Performance analysis of engineering, procurement and construction projects in modular construction
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
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2021
Författare
Axelsson, Gustav
Elm, Oscar
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The construction industry is well known for exceeding time plans and affectedly
overrun budgets. Today over 50% of projects that are started will not be delivered
at the planned deadline or not within the stated budget. More buildings projects are
produced through modular construction, producing buildings in an off-site facility
with a closed environment and equal conditions for every project. This enables eas ier transfers of methodologies and tools from the manufacturing industry towards
construction usages. This research investigated the most critical performance mea surements for Engineering, Procurement and Construction projects (EPC) and how
concepts as continuous improvements and visual planning from Lean methodologies
could be helpful for modular construction companies.
This research was performed together with a case company called Emtunga So lutions AB, which produces Living quarters for mainly off-shore oil rigs through
modular construction. Ten semi-structured interviews with open questions to gather
knowledge of the existing execution process at Emtunga was executed. Through the
findings in the interviews, a survey was conducted to further confirm and determine
these findings in a broader context. Several areas were found that seemed to have a
significant impact on the project performance.
The main findings were the importance of continuous improvements, the possibili ties with visual planning tool and the problematic interference in the process from
change order by customer. These are three critical areas that severely influence
organisations within modular construction that uses the EPC framework. If these
are handled correctly, problems could be prevented, and it will enable an efficient
project process.
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Modular construction, Engineering procurement and construction, Lean construction, Continuous improvement, Visual planning, Change orders