Course Summary
The course will focus on the planning and design of construction processes. The major emphasis of this course is on production and productivity. You will develop your knowledge of production problems that typically occur in construction systems. Topics covered include:
- Production systems and sub-systems
- Construction systems and workers
- System design - product and service design; capacity planning; process selection and layout; design of work systems; location planning and analysis
- Inventory management and scheduling
- Scheduling, production curves, line-of-balance