Floats in repetitive construction for the program KU RCP 2.0

Abstract

Presently, there are very few computer programs developed for scheduling a construction project with repetitiveactivities. Those programs contain some restrictions such as work schedule reporting only in working days butnot in calendar date, allowing only one working team for each activity, and cannot schedule normal activitiesalong with repetitive activities. In past research, Kasetsart University Repetitive Construction Planning 2.0 (KURCP 2.0) was developed for scheduling construction projects with repetitive nature, by diminishing the restrictionsmentioned earlier. However, the present version of KU RCP 2.0 does not analyze for activity floats. This paperpresents how KU RCP 2.0 determines floats of repetitive activities. The work schedule as well as activity floatsresulting from the program were compared to those resulting from manual calculations and from Microsoft Project2007.

Keywords : Floats, Repetitive construction, Work schedule