K Swarna Kumari, J Vikranth / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 2, Issue4, July-August 2012, pp.1960-1967 A Study On Resource Planning In Highway Construction Projects 1K Swarna Kumari, 2 J Vikranth M.E (Ph.D) 1 Department of Civil Engineering, PYDAH College of Engg. & Tech.,JNTUK,Andhrapradesh 2 Associate Professor & H.O.D Department of Civil Engineering, PYDAH College of Engg. & Tech., JNTUK, Andhrapradesh ABSTRACT The Construction projects, especially the In contrast to this view of one large project, it may highway construction projects, uses huge amount also point to the continuous change an Improvement of resources on and off the field in various forms occurring in traditional material and technique. This of resources viz., materials, plants, equipments continuous improvement in techniques help to plan and human resources along with money, time and and distribute the resources as per the requirement space. The uniqueness of the projects makes the and efficient distribution of all these resources helps resource planning a tedious job as the efficiency of in close monitoring and actual progress of the work each resource depends upon a huge number of which includes resources like man, material, working condition factors. A detailed study of machinery and money with respect to their resource planning and productivity can, thus help productivity. in good resource planning, better monitoring and overall controlling of the project. In highway 2 Methodology projects, the same resource is often used for First forecasting input and output is done in which different activities and the productivity of that the data wise requirement of project manpower, resource being different for different activities, it costly equipment, production costs, sales or earned becomes inevitable to know the correct norms for value of work done and expected income. correct estimation, planning and monitoring. Then the planning the construction work force by The main objective of this thesis work determining the size of project work force, its was to planning the main resources (i.e. the structuring into functional groups and workers equipments, plants and manpower) deployed at a team and scheduling manpower recruitment to highway project by using Microsoft Soft Project match task requirement. Software. After this plan the construction materials which involves identifying the materials required, Keywords – BRTS, Resource Planning estimating quantities, defining specifications, forecasting requirements, locating sources material 1 Introduction sample approved, material inventory. Observing the trend in construction Then planning construction equipment which aims technology presents a very mix and ambiguous at identifying the construction tasks to be picture. On the one hand many of techniques and undertaken by mechanical equipment, assessing the materials used for construction are essentially equipment required, exploring the equipment unchanged since the introduction of mechanization in procurement and finally selecting the equipment. the early part of twentieth century. Planning the construction standard cost, the cost For example at the time of highway plan uses standard cost work packages, work items construction at the beginning of the nineteenth or activities. Then finally plan construction budget century most of the highway project report stated that which involves structuring of project functional ―the work could not have been done any faster or organization into production, services and more efficiently in our days, despite all technological administration responsibility center, allocating and mechanical advances in the time, since the reason resources with budgeted cost and finally compiling being that no present system could possibly carry the the project financial plan in the form of project spoil material away any faster or more efficiently master budget. then the system employed. No motor trucks were in the digging of soil everything ran on the rails foe 3 Resource Planning cutting and filling of soil at different chainage to 3.1 Planning Construction Work Force reduce the wastage of human resources and achieve The project man power planning primarily maximum productivity. And because of quantity of focuses on determining the size of project work force, soil and rain, no other methods have work so well to its structuring into functional groups and workers achieve the desired output. teams, and scheduling the manpower recruitment to match the task requirement. 1960 | P a g e K Swarna Kumari, J Vikranth / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 2, Issue4, July-August 2012, pp.1960-1967 This process chiefly involves identifying the options and finally, participating in the decision trades or the skills required, establishing productivity making for selecting the equipment. standards to determine the number of worker needed to perform a given job in the specified time, data wise 4 Programme Objectives forecasting of workers requirements for The most general objective of planning is to accomplishing the project work and finally improve to provide a link between the establishment organizing the planned work force into operating of an effective productivity measurement system and work-teams having assigned programmed tasks. the human task of improving organizational performance by means of changes in all or several 3.2 Planning Construction Materials elements of the organization-the people, structure, Efficient material management in project culture and technology. Some more specific objective environments calls for an integrated approach of the programme could be: covering numerous functions such as materials • To improve managerial, planning and problem- planning and programming, materials purchasing, solving skills. inventory control, store-keeping and ware housing, • To improve teamwork and human relations. materials transportation and handling at site, • To set up an effective productivity information materials codification and standardization and the system. disposal of surpluses. The material planning and • To trigger a breakthrough to a higher level of programming, which is the key function on materials organizational performance. management is closely linked with the project • To help revitalize the organization and its climate planning and control set-up. Both these work together to develop a plan to procurement and stocking of 5 Case Study On B.R.T.S project At construction materials so as to provide at site, Visakhapatnam materials of right quantity, at right prices from right 5.1 History of Visakhapatnam source and at the right time. Visakhapattanamu, shortened and anglicized: Visakha/Vizag or Vizagapatnam is a The construction material planning involves coastal, port city & often called as "The Jewel identifying the materials required, estimating of the East Coast" situated in the Indian state of quantities, defining specifications, forecasting Andhra Pradesh, located on the eastern shore of requirements, locating resources for procurement, India, nestled among the hills of the Eastern Ghats getting material samples approved, designing and facing the Bay of Bengal to the east. It is the material inventory and developing procurement plan administrative headquarters of Visakhapatnam to ensure a smooth flow of materials till the District and is also home of the Eastern Naval connected construction work are completed at the Command of the Indian Navy. Alternatively, it project site. sometimes goes by its now mostly defunct colonial British name, Waltair. It is sometimes also referred to 3.3 Planning Construction Equipment as the "City of Destiny". Production task needing equipment include According to the history, the city was named excavating, handling, transporting, filling, after the god of Valor-Vishakha. It was a part of the compacting, grading, hoisting, concreting, pre- Kalinga Kingdom, under Ashoka's rule in 260 B.C. It casting, plastering, finishing, trenching, and laying of passed on later to the Andhra Kings of Vengi. After pipes and cables. The supporting equipment at this Pallava, Chola and Ganga dynasties ruled the project site consists of generators, transmission lines, city. In the 15th century, Visakhapatnam became pumping sets, other utility services equipment. a part of the Vijayanagar Empire. The Europeans, the Dutch, the French and the English Construction equipment is indispensable in established themselves from the 17th century execution of modern high-cost, time-bound massive onwards and used this as a major trading center to construction projects. It produces output with an export textiles, ivory, tobacco, indigo etc. This port accelerated speed in a limited time. It saves is well documented in the histories of these manpower, which is becoming ever more costly and colonial powers as well as in Indian historical demanding. It improves productivity, quality and records. This coast played a major role during the safety and also adds a sense of urgency. Acquisition reign of the Asaf Jahis and the Golcondas.The city is of equipment mass involves initial heavy investment home to several state ownedheavy industries, one of but, on the whole, its ads to profitability by reducing the most advanced steel plants and has one of the the overall costs, provided it is properly planned, country's largest ports and its oldest shipyard. It has economically procured and effectively managed.