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Managing construction logistics / Gary Sullivan, Stephen Barthorpe, Stephen Robbins
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010Edition: Online-AusgDescription: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xxvii, 275 p.)) : ill. (chiefly col.)ISBN:- 9781282687424
- 1282687425
- 9781444323399
- 9781405151245
- Production scheduling
- Building
- Business logistics
- Production scheduling -- Data processing
- Construction industry
- Building ; Superintendence ; Data processing
- Business logistics ; Data processing
- Construction industry ; Management ; Data processing
- Production scheduling ; Data processing
- Electronic books
- Building Superintendence Data processing
- Construction industry Management Data processing
- Business logistics Data processing
- Production scheduling Data processing
- 624.0687
- 624.068/7 22
- TH437
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Summary: "I believe that constructors ignore this book at their peril. These techniques will soon be core to every construction business. The only question for industry decision-makers is to decide whether they want to get ahead of the curve by changing now, or wait until a streamlined and competitive industry forces them to adapt just to remain viable. As a client, I know what I'd recommend." -Peter Rogers, CBE, Chairman of the Green Building Council Poor logistics is costing the construction industry at least £3 billion a year. Additional costs arise as a result of operatives waiting for materials, and skilled craftsmen being used for unskilled jobs. Inadequate management of logistics also has an adverse effect on quality, causes delays to projects, and adds to the health and safety risks on site. Every major industry except construction uses logistics to improve its bottom line. This practical, clear and accessible book highlights the benefits of good logistics in construction as well explaining the use of consolidation centres for projects. It shows how reduction in transport movements, less money tied up in stock, less waste, and the more efficient use of skilled craftsmen will reduce the cost of projects, reduce construction time, improve quality, reduce risks to health and safety, improve environmental performance and generally improve the image of the industry. The authors - industry-recognized logistics experts - offer tried-and-tested ways of achieving these benefits through integrated project teams and supply chains, and the increased adoption of information technology. Managing Construction Logistics includes a wide range of lively and detailed case studies - from Terminal 5 to the Tate Gallery - showing how good logistics tackles the 'hot potato' issues within the construction industry: efficient use of labour; sustainability; wasteSummary: Managing Construction Logistics -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the Book -- About the Authors -- Dedication and Acknowledgements -- Glossary of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Section 1: Contextualising Logistics for Construction -- Chapter 1: The Origins of Logistics -- Definitions and origins of logistics -- The military origins of logistics -- Modern military logistics -- Parallel lines: construction and the military -- References -- Section 2: Construction Logistics in Practice -- Chapter 2: Construction Logistics in Practice -- Development of logistics -- Construction industry logistics -- Comparing construction with manufacturing -- Construction industry: traditional approach to logistics -- Construction industry: dedicated approach to logistics -- Cultural barriers to implementing integrated logistics in the construction industry -- Resistance to change -- Logistics constraints -- References -- Chapter 3: An Introduction to Practical Logistics -- Planning is everything -- Waste not, want not? -- Communication is the key -- Standardisation and pre-assembly in construction -- Creating professional logistics operations in the construction industry -- Small sites -- Practical completion -- References -- Chapter 4: Mobilisation and Resourcing the Team -- Mobilisation and site set-up -- Resourcing the logistics team -- The background -- Contractual norms and logistics management -- Issues in current practice -- The specialist construction logistics contractor -- Employment and training -- References -- Chapter 5: Materials Delivery and Handling -- Contractual issues and current practice -- Getting materials to the site -- Common user plant: tower cranes -- Common user plant: lifts and hoists -- The scope and potential of common user plant -- Couriers -- Alternative forms of transport -- Distribution.PPN: PPN: 808945874Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PBE | BSZ-30-PQE-K1DLR | ZDB-30-PQE | ZDB-38-EBR
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