Method of Using Weather Information for Support to Manage Building Construction Projects

Jang, Myunghoun; Yoon, Young; Suh, SangWook; Ko, Seokjun

doi:10.1061/41002(328)38

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“…As shown later, weather conditions can significantly influence the performance of construction activities. However, this influence varies widely (as expected) because it depends on the exact location of the project ( Jang et al, 2008;Migliaccio et al, 2013) and on the particular moment in time during which the work is carried out (Othman et al, 2006). To measure the extent of the influences of weather on construction work, a case study was developed in Chile using national 597 Climate and construction delays climatic data from the last ten years to determine which, when and how construction activities are influenced.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…In contrast, the climatic agents that are most commonly cited as sources of significant project deviations from the baseline schedule include extreme cold, precipitation, heat and wind (Büdel, 2006;Choi and Hartley, 1996;David et al, 2010;Rogalska et al, 2006;Shahin et al, 2011Shahin et al, , 2014. Paradoxically, these climatic agents are continuously connected to other resource-intensive activities, such as agriculture (Block et al, 2008;Fowler and Kilsby, 2007;Jones and Thornton, 2013) and shipbuilding ( Jang et al, 2008), or are analyzed when assessing zone vulnerability (Ekström et al, 2007;Persson et al, 2007), the resilience of construction to natural disasters (Bosher, 2014), or future climate change (Guan, 2009;Hallegatte, 2009;Nik et al, 2012). However, the effects of climatic agents on project delays are generally left out of mainstream climate and construction research.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, apart from other studies that semi-quantitatively consider the effects of weather on weather-sensitive construction activities (e.g. Jang et al, 2008;Thorpe and Karan, 2008), only one study led by Apipattanavis et al (2010) other than our work has focussed on developing a consistent method for estimating a reasonable number of non-work days in highway construction projects due to weather-related events, in this case using a stochastic weather generator.…”

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Climate and construction delays: case study in Chile

Ballesteros‐Pérez

Campo-Hitschfeld²,

González-Naranjo³

et al. 2015

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

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Purpose-Construction projects usually suffer delays, and the causes of these delays and its cost overruns have been widely discussed, the weather being one of the most recurrent. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the influence of climate on standard construction work activities through a case study. Design/methodology/approach-By studying the extent at which some weather variables impede outdoor work from being effectively executed, new maps and tables for planning for delays are presented. In addition, a real case regarding the construction of several bridges in southern Chile is analyzed. Findings-Few studies have thoroughly addressed the influences of major climatic agents on the most common outdoor construction activities. The method detailed here provides a first approximation for construction planners to assess to what extent construction productivity will be influenced by the climate. Research limitations/implications-Although this study was performed in Chile, the simplified method proposed is entirely transferable to any other country, however, other weather or combinations of weather variables could be needed in other environments or countries. Practical implications-The implications will help reducing the negative social, economic and environmental outcomes that usually emerge from project delays. Originality/value-Climatic data were processed using extremely simple calculations to create a series of quantitative maps and tables that would be useful for any construction planner to decide the best moment of the year to start a project and, if possible, where to build it.

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Climate and construction delays: case study in Chile

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Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

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“…Thorpe & Karan (2008) identified that the weather condition is a significant cause of delay in the construction industry. However, Jang et al (2008) mentioned that it varies depending on the exact location and the time of the construction work. This indicates that the weather conditions might give different implications to different projects which are situated at different locations and executed at different times.…”

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The Influence of Delay Factors on Pahang Malaysian Construction Industry: a PLS-Sem Approach

Adeleke

Adeniyi

Muuka

2021

IJIM

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Previous research has shown that delay is a common problem in construction industry. Weather condition and regulation changes, though being minor factors, are also known as external factors contributing to the delay of project construction. This study involved 118 respondents from the construction industry in Kuantan, Pahang. In order to obtain the data, copies of questionnaire were distributed widely among people in Pahang construction industry. The data were analysed by using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling version 3. A significant positive relationship between weather conditions and building projects in Pahang construction industry was identified. This study also found a negative relationship between regulation changes and building projects in Pahang construction industry. As expected, weather conditions were found to be one of the factors contributing to delay in the process of projects’ construction in Malaysia. However, weather conditions and the regulation changes did not significantly affect the construction projects in Malaysia. Out of the factors which contributed to delay in building projects, weather conditions, though a minor factor, played to an extent a part in contributing to extension of the time of the projects in Malaysia. Nevertheless, regulation changes was not considered a vital factor leading to delay in building projects in Malaysia.

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“…This in turn might mean missing a business opportunity, losing a competitive advantage, delaying a return on investment, and ultimately reducing profits (Trauner et al 2009, Głuszak andLes€niak 2015). From the contractors' perspective, late completion might involve contractual penalties and also blocks reallocation of resources for longer periods, limits the resources' productive capacity, and generally increases the contractor's indirect and overhead costs (Jang et al 2008, Hamzah et al 2011. From the subcontractors' perspective, late projects generally make resource planning suboptimal as projections for resource demand are inaccurate and thus it is more likely that resource overlaps between multiple projects will occur (Shahin et al 2011).…”

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Incorporating the effect of weather in construction scheduling and management with sine wave curves: application in the United Kingdom

Ballesteros‐Pérez

Smith

Lloyd-Papworth

et al. 2018

Construction Management and Economics

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The impact of (adverse) weather is a common cause of delays, legal claims and economic losses in construction projects. Research has recently been carried out aimed at incorporating the effect of weather in project planning; but these studies have focussed on either a narrow set of weather variables, or a very limited range of construction activities or projects. A method for processing a country's historical weather data into a set of weather delay maps for some representative standard construction activities is proposed. Namely, sine curves are used to associate daily combinations of weather variables to delay and provide coefficients for expected productivity losses. A complete case study comprising the construction of these maps and the associated sine waves for the UK is presented along with an example of their use in building construction planning. Findings of this study indicate that UK weather extends project durations by an average of 21%. However, using climatological data derived from weather observations when planning could lead to average reductions in project durations of 16%, with proportional reductions in indirect and overhead costs. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Method of Using Weather Information for Support to Manage Building Construction Projects

Cited by 11 publications

References 2 publications

Climate and construction delays: case study in Chile

Climate and construction delays: case study in Chile

The Influence of Delay Factors on Pahang Malaysian Construction Industry: a PLS-Sem Approach

Incorporating the effect of weather in construction scheduling and management with sine wave curves: application in the United Kingdom

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