International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET) Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2016, pp. 513–520 Article ID: IJCIET_07_04_047 Available online at http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/issues.asp?JType=IJCIET&VType=7&IType=4 ISSN Print: 0976-6308 and ISSN Online: 0976-6316 © IAEME Publication IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT’S ON BUILDING SITE PRODUCTIVITY D. B. Phadatare Civil Engineering Department, Pillai HOC College of Engineering & Technology, Rasayani, Raigad - 410207, Maharashtra, India S. B. Charhate Civil Engineering Department, Pillai HOC College of Engineering & Technology, Rasayani, Raigad - 410207, Maharashtra, India ABSTRACT The equipment management system and equipment policy always has a huge impact on the profitability of the contractors with more investment in equipment. In civil engineering construction projects, the cost of equipment can vary from 25-40% of the total project cost. The objective of this project was to study that how the planned and proper maintenance is important for construction equipment for better production. The data analysis here is monthly equipment utilization on site & various reasons for losses in construction equipment production. It is necessary to evaluate if additional construction equipment is brought to the construction site then whether a project can be finished in a given period. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the overall traffic flow of construction equipment which influences the efficiency of construction operations. Key words: Construction Equipment, Building Site, Equipment Maintenance Cite this Article: D. B. Phadatare and S. B. Charhate, Impact of Construction Equipment’s On Building Site Productivity. International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 7(4), 2016, pp.513–520. http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/issues.asp?JType=IJCIET&VType=7&IType=4 1. INTRODUCTION The cost of construction is an important factor in all projects whether the construction project is to be linear (i.e., concept, design, procurement, construction) or fast-track (i.e., design/build); whether a construction contract is unit price, lump sum, or cost-plus. The labour, materials, overhead, equipment and profit are important factors that impact construction costs. Shalomo Selinger (1983) established that to determine the economic service life of earthmoving and transportation equipment, the mathematical models are available. Michael C. Vorster (1990) has presents the capability to quantify, the significant costs of downtime and lack of availability by a model. A little thought and innovation applying in the model should make it possible to understand the philosophy, as well as the methodology used for quantification. Zane W. Mitchell (1998) has concentrated on the management of heavy construction equipment, which is a tough task. It was revealed how a second-order polynomial expression was selected as the optimum and it can be used to identify best economic decisions of the cumulative cost model developed by Vorster. Athanase I. Tsimberdonis (1994) examined the importance and magnitude of costs http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 513 editor@iaeme.com D. B. Phadatare and S. B. Charhate caused by equipment failure. Rickey A. Cook (1999) has developed a maintenance plan for improving safety and efficiency of cranes and heavy equipment’s. Harkan Yman (2009) has stated future of management which likely to be happens. The information output can be used by both managers and no managers in the firm to make decision and to solve the problem. Accordingly, Cynthia S. Collyard (2012) mentioned that as the contractor's with large investments in equipment have a great impact on the profitability of the firm with equipment policy and equipment management system. Govindan Kannan (2011) studies with professional experts in the equipment management field. The purpose of this article is twofold: (a) to record observations and knowledge, and (b) to evaluate the performance of the tools. Many construction firms seek to gain competitive advantages by increasing controlling and service losses by reducing raw material and labour costs. By effective equipment maintenance, companies have found effective way to increase profit margins (Craig A. Clutts, 2010). Most construction firms are tends to concentrate on maintenance efforts of unscheduled breakdowns and emergency repairs; this eventually tends to concentrate on maintenance department overtime, the production losses and in expediting parts for repairs. Thus, the equipment’s are largest assets of construction companies (C. William, 1984). The purpose of this study is to find out how construction equipment affects the effectiveness of construction operations and to analysis the traffic flow. However, till date, limited work has been published related to these especially in planning for equipment utilization. 2. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE The total productive effort in modern industry is depend upon equipment and machinery’s. So, those are a very important part of industry. Therefore, downtime or idleness of equipment’s and machinery’s becomes very expensive. Hence, the plant machinery should be properly maintained which is very much important. The highest percentage of cost commonly considered to maintenance costs which are related to operating a piece of equipment. It is also referred to by peurify and schexnayder (2002) as the highest percentage of cost related to the equipment’s entire life cycle. The breakdown given was to 25% to depreciation, 15% to overhead, 23% to operating cost and 37% is related to maintenance and repair. The reason of the research title is maintenance due to its high percentage cost. The maintenance cost can shift hands in the process whether the piece is rented, leased or bought. The secondary impact condition is the level of service to the equipment directly impacts its life and therefore the hourly rate or cost calculation. In maintenance, it is important to keep various components in their original form as far as possible to ensure the safety and production speed. It includes inspection, adjustment and servicing, major repairs and overhauls in main workshop, small repairs in the field, and proper is of laid-up machine. Figure 1 Maintenance Process (Source: Construction Engineering and Management, Khanna Publication) Figure 1 shows the process of maintenance. In work identification, find the work of maintenance of that particular equipment; identify the type of maintenance required. Further in work planning, plane for how the maintenance work going to perform on that particular equipment, how much time required for maintenance work and schedule the work to be performed. After completing all planning and scheduling of work, actual execution of work start. Records the works performed on that equipment, and mention it in http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 514 editor@iaeme.com Impact of Construction Equipment’s On Building Site Productivity maintenance record book. Analysis the work, check whether it is performing better or not otherwise again starts from work identification. 2.1. Type of maintenance 1. Reactive Maintenance – A maintenance system that repairs after breakdown occurs in equipment. 2. Preventive Maintenance – A maintenance system that uses maintenance procedures to prevent breakdown by following a procedural approach with schedules and guidelines. 3. Predictive Maintenance – In predictive maintenance, online condition monitoring helps identify when wearout risk starts to increase and anticipate when failure is likely to occur. It is an equipment condition rather than time intervals which determine the need for service. 4. Proactive Maintenance – Proactive maintenance based on data provided by predictive methods to identify problems and isolated the source of failure. To find out the root cause of the failure, proactive maintenance is use. 2.2. Maintenance Strategies Maintenance action can be categorized into four general strategies. These four strategies often used on the same machine. The maintenance plan for a company’s assets will be a combination of these strategies shown in figure 2. Figure 2 Maintenance strategies (Source: Construction Engineering and Management, Khanna Publication) On–Failure: Mostly the equipment fails at its running condition that’s why it requires urgent maintenance for proper work perform. Condition Based: Maintenance is done as per the condition of equipment. Earlier maintenance is requires if its condition is dangerous. Fixed Time: Maintenance is done as per planned schedule. (Per month, every 3 months, once in 6 month, yearly) Design Out: In maintenance work, first priority is to identify the main root cause of failure of that particular equipment. 3. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS For data collection, we have considering “THE PARK TOWER”, Worali. It is a residential project site which taken as a case study. The overall site plan of the project is as shown below. http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 515 editor@iaeme.com D. B. Phadatare and S. B. Charhate Figure 3 Site plan (Source: Capacite Infra project Ltd) The data collected from site regarding the progress of construction. Equipment information is given below. Table 1 Equipment used on site NO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Equipment name Air Compressor Auto Level Bar Bending Machine Bar Cutting Machine Batching Plant 30cum/hr Breaker Machine Concrete Pump Cube Testing Machine Crane (3 Tonne & 15 Tonne) Drill Machine Dumper Earth Compactor Electrical Vibrator Generator Grinder Machine JCB Lift Mini Roller Needle Plywood Cutter Passenger Lift Slump Cone Test Transit Mixer (6cum) Total Station Welding Machine Weigh Batcher Company ELGI EIE Global Hitachi ACC Hitachi Aquarius EIE Potain ITCO Tata Saluja Cosmos Kirloskar Hitachi L&T Universal L&T Saluja Global Universal Accro- tech ACC ELE Warpp Engg. ACC NO 5 7 12 15 1 10 4 1 3 20 2 2 20 1 19 1 1 2 30 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 The concrete pumps, transit mixer, JCB are mainly used construction equipment on construction site from October 2015 to March 2016. The data collected on site can be represented in graphical form. The graphical representation of work executed against planned by construction equipment’s shown below: http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 516 editor@iaeme.com Impact of Construction Equipment’s On Building Site Productivity Figure 4 Actual production vs. planned production The graph shows the total expenditure cost occurred during breakdown & failure of equipment’s in the duration of October 2015- March 2016. Figure 5Expenditure in cost of equipment’s in all months http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 517 editor@iaeme.com D. B. Phadatare and S. B. Charhate Following graph shows the total expenditure cost per month for all equipment’s: Figure 6 Total expenditure cost per month for all equipment Operating time against loss time A details study to be carried out for operating time against loss time of different equipment’s which consist of following, Planned operating time = fully productive time + quality loss + speed losses + downtime losses + planned shutdown Planned shutdown = Tea break +lunch/dinner/super break. Downtime = Waiting time for operator + setup & changeover time + meeting time Production data Shift length (operating time) Tea breaks Lunch break Down time Idle (design) run rate Total number of production quantity support variable Planned production time = Shift length – break Operating time = Planned production time – downtimes http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/index.asp 518 editor@iaeme.com Impact of Construction Equipment’s On Building Site Productivity The details for the above against important major equipment will be studied in working out the loss of efficiency of equipment’s in an execution of a project. The main cause of losses in production is due to construction equipment’s performance. Table 2 Losses in production due to Equipment Downtime NO 1 2 3 Loss Breakdown Setup & Adjustment Idling & Minor Stoppage 4 Reduced Speed 5 Startup loss Category Downtime losses Loss category example Equipment failure Unplanned maintenance Tooling damage Setup/changeover Operator shortage Components jams Speed losses Operator inefficiency under design capacity Quality loss Equipment warm up Comment Loss due to breakdown of equipment Time lost due to adjustment in the equipment Small stop losses occur when equipment stops for a short time as a result of interim problem. Minimized speed refers to the difference between design speed and actual operating speed. Some equipment requires warm up time and certain adjustment to obtain optimum output. The volume of the work done by equipment’s on every day is planned for the project. On site, the actual volume of work done by equipment’s is recorded. By summarizing all records, the data analysis can be performed. In the data analysis, the volume of work done by the each equipment is compared with its planned and actual woke done. 4. CONCLUSION The overall equipment efficiency was improved with less idling, low machine breakdown and minimized accident in plants which maximized the productivity rate, optimized process parameter. To improve the production rate of equipment is essential for a construction industry. In equipment management, proper planning, installation, selection, procurement, operation, maintenance and equipment replacement policy plays vital role for successful completion of project. From collected data, it has seen that equipment utilization on site has to be studied in details. The overall productivity of construction is affected by various reasons. The downtime and idle run time of equipment play important role in production. These downtime & idle time factor also effect on total cost of project. 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