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Construction Scheduling Optimization Model

The document describes the general formulation for project scheduling and cost optimization. It involves breaking down the work into tasks, crews, and segments. Both non-repetitive and repetitive tasks are considered, with repetitive tasks having internal logic that connects work segments assigned to various crews. A factor is used to modify ideal crew productivity to account for varying job conditions. The formulation also specifies precedence relationships and time/distance buffers to define the external logic of each task.

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Construction Scheduling Optimization Model

The document describes the general formulation for project scheduling and cost optimization. It involves breaking down the work into tasks, crews, and segments. Both non-repetitive and repetitive tasks are considered, with repetitive tasks having internal logic that connects work segments assigned to various crews. A factor is used to modify ideal crew productivity to account for varying job conditions. The formulation also specifies precedence relationships and time/distance buffers to define the external logic of each task.

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74 GENERAL FORMULATION FOR PROJECT SCHEDULING/COST OPTIMIZATION

Figure 5.3 Nonlinear direct cost-duration curve for unit quantity of task i

5.3
FORMULATION OF THE SCHEDULING OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM
A general mathematical formulation of the construction scheduling problem is presented in this section. The
advantage of such a general formulation is that it can be specialized and reduced for the solution of specific
and perhaps less complicated scheduling problems. Further, it can be effectively integrated with the general
neural dynamics model for solution of optimization problems developed by Adeli and Park (1995b).
Both non-repetitive and repetitive tasks are considered in the formulation. The non-repetitive tasks
correspond to the activities of the traditional network methods, such as CPM. A non-repetitive task involves
no internal logic as it is performed only once. A repetitive task, on the other hand, may have an elaborate
internal logic that connects the segments assigned to various crews. By specifying appropriate constraints,
work continuity considerations and multiple-crew strategies can be modeled. A crew rarely performs at ideal
productivity throughout; its performance is affected by the varying job conditions. This is included in our
scheduling model by means of a factor, ij, which modifies the ideal productivity of a crew to reflect the
effect of the job conditions. The external logic of each task is specified by means of a full set of precedence
relationships and/or stage (distance) and time buffers.
Development of the general scheduling formulation for a construction project such as highway
construction involves the following steps divided into three main categories (headings) as follows:

5.3.1
Breakdown the Work into Tasks, Crews, and Segments
Step 1: Break down the project into NT tasks. Identify non-repetitive and repetitive tasks. Let NNT and NRT be
the number of non-repetitive and repetitive tasks, respectively. If NRT=0, skip steps 2 to 5 and go to step 6.
Step 2: For each repetitive task i, choose the number of crews to be used (Nci). Non-repetitive tasks have
only one crew that performs over one segment only.

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