Automate and standardize multi-story building schedules through repetitive spatiotemporal model

Abstract

Traditional planning models, based on Gantt-Precedence logic, focus on defining activities and establishing their constraints. Resources can then be assigned to those activities. Spatial constraints are usually neglected, resulting in site congestion or relaxation. This is due to the lack of representation of the sequence of work and supply flows on the site. Spatiotemporal models are considered more appropriate, especially for planning the construction of buildings projects. These models simultaneously consider activities, resources, and space as constraints to construct a realistic execution schedule. In addition, multi-story buildings share many common components and activities. Thus, it is plausible to think of establishing standardization in order to create an automated system to support the construction of validated schedules. The objective of this study is to develop an automated and standardized approach for creating construction schedules for multi-story buildings. Using the data from many studies, a mapping of multi-story construction schedules through repetitive spatiotemporal approaches can be created to allow for a consistent and systematic representation of the schedule.