Live Webinar – October 22nd 2018 7:30 am – 8:30 am EDT
Live Webinar – October 22nd 2018 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM BT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Association for Project Management – APM

Weather may adversely impact construction productivity and cause significant project delays.

Under the project ‘Weather-wise’ funded by NERC and the CIOB, Dr Ballesteros-Pérez and Dr Stefán Thor Smith, along with Costain and CIRIA have been working on developing a web-based free tool, that can anticipate the likely time impacts that weather events can have on a construction schedule.

The impact of (adverse) weather is a common cause of delays, legal claims and economic losses in construction projects.

Research has recently been carried out aimed at incorporating the effect of weather in project planning; but these studies have focussed on either a narrow set of weather variables, or a very limited range of construction activities or projects.

Findings of this study have indicated that UK weather extends construction project durations by an average of 21%.

However, using climatological data derived from weather observations when, planning could lead to average reductions in project durations of 16%, with proportional reductions in indirect and overhead costs.

This webinar will show why the weather is relevant for you as a construction scheduler, how its influence can be quantified, and how you can use that influence in your favour to more carefully plan your projects.

Presenters:

Dr Pablo Ballesteros-Pérez (LinkedIn profile) PhD MSc PM Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering at Loughborough University; is a civil engineer, geological engineer, who specializes in Engineering Projects and Innovation. Previously he worked  at the several international university’s  (Chile Spain Dominican Republic).  Before joining the academia, he was the Head of the Construction tendering department in an international construction company & as a construction project engineer in construction private sector.  He is the author of many international peer-reviewed journal articles & publications,. He teaches quantitative techniques in Project management & his broad academic area of interest is Construction Project Management. His two major research lines to date are Operational Research, and Applied Statistics in Competitive Bidding and the Influence of weather in construction productivity.

Dr Stefán Thor Smith is a lecturer in Energy Systems and the Built Environment at the University of Reading. Integrating energy system models with urban and regional scale meteorology, his research addresses questions on energy system dynamics, demand, and associated environmental impacts. Through his work, he has had significant involvement in the development, use, and evaluation of models for the purpose of understanding how energy systems are influenced by environmental conditions and in turn, how energy use impacts on environment. His research addresses understanding of energy systems; issues relating to climate change (resilience and adaptation); and weather-informed probabilistic decision making.  Stefán has been Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator on a range of NERC, EPSRC and Climate-Kic projects covering a range of topics from smart and sustainable urban districts to green infrastructure impacts on energy. He is the Lead for the Energy and Environmental Research Group within the School of the Built Environment and coordinates a University-wide Energy Research Network.

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The Effects Of Weather On Construction Scheduling

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