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SUMMARY:Manufacturing as a Subset of Construction: CEPM Research and Impli
 cations for Applied Operations Research
DTSTART:20110309T121500
DTSTAMP:20260928T200352Z
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. William J. O’Brien\, Associate Professor\, University of
  Texas at Austin\nConstruction activities generally comprise the range of 
 manufacturing production disciplines in a predictable yet unique agglomera
 tion per project. As such\, the management of construction projects repres
 ents one of the most complex endeavors undertaken by mankind. Management o
 f on-site activities in constrained spaces together with sourcing and tran
 sporting discrete units of capacity across multiple supply chains is a tas
 k that is fraught with coordination challenges that often lead to cost and
  schedule overruns. Established coordination procedures also restrict depl
 oyment of new approaches. Limiting discussion to production planning and o
 perations\, there are a range of optimization techniques that are potentia
 lly applicable to construction projects.  However\, most of these are not 
 used. A review of construction challenges is presented along with current 
 research related to traditional operations research solutions. The potenti
 al for application of advanced methods such as risk analysis with unstable
  and conditional underlying probabilities and multi-scale modeling is disc
 ussed. Based on the likelihood of improved data availability from the sens
 ed environment that supports sophisticated analyses\, we close with a visi
 on for a decision support environment that blends optimization\, scenario 
 analysis\, and visualization.\n\n\nAbout the Speaker:\nDr. William J. O'Br
 ien focuses his professional efforts on improving collaboration and coordi
 nation among firms in the design and construction industry. Dr. O'Brien is
  an expert on construction supply chain management and electronic collabor
 ation\, where he conducts research\, teaches and consults on both systems 
 design and implementation issues. He was the lead editor on the recently p
 ublished Construction Supply Chain Management Handbook (CRC Press). He is 
 the author or co-author of over 100 journal articles\, book chapters\, con
 ference papers\, and technical reports. Dr. O'Brien is currently an Associ
 ate Professor in the Department of Civil\, Architectural\, and Environment
 al Engineering in the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of 
 Texas at Austin. Dr. O'Brien is a Specialty Editor for the ASCE Journal of
  Computing in Civil Engineering and an Associate Editor for Advanced Engin
 eering Informatics. Dr. O'Brien holds a Ph.D. and a M.S. degree in Civil E
 ngineering and a M.S. degree in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford
  University. 
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