The effectiveness of construction operation performance measurement techniques and the challenges of application in preventing delays in construction projects

Abstract

Measurement of the productivity of construction operations is one of the construction project control efforts that helps describe the condition of activities at the operating level at that time. If the existing productivity is not in accordance with the plan, then improvement efforts are needed. Productivity measurement can be done by work sampling, 5 minutes rating, cycle chart, process chart, crew balance chart, and MPDM. However, based on the preliminary survey, the use of this method is quite low. This study aims to measure the effectiveness of the use of data collection techniques and analytical methods and identify the challenges of their application in the field. The method used in this study is a comparative analysis between output and implementation as well as interviews to several students who have been trained and apply productivity measurements on several occasions. The results of the effectiveness assessment show that the Chart and MPDM methods are effective in supporting efforts to prevent delays. The results of the identification of challenges show that data collection is easy to learn and apply in all methods, data analysis is easy to learn and apply in all methods except MPDM.