TY - GEN
T1 - Lean Approach to Production Planning for Large Solar Photovoltaic Installations
AU - Wang, Yishu
AU - Riley, David R.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Solar photovoltaic (PV) construction projects are expanding and have complex technical requirements coupled with narrow financial margins. Limited research has examined large-scale PV production planning and techniques to capitalize on repetitive activities, prefabrication opportunities, and the high variability of regional factors affecting construction processes. This research examines large scale PV projects to identify factors affecting key planning decisions and methods to support production planning on large scale PV project. Lean construction concepts and instruments are applied to inform an examination of production planning on multiple PV construction case studies. Lessons on these cases are used to inform a deep case study and production experimentation to produce experience and short interval production (SIPS) data. A tool developed to support PV production planning is presented including use of 4D simulation to enhance communication of planning decisions. The results of this research indicate key planning variables impacting design and prefabrication decisions on PV projects and help elevate the needs and opportunities to apply detailed construction planning methods to large scale and highly repetitive PV projects analysis techniques to help inform key planning decisions.
AB - Solar photovoltaic (PV) construction projects are expanding and have complex technical requirements coupled with narrow financial margins. Limited research has examined large-scale PV production planning and techniques to capitalize on repetitive activities, prefabrication opportunities, and the high variability of regional factors affecting construction processes. This research examines large scale PV projects to identify factors affecting key planning decisions and methods to support production planning on large scale PV project. Lean construction concepts and instruments are applied to inform an examination of production planning on multiple PV construction case studies. Lessons on these cases are used to inform a deep case study and production experimentation to produce experience and short interval production (SIPS) data. A tool developed to support PV production planning is presented including use of 4D simulation to enhance communication of planning decisions. The results of this research indicate key planning variables impacting design and prefabrication decisions on PV projects and help elevate the needs and opportunities to apply detailed construction planning methods to large scale and highly repetitive PV projects analysis techniques to help inform key planning decisions.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784479827.207
DO - 10.1061/9780784479827.207
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84976434555
T3 - Construction Research Congress 2016: Old and New Construction Technologies Converge in Historic San Juan - Proceedings of the 2016 Construction Research Congress, CRC 2016
SP - 2079
EP - 2088
BT - Construction Research Congress 2016
A2 - Perdomo-Rivera, Jose L.
A2 - Lopez del Puerto, Carla
A2 - Gonzalez-Quevedo, Antonio
A2 - Maldonado-Fortunet, Francisco
A2 - Molina-Bas, Omar I.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - Construction Research Congress 2016: Old and New Construction Technologies Converge in Historic San Juan, CRC 2016
Y2 - 31 May 2016 through 2 June 2016
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