characteristics Planning Construction management Electrical systems Contractors |
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