Axiomatic-Design Scheduling Method for Fast-Track Construction

The fast-tracking delivery method has received considerable attention over the last decade because of its time saving feature depending on overlapping of phases of a project. However, to implement the fast-tracking construction, not only the overlapping relationship between design and construction phases, but also the estimating the reduction of the construction duration is difficult to determine. Therefore, this study applies the Axiomatic Design (AD) approach to develop a fast-track scheduling method for design-build project to decompose a project into work packages and further to determine the overlap relationships between work packages. Consequently, based on the determined overlap relationships, the fast-track schedule can be subsequently constructed finally.