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BC-4164: Production Planning and Process Design for Construction

Description: The course deals with the planning and design of construction processes. Course topics include production systems, behavior of construction systems and workers, the relationships between subsystems in the construction process, queuing systems, process modeling and simulation. The major emphasis is on production and productivity. Production problems that typically occur in construction systems are discussed. The course also explores recent innovations in construction system design such as lean construction and agile construction.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: BC-3064

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 30

Average GPA: 2.94 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 24.03%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.47%

Thomas H Mills202325.5%39.5%23.1%9.6%2.0%0.3%2.7317
Yvan J Beliveau202042.3%43.2%9.2%2.8%1.9%0.6%3.209
Stefanie G Brandenburg200540.8%44.7%14.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.262
Kol Kachi Alireza Shojaei202466.7%27.1%4.2%0.0%2.1%0.0%3.561
Esfahan Nazila Roofigari202320.0%48.3%23.3%3.3%1.6%3.3%2.801

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