TY  - CONF
TI  - De-Coupling Cladding Installation From Other High-Rise Building Trades: A Case Study
AU  - Tommelein, Iris D.
AU  - Beeche, Greg
AD  - Professor, Constr. Engrg. and Mgmt. Program, Dept. of Civil and Envir. Engrg., 215-A McLaughlin Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1712, 510/643-8678, FAX: 510/643-8919, tommelein@ce.berkeley.edu, http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~tommelein
AD  - Director of Market Development, Beeche Systems Corp., Scotia-Glenville Industrial Park Building 202, Scotia, NY 12302, 518/381-6000, FAX: 518/381-4613, gbeeche@beeche.com, http://www.beeche.com/
ED  - Ballard, Glenn
ED  - Chua, David
PY  - 2001
DA  - 2001/08/06
T2  - 9th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 9th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Singapore, Singapore
AB  - This paper presents a system to handle and install exterior cladding on high-rise buildings. The system is innovative in that the cladding panels are installed from the building’s exterior without the use of a tower crane or man lift, and without on-floor staging. Accordingly, all work pertaining to the panels effectively is de-coupled from most other construction work going on concurrently on site. This results in flexibility and work that can progress at a fast, continuous pace, thereby also allowing for project schedule acceleration. The paper includes illustrations of the use of this innovative cladding installation system in the process of constructing the 70-story Trump World Tower in New York City. The system was developed recognizing that tight handoffs between trades may lead to detrimental performance. De-coupling of interacting trades is one step towards implementing a lean construction system.
KW  - Parade of trades
KW  - interacting sub-cycles
KW  - de-coupling
KW  - exterior cladding installation
KW  - curtain wall construction
KW  - high-rise building construction
KW  - Trump World Tower
KW  - lean construction.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/159/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/159
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -