Specialized Studies Related to Acceleration

Construction Industry Institute, CII Research Summary RS 6-7, Concepts and Methods of Schedule Compression, Austin, Texas, November 1988.

Construction Industry Institute, CII Research Summary RS 41-1, Schedule Reduction Executive Summary, Austin, Texas, April 1995.

Construction Industry Institute, CII Research Summary RS 41-11, Investigation of Schedule Reduction Techniques for the Engineering and Construction Industry, Austin, Texas, September 1996.

Construction Industry Institute, CII SD-55, Concepts and Methods of Schedule Compression, Austin, Texas, July 1990.

Jensen, Donald A. and Albert Pedulla, Construction Acceleration: Recognizing the Necessary Legal Elements for a successful Claim by the Contractor, ASC Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference, Arizona State University, April, 1995.

National Electrical Contractors Association, Electrical Construction Peak Work Force Report, 2nd Edition, Washington, D.C., 1987.

National Electrical Contractors Association, Normal Project Duration in Electrical Construction Report, Washington, D.C., 1984.

O’Connor, L.V., Overcoming the Problems of Scheduling on Large Central Station Boilers, American Power Conference, 31:518-28, 1969.

Singh, Amarjit, Claim Evaluation for Combined Effect of Multiple Claim Factors, Cost Engineering, Vol. 43, No. 12, pp 19 – 31, December 2001.

Smith, A.G., Increasing Onsite Production, AACEI Transactions, K.4.1, 1987.

Thomas, H. Randolph Jr., and Gary R. Smith, Loss of Construction Labor Productivity Due to Inefficiencies and Disruption: The Weight of Expert Opinion, The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute, December 1990.

Thomas, H. Randolph Jr., and G. L. Jansma, Quantifying Construction Productivity Losses Associated with an Accelerated Schedule, 1985.

Thomas, H. Randolph, Jr. and Amra A. Oloufa, Strategies for Minimizing the Economic Consequences of Schedule Acceleration and Compression, The Electrical Contracting Foundation, 1996.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Modification Impact Evaluation Guide, Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C., July, 1979.

Waldron, A.J., Applied Principals of Project Planning and Control, 2nd Edition, 1968.

Source: AACE International Recommended Practice No. 25R-03 - Estimating Lost Labor Productivity in Construction Claims