Malaysia construction experience in deployment of crane services for construction project

Crane usage is one of the essentials machineries in building construction projects. The accuracy of crane selection will have some influence on the project profits. Crane plays a prominent role in construction building due to its importance in lifting, transporting and handling material. However in...

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Main Author:	Ahmad Shukri, Faten Adilah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/15308/1/FatenAdilahAhmadMFKA2010.pdf
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description	Crane usage is one of the essentials machineries in building construction projects. The accuracy of crane selection will have some influence on the project profits. Crane plays a prominent role in construction building due to its importance in lifting, transporting and handling material. However in Malaysia, there are no specific guidelines in crane selection. Therefore this study was done with the aim to review the method used in crane selection process and subsequently, identifying the problems occur due to crane selection. The methodologies adopted include interview with expert panels, case study and questionnaire survey. From the study showed that three common types of crane generally found in building construction in Malaysia are tower crane, mobile crane and crawler crane. Normal practice in Malaysia’s building construction for crane selection is based on criteria and category selection. Nonetheless, they can sometimes be very costly and thus, the right decision must be made in order to avoid any misfortunes in the long run. When hiring tower crane, selection must be done in early stage of project because the rental considered as long term cost of the company. It consume about 0.5% of project cost. Technical problems can be defined as obstruction or restriction occurred while operating a crane such as mechanical or electrical failure that may cause crane breakdown, crane overturning that may cause accident, short of power supply and many more. Non technical problems can be defined as any mistake in contractual issue that may create problem in crane’s usage. It was discovered that non-payment (financial problem) to crane suppliers has become significant impact to crane’s operation.
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title	Malaysia construction experience in deployment of crane services for construction project
title_short	Malaysia construction experience in deployment of crane services for construction project
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spelling	my-utm-ep.153082018-05-27T06:35:01Z Malaysia construction experience in deployment of crane services for construction project 2010-12 Ahmad Shukri, Faten Adilah TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Crane usage is one of the essentials machineries in building construction projects. The accuracy of crane selection will have some influence on the project profits. Crane plays a prominent role in construction building due to its importance in lifting, transporting and handling material. However in Malaysia, there are no specific guidelines in crane selection. Therefore this study was done with the aim to review the method used in crane selection process and subsequently, identifying the problems occur due to crane selection. The methodologies adopted include interview with expert panels, case study and questionnaire survey. From the study showed that three common types of crane generally found in building construction in Malaysia are tower crane, mobile crane and crawler crane. Normal practice in Malaysia’s building construction for crane selection is based on criteria and category selection. Nonetheless, they can sometimes be very costly and thus, the right decision must be made in order to avoid any misfortunes in the long run. When hiring tower crane, selection must be done in early stage of project because the rental considered as long term cost of the company. It consume about 0.5% of project cost. Technical problems can be defined as obstruction or restriction occurred while operating a crane such as mechanical or electrical failure that may cause crane breakdown, crane overturning that may cause accident, short of power supply and many more. Non technical problems can be defined as any mistake in contractual issue that may create problem in crane’s usage. It was discovered that non-payment (financial problem) to crane suppliers has become significant impact to crane’s operation. 2010-12 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/15308/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/15308/1/FatenAdilahAhmadMFKA2010.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering Abd. Majid, M.Z., and Mc Caffer, R. (1997). Assessment of Work Performance of Maintenance Contractors in Saudi Arabia Journal of Management in Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 17 No. 1:91 Al-Hussein, M. (1995). A Compute Integrated System for Crane Selection for High Rise Building Construction, M.A.Sc.Thesis, Centre for Building Studies, Concordia. Alkass, S., Alhussein, M., and Moselhi, O. (1997). Computerized Crane Selection for Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Management. Vol. (2): 427-436. Angle Broking (2006). Crane Software. India Research 2006. India. Arrow Crane Hoist Corp (2003). Matching the Crane to Application. Publication 2003. America ASCE (2002). Adaptive Probabilistic Neural Network Based Crane Type Selection System.Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. Vol. (128): 265- 273 Brana, P., Vidakovic, D., and Gusic, B. (2005). Tower Crane Selection Regarding To Construction Technology Requirement. Technical Paper, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of J.J. Strossmayer, Croatia BOMAC Altrac (2005). How to Select the Right Crane. Publication 2005. Australia. CIRIA (2005). Tower Crane Stability. CIRIA Research Project 707. CIRIA, London. Deckrane (2010). How Tower Crane Work. Publication 2010. Vancouver , Canada. ELCOSH (2003). Managing Mobile Crane Hazard. 13th Annual Construction Safety Conference and Exposition. Rosemont, Illinois. Favelle Favco Berhad (2010). Table of Kroll Crane & Diesel Hydraulic Luffing Cranes. Publication 2009. Klang, Malaysia Furusaka, S., and Gray, C. (1984). A module for the selection of the Optimum Crane for Construction Sites, Construction Management and Economic. 157-176. Gray, C. And Little, L. (1985). A Systematic Approach to the Selection of an Appropriate Crane for a Construction Site, Construction Management and Eonomic. 121-144. IEEE (1991). Neural Network Based Fuzzy Logic Control and Decision System. Computer Society. Washington, USA. Vol.40. MAXIM (2010). Crane Work. Publication 2010. South America. PAT America Inc. (2009). Compu Crane – Crane Selection & Planning Software. Publication 2009. America. Platinum Vivaldi (2000). How Do I Select a Crane.Publication 2000. South Africa. Renee McClellan (2009). Crane used in Construction. Publication 2009. America. Wrzawski, A. (1990). Expert System for Crane Selection Construction. Man and Economic. 179-190 106

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