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A Framework For Estimating Labor Productivity Frontiers, Nirajan Mani
A Framework For Estimating Labor Productivity Frontiers, Nirajan Mani
Department of Construction Engineering and Management: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The efficiency of construction operations is typically determined by comparing actual versus historical productivity. This practice is accurate if historical data reflects optimal values. Otherwise, this comparison is a gauge of relative rather than absolute efficiency. Therefore, in order to determine absolute efficiency, one must compare actual versus optimal productivity. Optimal productivity is the highest sustainable productivity level achievable under “good management” and “typical field conditions,” while the productivity frontier is the theoretical maximum achievable under “perfect conditions.”
The productivity frontier is an abstraction useful in the estimation of optimal productivity of construction operations. This research contributes to the body …