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T1 Construction Labour Measurement in Reinforced Concrete Floating Caissons in Maritime Ports
A1 Gutiérrez García, Francisco Javier
A1 Pérez Díaz, Pedro
A1 Martín Dorta, Norena
K1 Concrete Caisson
K1 Floating Caissons
K1 Construction
AB This research work attempts to approach the measuring of the working equipment necessary to make floating caissons formaritime work and their performances. With this objective, an empirical study has been carried out based on theconstruction of five floating caissons with a rectangular layout of 34.00 meters in length, 17.00 meters in width, and 19.00meters in depth, lightened with 32 vertical cells. This work was carried out in the port of Granadilla, Tenerife (Spain). Theupdated scientific literature related to the execution of this type of floating structure refers to the importance of thecalculation hypotheses, the actions to be taken into account, the service states or the importance of the choice of materials(concrete and steel). However, scientific research does not seem to face the problem of how to size the working teamnecessary to execute this type of structure. The work force is approached from the point of view of the adequate sizing ofworking groups. The important contribution of the article to the project and construction management literature is thedevelopment and capability of an easy-to-use optimization model for planning the labour and labour days required infloating caisson construction. The optimization model proposed in this research allows the project managers of aconstruction company to estimate the labour costs and teams necessary in the execution of the construction. This gives ita competitive advantage both in the construction phase and in the bidding phase for the award of the work.
SN 2476-3055
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/36019
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/36019
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 12-may-2024