This paper reports on the assessment of the effectiveness of an add-on software tool named QUALITIME, which is conceived to schedule and represent quality activities in a graphical mode. QUALITIME is expected to integrate with existing scheduling software tools such as Microsoft Project and Primavera, and provide an environment to schedule quality activities based on the frequency and timing of their occurrence, and in connection with schedules of construction activities. Its use will render the management integration between construction and quality more beneficial, and will furnish more effective automated schedules for improved analyses and decision-making processes. The assessment is performed by analyzing outcomes of case studies from the highway and bridge domains, in which QUALITIME capabilities are utilized to schedule inspection/test, activities. The major criteria for assessment include: (1) the needs and benefits to schedule quality activities, to computerize their information and tasks, and to represent them graphically and in association with construction schedules, (2) the determination of the relevant information to be captured by the tool, (3) the definition of the tasks to be performed, and (4) the implications of the consideration of the quality activities, as distinct time entities, on the duration of construction schedules. Refinement of the software tool design will be carried out based on the results of the case studies.
Scheduling Bridge and Highway Inspection/Test Activities with QUALITIME
Ninth International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technology in Transportation (AATT) ; 2006 ; Chicago, Illinois, United States
2006-08-04
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Scheduling Bridge and Highway Inspection/Test Activities with QUALITIME
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