{"410841":{"#nid":"410841","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Laura Florez","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFinal Dissertation Defense- School of Building Construction, Ph.D. Candidate Laura Florez\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E June 18, 2015\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E 1:00 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u003C\/strong\u003E Caddell Building, Room 212\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDaniel Castro-Lacouture, Professor (Advisor) \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EXinyi Song, Assistant Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESonit Bafna, Associate Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECharles Rudolph, Associate Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAndres L. Medaglia, Professor\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaria Viteri, AIA, LEED BC+D\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Sustainability and Program Development, International Masonry Institute\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle: Decision support system for masonry labor planning and allocation considering productivity and social sustainability\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis dissertation proposes a decision support system (DSS) for sustainable labor management in masonry construction that takes into consideration information on workers and job characteristics with the intention of assisting decision makers in allocating crews. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with masonry practitioners to gather perspectives on labor requirements, rules for crew design, and drivers for crew makeup. A model that incorporates jobsite realities was implemented, supporting masonry contractors and superintendents in the challenging process of managing crews, that is, to determine the composition of each crew and the allocation of crews to maximize productivity while considering social sustainability aspects. With the DSS, project managers and superintendents are not only able to identify working patterns for each of the workers, but also optimal crew formation, and investment and labor costs. Data from several mason contractors is used to illustrate the decision model and showcase its capability. It is expected that the DSS will help contractors improve productivity and quality while efficiently managing masonry workers in a more and sustainable way.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Decision support system for masonry labor planning and allocation considering productivity and social sustainability"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2015-06-05 06:57:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:12:10","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-06-18T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2015-06-18T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-06-18T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-06-18 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-06-18 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-06-18 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5109","name":"BC"},{"id":"1366","name":"defense"},{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"913","name":"PhD"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}