Linear scheduling has been in use for several decades in the heavy civil construction industry. The critical path method is the most widely used scheduling method in commercial and residential construction. The critical path method depicts relationships between activities, but it cannot alert the cost estimator/scheduler of space constraints that can negatively impact the project's productivity. Linear scheduling represents both time and space graphically in the same chart. This allows the scheduler/cost estimator to visually deconflict production activities on the project space representation. Because of the repetitive nature of production home building, linear scheduling is a good tool to avoid space conflicts that negatively impact production-based activities that drive the project's profitability. The process of preparing a linear schedule is best explained by walking the reader through an example problem. This paper uses a typical example to illustrate how linear scheduling can be used in production home building.
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