期刊名称：Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
印刷版ISSN：1346-7581
电子版ISSN：1347-2852
出版年度：2016
卷号：15
期号：3
页码：597-604
DOI：10.3130/jaabe.15.597
语种：English
出版社：日本建築学会、大韓建築学会、中国建築学会
摘要：Construction equipment is often shared among many construction projects. In a real construction project, supply of this critical equipment is often limited, which often generates negative impacts on project performance. Multiple shifts are very effective and efficient for achieving schedule acceleration while resolving resource conflicts among project activities for shareable equipment. This paper presents a novel multiple-equipment shift-scheduling model that is capable of optimizing the utilization of critical and shareable construction equipment in multiple shifts for construction projects. The model is designed to help construction planners identify and generate optimal shift work plans and schedules that can simultaneously minimize the project duration and total shareable equipment utilization cost while complying with all of the availability constraints. An example is analyzed to illustrate the use of the present model and demonstrate its new and unique capabilities in optimizing equipment utilization in multiple shifts for construction projects.
