CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 OVERVIEW 1
1.2 BACKGROUND 1
1.3 NEED FOR THE STUDY 1
1.4 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 1
1.5 SCOPE OF WORK 2
1.6 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 2
1.6.1 LITERATURE STUDY 2
1.6.2 SELECTION OF CASE STUDY 2
1.6.3 DATA COLLECTION 2
1.6.4 DATA ANALYSIS 2
1.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 2
1.8 TIMELINE OF THESIS 2
2 LITERATURE REVIEW 3
1.1 MATERIAL HANDLING EQUATION [5] 3
2.1 FACTORS AND CONCERN 3
2.2 TYPES OF MATERIAL HANDLING 3
2.2.1 MANUAL HANDLING [2] 3
2.2.2 MECHANICAL HANDLING [2] 4
2.3 IMPORTANCE OF MATERIAL HANDLING 5
2.4 PRODUCTIVITY 6
2.4.1 PRODUCTIVITY OF LABOURS 6
2.4.2 PRODUCTIVITY OF EQUIPMENT 6
2.5 TIME AND MOTION STUDY [9,10] 7
2.5.1 PROCEDURE[17] 8
2.5.2 DURATION OF A STUDY 8
2.6 SITE LAYOUT 8
2.7 COST OF MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM [7] 8
3 DATA COLLECTION 10
3.1 OVERVIEW 10
3.2 DATA COLLECTION METHODOLOGY 10
3.3 DATA COLLECTION FOR FACTOR ANALYSIS 10
3.3.1 QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY 10
3.4 DATA COLLECTION FOR PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS 11
3.4.1 SELECTION OF CASE STUDY 11
3.4.2 SPECIFICATIONS OF TOWER CRANE AND CONCRETE PUMP 12
3.4.3 TIME AND MOTION STUDY FOR TOWER CRANE 15
3.4.4 OBSERVATIONS FOR CONCRETE PUMP 16
3.4.5 OBSERVATIONS FOR MANUAL HANDLING IN STEELYARD 17
4 DATA ANALYSIS & RESULT DISCUSSION 19
4.1 OVERVIEW 19
4.2 RANKING THE FACTORS AFFECTING PRODUCTIVITY 19
4.2.1 TEST OF SOUNDNESS OF DATA 19
4.2.2 DATA ANALYSIS BY RII METHOD 19
4.2.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF FACTOR 22
4.3 TOWER CRANE PRODUCTIVITY 22
4.3.1 TIME CYCLE ANALYSIS 22
4.3.2 SUMMARY 24
4.3.3 RECOMMENDATIONS 25
4.4 CONCRETE PUMP 26
4.4.1 RECOMMENDATIONS 27
4.5 MANUAL HANDLING IN STEEL YARD 28
4.5.1 FINDINGS 28
4.5.2 REASONS AFFECTING PRODUCTIVITY AND SUGGETIONS 28
4.5.3 GENERAL RECOMMENDATION 30
4.6 OWNING AND OPERATING COST 30
5 CONCLUSION 33
6 REFERENCES 34
7 ANNEXURES 35