Highways, high-rise projects, and many other types of construction projects are characterized by repetitive operations, extremely inter-related activities, and assignment of resources in a serial fashion. In such projects, the movement of resources through locations and places is a key indicator of the project status. Having accurate and up to date information of each activity, its respective resources, and their locations can have large impact on effective scheduling and project control. A number of resource-driven scheduling algorithms are presented in the literature to schedule these projects while maintaining their crew continuity. In order to better track such schedules, the location of resources required for each activity needs to be identified. This paper presents a study to integrate resource-driven scheduling methods with automatic location sensing systems using RFID technology. As such, at certain pre-set time intervals, the location data (i.e. zone and coordinate) of the resources are identified. These locations represent the resources required for executing upcoming activity or a set of activities. The location information is then transferred to project schedule to better detect possible late or off-site resources. By knowing the exact location of the resources and tracking the schedule at key points, availability of the required resources can be assured. The outcomes of this study can reduce the chance of interruption in execution of inter-related activities caused due to unavailable or insufficient resources.
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