Construction logistics planning by simulation

Construction logistics comprises planning, coordination and supervision of material flow to, within and from construction sites. Good construction logistics on construction sites saves time and construction costs. To plan construction logistics, numerous interferences between configuration of construction site and construction work have to be considered. In particular in outfitting processes, their countless possible work sequences and many involved companies govern production logistics. This complex system can be analyzed by simulation. Nevertheless logistic systems on site are influenced by various factors, so that the determination of an optimal network configuration and organisational structure becomes not trivial. To find a useable solution requires countless simulation runs with many factor variations. Therefore an adequate simulation model, which enables network dimensioning and analysing organisational structure of logistic processes without programming, is essential. Furthermore the identification of qualified factor combinations depending on several process or building attributes and the elimination of irrelevant factors accelerate logistic planning.