Production Planning in Building Industry

The near unmanageable requirement of dwellings and other buildings faced up with inadequate resources and manpower can be sobered down to an extent by applying a few managerial techniques during the construction. For instance, methods improvement of various operations by way of introducing simple and ordinary gadgets and tools, improving the work place layout and arranging the motion or working pattern sequence to obtain an overall rhythm and smoothness in the process to increase the productivity and quality as well. For jobs that are highly repetitive, such as, manufacturing of precast building-components, a well conceived production plan having a well organised layout, balanced labour gangs, and optimum quantity of moulds, equipment and materials will bring about nothing but efficiency and cost reduction.

Improved methods of brick-laying, plastering and formwork developed at the Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, and production planning for precast roofing and walling components will be described in the paper.