Multi-Location crew management for Installation of Solar Pumping Systems : A case study of Chaiyaphum Province.

Abstract

The government policy to improve the quality at people’s life in rural areas has resulted in initiation of several public projects in which a prime contractor is hired to construct multiple similar small facilities located on various areas. In such construction crew management is challenging because it needs additional considerations such as driving distance between construction sites, material transportation and construction sequence. Hence, this research project focused on management  repetitive workforces operating repetitively in various areas It used a government project involving installation of 100 solar water pumping systems in Chaiyaphum Province as a case study. It applied Critical Path Method and Resource Leveling technique developed in Microsoft Project to allocate workforces that enable the project to be completed within 92 days with minimal labor costs. To determine a solution that meets such requirements, It crew assignment conditions, such on the number of crew member in each team directly that affect the duration of solar pump installations, were varied the results showed that it is fairly feasible to use 10 crew teams, each of which has 5 member, to take charge in the installation of 100 solar pumps. So that the entire project can be completed within 88 days and with the minimal labor cost of 18,664.59 baht for the construction of single pumping system