Situational Awareness in Construction Projects Using Takt Production

Halttula, Heikki P. I.; Seppänen, Olli

doi:10.24928/2022/0119

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“…The presence of workers outside their designated areas can offer opportunities for logistics and planning improvements since fieldlevel issues often go unnoticed by site management (Halttula and Seppänen, 2022). Furthermore, encouraging the participation of workers and subcontractors in collaborative planning meetings may have a positive impact on the perceived usefulness of the monitoring system, and ultimately improve its acceptance.…”

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confidence: 99%

A case study on the implementation of location tracking technologies for productivity monitoring: understanding workers’ acceptance and socio-technical implications

Murguia,

Urbina,

Zhao

et al. 2024

Front. Built Environ.

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Automated real-time data collection is becoming more prevalent in construction, with workers’ location data being a pivotal component in detecting poor logistics and inefficient construction flows. However, the collection of location data for productivity monitoring raises significant concerns about privacy and wellbeing implications for workers. Implementing such technological solutions requires an understanding of how humans may respond to sensor-based automated data collection, making this a socio-technical issue. This study identifies the drivers of construction workers’ acceptance of radio-based location tracking technology for productivity measurement using a modified Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and offers a sociotechnical understanding of technology acceptance with implications for managing how new technologies are introduced on construction projects. Using a large residential project in Lima, Peru as a case study, construction workers were monitored using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology, and data were gathered using mixed methods. A k-means clustering analysis showed two forms of acceptance among workers: supporters (37%) and acceptance with reservations (63%). Partial least squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) results showed that perceived usefulness and perceived stress underpinned workers’ attitudes and intention to accept the technology. Perceived privacy risk, however, emerged as the sole most significant predictor at the end of the monitoring process. Findings further suggest that workers’ acceptance of the technology is influenced by the perception that it is also beneficial for safety management. Building on the preceding, the paper highlights the need for employee orientation focused on addressing perceived privacy concerns by leveraging positive perceptions about using monitoring technologies for improving onsite safety, logistics and productivity. This requires management of construction firms to develop narratives that reflect their goals for rolling out technologies in ways that ensure workers’ buy-in, and a re-focus on problem framing and collective approaches to identifying functional and less intrusive forms of monitoring technologies.

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confidence: 99%

A case study on the implementation of location tracking technologies for productivity monitoring: understanding workers’ acceptance and socio-technical implications

Murguia,

Urbina,

Zhao

et al. 2024

Front. Built Environ.

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“…Over the past decade, takt planning has experienced increased attention -both within the lean construction community (Halttula & Seppänen, 2022) and the construction industry as a whole (Lehtovaara et al, 2021). The method has been used in several countries, such as the United States (Frandson et al, 2013), Germany (Haghsheno et al, 2016), Norway (Vatne & Drevland, 2016) and Finland (Lehtovaara, Heinonen, et al, 2020).…”

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Handoffs Between Takt Train Wagons: a Systematic Literature Review

Andreassen¹,

Drevland²

2023

Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31)

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Recent years have seen increased use of takt planning. With takt planning, trades are organized as wagons in a train moving through takt areas in the building. Using takt plans may result in hundreds of handoffs, where finished takt areas are passed on to the subsequent wagons in the train. How these handoffs are carried out can significantly impact a project.This paper aims to gain an overview of the research literature on takt handoffs in construction projects. The paper identifies and analyses what has been written about handoffs in the takt literature through a structured literature review. The study identified 122 papers on takt in construction. While none of the identified papers dealt directly with handoffs, 22 had some discussion of handoff-related issues.From the literature, the paper identifies several issues related to takt handoffs and possible solutions -most notably: 1) To ensure successful handoffs, capacity buffers and progress control may help ensure that the takt areas are completed on time. 2) Requirements for what wagons must do before handoff should be clear to avoid problems that can delay the entire train.3) Contracts that structure payments after handoffs of fully finished areas will incentivize the wagons to finish their takt areas before the handoff. 4) A handoff protocol can be a helpful tool for structuring handoffs.

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