SYSTEMS APPROACH TO INCREASING PRECONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING PRODUCTIVITY

In the recent past, many highway and transportation agencies maintained large professional and technical staffs for preconstruction (postproject identification through letting) operations. Now, staffs have decreased and the scope of construction projects is changing. Projects are smaller but more numerous, which creates an enormous demand to increase individual productivity among preconstruction staffs. Improving productivity requires that management recognize the factors that affect it positivity and create an environment that supports them. This paper discusses the human factors of a system for increased preconstruction engineering productivity. The total system is a set of attitudinal and motivational elements and includes necessary communication and informaiton support. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Hoffeditz, Don C
  • Jones, Neal X
• Conference:
  • 59th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1980-1-21 to 1980-1-25
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 28-33
• Monograph Title: Program Planning, Finance, and Preconstruction Management
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 742
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Communications; Engineers; Highway design; Highway planning; Management; Productivity; Systems
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00319144
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309030501
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 27 1980 12:00AM