@inproceedings{Apgar2022_1998,
  author = {Apgar, Becca and Smith, James P. and Copenhaver, Daryn},
  title = {How Does Flow Impact Data Center Roofing Durations? A Case Study},
  booktitle = {Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)},
  year = {2022},
  pages = {681--692},
  address = {Edmonton, Canada},
  issn = {2309-0979},
  doi = {10.24928/2022/0175},
  url = {https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1998},
  abstract = {Throughout the last few decades, a slow shift from the Critical Path Method to other, flow-focused scheduling methods has occurred in the industry. However, they have not yet been widely implemented by construction companies. This case study was conducted on a private data center project on a large site in which the project team has applied Takt time, pull planning, and location-based scheduling (i.e., Takt planning). The case study takes into consideration the roofing schedules for five buildings constructed over a span of three years and compares their total roofing task duration before and after the implementation of these techniques. The analysis has shown that a focus on flow and implementation of Takt planning on a large data center project decreases the overall duration of roofing construction tasks. This case study serves as a support for the transition from the traditional Critical Path Method to Takt planning or a flow-based approach since it has effectively decreased total roofing duration in this project.},
  keywords = {Takt planning, location-based management (LBM), flow, pull planning},
}