Browsing by Author "Rybkowski, Zofia K."
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Golestanirad, Pooria (2022-04-27)The relationships between architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) practitioners have grown increasingly complex, necessitating improvements to both design and construction procedures. This complexity has heightened ...
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The Children’s Hospital X Project: A Case Study in Benefit and Cost Analysis of a Lean-IPD Project Ai, Di (2014-04-24)Lean processes have been utilized in healthcare design and construction, bringing both benefits and costs to the owners of healthcare projects. It is important to understand and detect the benefits and costs associated ...
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Faquih, Yaquta Fakhruddin (2010-10-12)Facility managers use various cost models and techniques to estimate the cost of renovating a building and to secure the required funds needed for building renovation. A literature search indicates that these techniques ...
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Kulkarni, Aditi; Rybkowski, Zofia K.; Smith, James (International Group for Lean Construction, 2012-07-17)PURPOSE: Collaborative project delivery methods are believed to contribute to faster completion times, lower overall project costs and higher quality. Contracts are expected to influence the degree of collaboration on a ...
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Park, Soon Rock (2012-07-16)Currently, many researchers and stakeholders believe that effective delivery systems for construction projects are key to improving project quality and value in the construction industry. Therefore, it is important that ...
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Rybkowski, Zofia K.; Munankami, Manish; Shepley, Mardelle M.; Fernández-Solis, Jose L. (Proceedings of the 24th annual conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, 2016-07-20)Target Value Design (TVD) is increasingly being used for Lean-Integrated Project Delivery processes—especially in the healthcare facility sector. However, the basic principles of TVD take time to comprehend and can seem ...
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Gottipati, Udaya Naidu (2011-10-21)Target costing is widely accepted across the automobile manufacturing industries such as the Toyota Corporation followed by other manufacturing companies such as Nissan, Chrysler, Boeing, Sony, etc. However, its use in the ...
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Fernandez-Solis, Jose; Rybkowski, Zofia K.; Xiao, Chao; Lü, Xiaoshu; Chae, Lee Seok (2015-02-08)Why do Koskela and others argue that the underlying theory of project management (PM) is obsolete? Project management works for the manufacturing industry, and for the construction industry at both the physical production ...
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Rybkowski, Zofia K.; Munankami, Manish; Gottipati, Udaya; Lavy, Sarel; Fernández-Solis, Jose (International Group for Lean Construction, 2011-07-13)PURPOSE: Target Value Design (TVD) is a project delivery subset that shares methodologies with Target Costing and Value Engineering, but is performed within the context of lean construction. TVD has been shown to generate ...
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Hwang, Hea Yeon (2012-07-16)Langford Building A forms part of the Langford Architectural Complex at Texas A & M University. Inefficient lighting fixtures and single pane windows in Langford Building A contribute to a considerable portion of the total ...
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Hullum, Joshua James (2012-07-16)The construction industry is in the midst of a progressive change in the way projects unfold from design and development to closeout and maintenance. There is a greater demand on contractors to build projects faster, with ...
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Rybkowski, Zofia K. (Proceedings of the 18th International Group for Lean Construction, 2010-07-14)Historically, the Last Planner™ System of Production Control has been coupled with the body of Lean Construction literature. However, the mechanism of the Last Planner and how it fits within accepted lean thinking has not ...
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Porwal, Vishal (2012-02-14)In recent years projects have increasingly used Last Planner System (LPS) in building construction. However project managers still struggle with figuring out how the LPS could be applied on their specific projects. One ...
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Smith, James P.; Rybkowski, Zofia K. (International Group for Lean Construction, 2013-07-31)This paper explains how to play and facilitate the Maroon-White Game—a modified version of the Red-Black Game—which, like its predecessor, uses point maximization to motivate team performance. The Red-Black Game was ...
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Rybkowski, Zofia K.; Abdelhamid, Tariq; Forbes, Lincoln (International Group for Lean Construction, 2013-07-31)Quick descriptive sketches made on the backs of cocktail napkins are a tradition in the architectural profession and are representative of the visionary conversations that take place between business associates in relaxed ...
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Ballard, Glenn; Rybkowski, Zofia K. (2009 Construction Research Congress (Construction Institute of ASCE), 2009-04-05)Advocates of sustainable and evidence-based design initiatives argue that building owners can secure favorable internal rates of return when full life cycle building costs are considered. While the argument has merit, these ...
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Li, YangzaoThe project name is THE POWER OF NATURE. The topic of the project is an Outpatient Care Center located in a sanatorium resort, which focuses on providing concierge medicine for VIP clients all over the world through ...
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Mukherji, Payal Tapandev (2011-02-22)The cost of design, construction and maintenance of facilities is on continual rise. The demand is to construct facilities which have been designed by apply life cycle costing principles. These principles have already given ...
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Survey instrument to facilitate continuous improvement of lean teaching materials: a first-run study Rybkowski, Zofia K.; Munankami, Manish; Smith, James P.; Kulkarni, Aditi (2012-07-17)Training workshops are a popular means to transfer knowledge of lean construction principles to industry stakeholders. Although numerous workshops are being offered by various members of the lean construction community, ...
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Rybkowski, Zofia K.; Shepley, Mardelle McCuskey; Ballard, H. Glenn (2015-02-08)There is a need for greater understanding of the health impact of various design elements in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) as well as cost-benefit information to make informed decisions about the long-term value ...