The Center for
Construction Project Performance Assessment and Improvement (C2P2ai)
School of Planning, Design and Construction
C2P2ai was conceived
in June 2006 as a result of mutual interest between the Office of the Vice
President for Finance and Operations (OVPFO) and the Construction Management
Program faculty, part of the School of Planning, Design and Construction at
Michigan State University. The center
provides the following three main functions:
·
Research, outreach, and education
services to all stakeholders associated with the construction industry at MSU
and beyond
·
Research experience for graduate
students in the Construction Management Program
·
Research, outreach, and education
services to all stakeholders in the construction industry.
The Center’s research
activities are guided by the tenants of Lean Construction, which views
construction projects as project-based production systems. Our definition of Lean Construction is: “the pursuit of concurrent and continuous
improvements in the entire supply chain (design, procurement, construction,
operations, and maintenance) to enable reliable workflow on a construction site
and the delivery of value to owners, as agreed upon by all project
participants”
The Center’s
overarching aim is to investigate and develop efficient and effective
construction processes that result in a built environment with maximum value to
both the construction client and participants.
Specifically, this refers to value viewed as follows:
1. Product Value: Client satisfied with performance on the
time, cost, and quality dimensions (Zero Cost Overruns; Zero Time Slippages;
Zero Punch List Items; Zero RFIs, Zero Design-Error Change Orders;)
2. Process Value: Participants leaving
the project healthier, with a sense of accomplishment and learning, and
with a positive outlook to next job with the same or a different client.
3. Sustainable Value: The facility and its construction process
leave a positive impact on the environment, with first construction costs that
are equal or lower than those used in conventional construction.
The center research
activities focus on developing and implementing the Lean Project Delivery
System™, as introduced by the Lean Construction Institute. Examples of what we broadly focus on are as
follows:
§ Assessment
of adopted project and production management processes and construction
administration procedures, with recommendation for improvements.
§ Development
of forms of contract, management tools, processes, and techniques for
maximizing value, increasing the reliability of performance to budgets
and schedules, and eliminating the unproductive use of resources
(defects, rework, idle time, and accidents), and
§ Benchmarking
to validate the benefits of new developments in integrated project
delivery systems such as lean project delivery as well as changes in the
market, including new projects, price trends, and capacity
constraints.
Professor Tim
Mrozowski is the Outreach Director and leads the outreach/service/educational
engagements of the center. Dr. Tariq
Abdelhamid is the Research Director and leads the research engagements of the
center. The center Lead Investigator is
Mr Don Schafer. Center Investigators include:
Naveen Nerwal, Ali Lahouti, Jeremiah Williams, Kim Nguyen, Samarth Jain,
Sagata Bhawani, Yash Singh, Surabhi Rao, and Steve Lung.
Faculty Affiliates
§ Dr.
Mohamed El-Gafy – School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University
§ Dr.
Sinem Korkmaz – School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University
§ Professor
Matt Syal – School of Planning,
Design and Construction, Michigan
State University
§ Dr.
Ossama (Sam) Salem – Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University
of Cincinnati
§
Dr. Panagiotis (Takis) Mitropoulos –
Del E. Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University
Founding Sponsor
§ Michigan State University - Office of the Vice
President for Finance and Operations
-
Ongoing support of $100,000 per year
since September 2006
Partners and
Affiliates
§ Lean Construction Institute
§ Project Production Systems Laboratory
§ AIA
Mid-Michigan
§ Walbridge
Joining C2P2AI
During its early
years, the center activities will be funded by the OVPFO. Selection of projects,
through research or outreach/service engagements, will be made collaboratively
with OVPFO staff (and with future member contributors).
We invite you to
become a contributing member of the center.
Contributing members are essential to the Center’s efforts and
activities. Funding provides the means
for C2P2ai personnel to conduct research and outreach programs that benefit the
construction industry. Contributors will
provide insight and assistance for current and future research projects. Having industry input is imperative for the
research and educational agendas at C2P2ai.
Several benefits come from being a part of our organization. As a contributing member of C2P2ai, you will:
§ Serve
on the Center Advisory Board (CAB) to develop guidelines and plans to operate
the Center and its research and outreach endeavors.
§ Have
member-only access to the results of core research programs, technology
reviews, market studies and overall activities of the Center.
§ Listing
on C2P2ai’s website with a link to member site along with contact person.
Selection of Lean
Construction related research projects will be made collaboratively with
contributing companies. We expect
our members to be full participants in the research projects we conduct. Members will provide input on projects
they wish to see launched. One of the
primary responsibilities of members is to provide data concerning
practices and outcomes, and also provide us access so data can be
verified. Members will also be a primary
source for data concerning future changes in the regional construction
market.
Contributions may be
made as unrestricted gifts to C2P2AI by making checks out to Michigan
State University and sending it to Dr. Tariq Abdelhamid, 116 Human
Ecology, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI 48824.
Contributor
Categories
Ø Corporate
Contributor- $5,000 per year
Ø Research
Sponsor - $15,000 per year
Ongoing Research
Projects
§ Post
Occupancy Evaluation of Educational Buildings
§ An
MSU Construction Project Procurement Manual
§ Development
of a Benchmarking System for Project Management Performance at Institutions of
Higher Education
§ Phase
II: MSU Performance Scorecards
Assessments
§ Construction
Management Project Delivery Model at EAS
§ Investigating
and Predicting Cost Overruns on MSU Construction Projects.
§ Dissemination
of the Closeout Study Results.
C2P2AI Funded Master
Thesis and PhD Dissertations (ongoing)
§ Don
Schafer: PhD Candidate; dissertation
title: " Managing The Unexpected in the Built Environment – A Resilience
Engineering Approach" - Expected
graduation Summer 2009.
§ Samarth
Jain: Master Candidate; Plan A thesis
dissertation title: "Percent Plan Complete: A Leading Indicator Approach for Construction
Projects Progress" - Expected graduation December 2008.
§ Sagata
Bhawani: Master Candidate; Plan A thesis
dissertation title: "Post Occupancy Evaluation: An Investigation
Instrument To Determine The Economic Impact And Benefits Of Universal Design On
Assisted Living Facilities" - Expected graduation December
2008.
Publications and
presentations – in Progress:
i. Sobeih,
T,
ii. Abdelhamid,
T.S., El-Gafy, M., and
iii. Abdelhamid,
T. S. and Mitropoulos, P. (2008).
"Quantifying Workers’ Hazard Identification Ability Using
Fuzzy Signal Detection Theory". Accepted,
2008 National Occupational Injury Research Symposium,
iv. Abdelhamid,
T. S. and Xi, L. (2009). “The Validity
Of Data Dependent System Modelling to Predict Relative Physiological
Workload During Construction Work.”
Accepted to the 2009 Construction Research
Congress.
v. Schafer,
D., Abdelhamid, T.S., Mitropoulos, P., and T. Mrozowski (2009). “Resilience Engineering: A New
Approach For Safety Management.” Accepted to the 2009
Construction Research Congress.
vi. El-Gafy,
M. and Abdelhamid, T.S. (2008). “Lean Work Structuring Using System
Dynamics Modeling.” Submitted
to the Housing and Building National Research Center, Cairo,
Egypt.
vii. Abdelhamid, T.S., El-Gafy, M., and Mitropoulos, P.
(2008). "Selection
Of Roof Casting Formwork Systems For The
viii. El-Gafy,
M., AbdelRazig, Y., and Abdelhamid, T.S. (2008). “Environmental Impact Analysis Using
Hybrid Decision Support Framework: A Transportation Project Case
Study.” Submitted to the Built
Environment Journal.
ix. El-Gafy,
M. and Abdelhamid, T.S. (2008).
"Construction site layout Using Simulated Annealing.” Submitted to the Construction Research
Journal.
x. Singh,
Y., Abdelhamid, T.S., Mrozowski, T., and El-Gafy, M. (2008). “Investigation of
State-of-the-art Performance Measurement Systems for Production
Management of Renovation Projects.” Submitted to the Lean Construction
Journal.
Completed Research
Projects
·
Wood Staging Area Design Project for
Bio Fuel Production Facility at Michigan State University (2008) - (download
report)
·
Assessment and Improvement of
Construction Project Closeout (2006 – 2008) – (download
report)
·
Construction
Vendors Performance Evaluation (2006-2009) – (download
report)
·
White paper series
ii. Lean
Construction – A Promising Future for MSU
iv. Building Information
Modeling at MSU
v. Implementation
of Post-occupancy Evaluation at MSU
·
Master thesis dissertations:
i. A
Production Management Framework for Renovation Projects (Dec 2007) – Yash Singh
ii. Influence
of Organizational Behavior on Construction Project Closeout (August 2008) –
Surabhi Rao
·
Publications and presentations:
i. Mitropoulos,
P., Nichita, T., and Abdelhamid, T.S. (2008).
“Sources of Workflow Uncertainty and Variation in Residential
Construction Projects.” HBRC Journal
(April), Housing and
ii. Schafer,
D. , Abdelhamid, T.S. , Mitropoulos, P.
, and Howell, G.A (2008). “Resilience
Engineering: A New Paradigm For
Safety In Lean Construction Systems.”
Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the International
Group for Lean Construction, 16-18 July 2008, Manchester, United
Kingdom.
iii. El-Gafy,
M. A., and Abdelhamid, T. S. (2008). “Using System Dynamics
Modeling AS a Lean Construction Work Structuring Tool.” Proceedings of the 16th Annual
Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, 16-18 July 2008,
Manchester, United Kingdom.
iv. Ilozor,
B. D., Egbu, C. O., and Abdelhamid, T. S. (2008). “Designing And Building To Minimize
Construction Waste.” Proceedings
of the 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean
Construction, 16-18 July 2008,
v. Jayaraman,
V., Abdelhamid, T. S., and Ilozor, B. D (2008).
“Assessment Of Uncertainty Management Approaches In
Construction Organizations.” Proceedings
of the 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean
Construction, 16-18 July 2008, Manchester, United Kingdom.
vi. Abdelhamid,
T.S., and Patel, B. (2008). “Assessment
of occupational safety and health competencies using signal detection
theory”. Proceedings of the 18th Annual
Construction Safety Conference, 12-14 February 2008, Rosemont, Illinois.