Omar Giovanny Sanchez Rivera- Doctor of Engineering
- Professor at Pontifical Xavierian University
Omar Giovanny Sanchez Rivera
- Doctor of Engineering
- Professor at Pontifical Xavierian University
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February 2016 - present
October 2010 - present
Education
February 2016 - December 2019
January 2014 - September 2015
April 2013 - February 2016
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![Triads of the Lean Project Delivery System (LPDS) (adapted from [32])](publication/388563376/figure/fig3/AS:11431281306677818@1738380882632/Triads-of-the-Lean-Project-Delivery-System-LPDS-adapted-from-32_Q320.jpg)
The construction sector is a fundamental pillar of the economy and should consequently lead in implementing effective management systems. Lean Construction (LC) philosophy sees production as a transformation, flow, and value process. Its objective is to establish efficient production systems that minimize delivery times. Previous studies indicate t...
La construcción de intersecciones viales es crucial para la eficiencia y seguridad de las redes de transporte. Estos proyectos deben cumplir con los cronogramas planificados debido a su impacto en la infraestructura. Sin embargo, tanto en países desarrollados como en vía de desarrollo, las intersecciones viales enfrentan dificultades significativas...
The digital revolution and the increasing availability of data have transformed management processes across businesses, governments, and society. Governments, aligning with international standards, have established digital platforms to communicate public procurement progress to citizens. Several public data platforms, including those in the constru...
The construction industry faced several challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting
different aspects of construction projects, such as the financial stability of companies and the
mental well-being of professionals. However, there is limited knowledge about how these challenges
impacted the skills required by professionals in construction....
Industry 4.0 technologies have a high potential to improve the planning and execution of linear projects such as roads, bridges and railroads. These technologies can help reduce emissions, enhance operations’ efficiency, and improve users’ quality of life. Despite their potential to promote sustainability in smart cities, there is a lack of
researc...
The COVID-19 pandemic was a significant disruption to the construction industry around the globe with multiple impacts, such as workforce limitations and contractual conflicts. Multiple studies have explored the impacts of the pandemic in the construction sector so far. However, little is known about how construction companies responded to the pand...
This study aims to analyze the perceptions of construction experts in the Chilean construction industry regarding emotional intelligence. This exploratory and qualitative study is based on data collected through semi-structured interviews with construction professionals. The collected data were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis (QCA) te...
Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been widely adopted in the building sector. However, it is still an emerging topic in road infrastructure projects despite its enormous potential to solve ongoing issues. While there have been several recent studies on BIM implementation in road projects, there is a lack of research analyzing the actual BIM U...
Linear infrastructure projects, including roads, tunnels, and railroads, are vital for the socioeconomic advancement of regions and nations. Given their large scale, these projects require significant resources, leading to substantial environmental impacts and demanding the collaboration of professionals from multiple disciplines. In this context,...
Los proyectos de construcción a nivel global y a lo largo de la historia se ven enfrentados a la necesidad de aumentar su productividad. Una necesidad que surge a partir de los requerimientos de tiempo, costo y calidad que son definidos en las etapas tempranas de los proyectos. Lean Project Management agrupa los principios de las filosofías Lean Co...
Design processes generate inputs to plan and control the development of project construction processes. There is a growing interest in implementing design techniques involving various options to reach a systemic overview and select the best proposal. One such technique is Set-Based Design (SBD) which identifies and explores multiple design options...
Value generation occurs during the life cycle of construction projects. However, the ability to influence the projects’ characteristics at the design stage increases the probability of maximizing value. Nevertheless, few studies assess value creation during the design. Considering this gap, the aim of this paper is to analyze the value generated at...
Delay is one of the most common and complex issues that adversely affect the performance of construction pro-jects. Although much research exists on project delay, only some studies have systematically summarized and compared the causes of delay by the project type. In addition, few studies have quantitatively combined the variability across studie...
Teaching production systems and Lean tools is a challenge for educators in the construction area, which is highlighted by the difficulty of emulating in the classroom the scenarios that industry professionals will face. Hence, implementing pedagogical games has a high potential to improve construction education processes. However, gaps are observed...
An efficient highway infrastructure network is a determining factor in promoting the socio-economic development of countries and regions. Highway planning activities are highly important because their results ensure that projects are delivered within budget, schedule, and scope. Therefore, academics and professionals have promoted various methodolo...
Construction projects, both in developed and developing countries, are widely affected by cost deviations that arise at the completion of the construction process; these deviations manifest themselves as a difference between the executed cost and the planned cost. To mitigate cost deviation, the first step is to identify the causes that originate t...
Traffic analysis at road intersections is an important activity in the project design and planning phases because it allows selecting the most suitable traffic requirements and site characteristics. Therefore, traffic simulation models are indispensable and useful tools to support collaborative decision-making. The building information modeling (BI...
La planificación del flujo de caja de un proyecto de construcción es una actividad decisiva para garantizar los recursos financieros que son necesarios para el desarrollo de las actividades de obra. Debido a la importancia, en la industria de la construcción se observa
la necesidad de metodologías de análisis de flujo caja de adaptación fácil a las...
Delay is one of the most common, complex, and risky phenomena that adversely affects performance of construction projects. Several studies have been conducted on delay factors identification, some focused on road infrastructures, others on buildings, or on construction projects broadly. However, there are scarce publications with a comprehensive an...
Project delays adversely affect road infrastructure development in developing countries. Unfavorable consequences of project delays involve cost overrun, contractual disputes, arbitration, and quality non-conformities. Despite these risks, literature shows that delays are still a prevalent problem in construction management. Although there is a con...
Road infrastructure projects are essential for a country's economic and social development. Due to the magnitude, the projects are associated with considerable economic investments that in the case of failure can seriously affect regions' economies. Despite the importance, roads from different countries are affected by cost overruns, hence, it is e...
Delay is a phenomenon that affects road infrastructure projects around the world with serious consequences. The study of methodologies that allow mitigate delay causes is a key issue. One option is Last Planner® System (LPS) that is a collaborative planning method that improves the fulfillment of construction activities in time. LPS has the charact...
La planificación de recursos humanos de un proyecto de construcción es una actividad de gran importancia para el desarrollo exitoso de este tipo de actividades. Resulta una labor compleja que requiere de herramientas y metodologías automatizadas que permiten la optimi-zación de variables relacionadas con tiempo y costos. Building Information Modeli...
Integrating Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Lean Construction (LC) can improve the reinforced concrete bridging planning process, due to the possibility of managing the project information with BIM to obtain accurate input data that benefit the application of LC principles. The application of BIM to bridges is called Bridge Information Mode...
En el presente artículo se estudia el impacto de la aplicación de la tecnología Building Information Modeling (BIM), en la elaboración de presupuestos de construcción de estructuras en concreto reforzado, frente al método tradicional de cálculo que se fundamenta en dibujos en dos dimensiones (2D). El caso de estudio es la estructura de concreto ref...
La industria de la construcción es una parte importante del aparato económico de un país, por tanto, la verificación de los nuevos sistemas de gestión que se implementan en las principales industrias constructoras del mundo y en donde se obtienen excelentes resultados, merece especial atención. En el presente artículo se hace una revisión bibliográ...
La planificación de un programa de obra, para la construcción de un proyecto de edificación, resulta una labor compleja, esto debido a la gran cantidad de elementos de construcción, la mano de obra y los equipos requeridos para la ejecución de las actividades de la obra y el gran volumen de información de un proyecto de construcción, entre otros. U...
