Model for Supporting Construction Workforce Planning Based on the Theory of Fuzzy Sets

Abstract

The paper presents a model that aims to support the construction contractor in the process of construction workforce planning by verifying initial assumptions about the planned number of man-hours, determined using a widely available and widely used method. The construction of the mathematical labour planning model of was based on the fuzzy sets theory. As a result of the operation of the model, four detailed coefficients are obtained, which, after applying the weights of normalized groups of factors, allow to determine the overall result of the model. The model, by verifying the planned number of man-hours, directly influences the employment planning process at a construction site and also supports the scheduling of the overall progress of the works, making it assumedly closer to reality in terms of the involvement of employees as well as the execution time of the construction works.

Keywords

• labour planning
• construction scheduling
• fuzzy sets