The project in five facts.
Challenge, approach and results.
The author of the diploma thesis compared two technologies for manufacturing roof structures. Upon completion, based on carpentry and assembly work of the structure, she produced a time analysis using MS Project software. She added workforce to the activities and created a Gantt chart – ** a schedule for the execution of works** – for each individual section.
Solution and Method
The author of the diploma thesis compared two technologies for manufacturing roof structures. The comparison was carried out between the traditional method of manufacturing roof structures and machine manufacturing of roof structures. The traditional method of manufacturing roof structures is carried out manually, whilst the machine method of manufacturing is performed using CNC machinery and computer equipment.
The traditional method of manufacturing roof structures is demanding and requires a high degree of manual skills, as the carpenter must be trained, skilled, able to read prepared plans, draw workshop plans and measure individual elements, and have extensive experience in order to produce and prepare the entire roof structure. Machine manufacturing technology also requires a trained carpenter who, in addition to knowing the individual parts of structures and their characteristics, must be capable of using appropriate computer programmes.
She presented each technology in detail, describing its characteristics or properties of manufacture. Before carrying out the analyses, she first described the theoretical foundations of cost and time analysis. Subsequently, she produced a bill of quantities and carried out a calculation of the price per unit of measure.
With the help of price analysis, she defined the costs of each individual system for manufacturing roof structures.
Results
Upon completion, based on carpentry and assembly work of the structure, she produced a time analysis using MS Project software. She added workforce to the activities and created a Gantt chart – ** a schedule for the execution of works** – for each individual section. On the basis of the results obtained, she determined the most cost-effective and time-efficient option for manufacturing a roof structure for a residential house.
Under the final point, she wished to emphasise how important it is to observe occupational health and safety when working on roofs. The manufacture and assembly of roof structures using the traditional method and machine manufacture and assembly of roof structures using CNC machinery are in themselves among the more hazardous types of work. The assembly of roof structures takes place at height, where the use of faultless safety equipment and devices is of paramount importance.
She focused on the organisation of the construction site, safe work on roofs, the use and wearing of protective personal equipment, and the implementation of occupational health and safety in the company.
Module, programme and stories.
Your diploma project for a real company.
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