Master thesis on Construction Management and Building Technology
We supervise and examine approximately 40 degree theses annually within the civil engineering programs for architecture and road and water engineering. Are you wondering how to apply, design a project plan or complete your thesis? Read more here External link, opens in new window..
If you are curious about previous students' theses, you can read about some of them below.
Meet Frank Nsubuga
Meet Frank Nsubuga who is conducting his last semester at the Master Programme in Civil Engineering with a particular focus on Lean Construction.
During my studies, I have developed an interest in construction management, planning, construction logistics, and digitization. My thesis focuses on Digital Project Portfolio Management (PPM) within the construction sector and its potential to improve efficiency, sustainability, and standardization for public clients. Challenges such as integration, varying adoption, and lack of digitization in the construction industry require attention. By exploring digital PPM as a solution, I address obstacles affecting PPM's success, especially in public procurement. The study examines how digital visualization of the project portfolio can support project portfolio managers and department heads in municipal sectors. Through literature review and interviews with stakeholders such as Luleå Municipality and Kiruna Municipality, I aim to create insights and understanding of how portfolio management can be streamlined for public clients.
Supervisor is Jarkko Erikshammar and examiner is Thomas Olofsson.
Meet Georgis David
Meet Georgis David who is conducting his last semester at the Master Programme in Architecture with a particular focus on House Building.
Throughout his seven-month internship and concurrent academic studies, Georgis David's passion for sustainable construction and project management significantly intensified. Central to the discourse in the building industry are environmental awareness and sustainable construction, which are pivotal in addressing Sweden's building sector that contributes approximately 20% to the nation's total carbon dioxide emissions. With Sweden's ambitious goal to attain net-zero emissions by 2045, it becomes imperative to refine current methodologies to facilitate more climate-neutral building projects.
In alignment with these objectives, Georgis David is set to work on his thesis in partnership with IN3PRENÖR AB. The thesis aims to explore and implement strategies that could effectively reduce carbon dioxide emissions in construction production. This initiative is particularly pertinent considering the recently updated Roadmap 2045 (Färdplan 2045). The purpose for the project is to pioneer more climate-neutral construction projects by adopting innovative methodologies in congruence with Roadmap 2045, thereby contributing to the fulfilment of Sweden's climate targets.
Georgis has been awarded a scholarship of 50,000 SEK from the Engineers of Sweden Environmental Fund. This underscores the thesis's substantial relevance and potential impact in steering the construction industry towards a more environmentally conscious direction.
Meet Isak Andersson
Meet Isak Andersson who is conducting his last semester at the Master Programme in Architecture with a particular focus on House building.
Isak Andersson developed an understanding of the complexity of the construction industry during his internship as a plumbing designer. This experience sparked a growing interest in simplifying and streamlining the construction process. He realized that continually updating a workplace layout with current information would facilitate both planning work and the daily management of site operations. Currently, Isak is working on his degree project for the Division of Industrialized and Sustainable Construction, with empirical data collected at PEAB and Dalux during the study.
The aim of his thesis is to explore the possibility of automating the transfer of information from a 360-degree helmet camera on the construction site to a digital model of the construction site layout. He emulates inspection rounds conducted normally by site management, utilizing a helmet camera to gather information from the construction site. This information is then used to update the digital site layout model, making progress, deviations, and, consequently, potential risks more visible.
The thesis is part of the ongoing research project Automated productivity measurements for construction projects.
Meet Fanny and Moa
Meet Fanny Erstam and Moa Håkansson who are conducting their last semester at the Master Programme in Architecture with a particular focus on House Building.
Fanny and Moa’s Interest in sustainability and industrial building developed during the courses Environmentally-efficient Construction, Building Technology and Industrialized Construction. In the Industrialized Construction course, the students got to work with sustainability issues together with the industrialized building company BoKlok. It became evident in the project that Fanny and Moa shared the same view on sustainability as the company.
One thing led to another and now are the students starting their master thesis in collaboration with BoKlok, where the aim is to analyze material waste in the production process as well as develop a working method for reduction, and design of, circular material flows at industrial manufacturers of multi-family dwelling in timber. This is done by analyzing and observing the production process but also working methods to be able to develop and test an alternative working method for, as well as implementing, circular material flows. The goal is to reduce material waste, in comparison to today’s methods.
Meet Ali Kadhim and Anna Bergman
Meet Anna Bergman and Ali Kadhim who is conducting their last semester at the Master Programme in Civil Engeneering with a particular focus on Lean Construction.
During their studies, Anna & Ali became interested in construction management, construction logistics and digitization. In today's construction industry, there is the challenge of creating standardization of processes, behavior and learning within a company. Currently, Anna & Ali are writing their degree project in collaboration with LTU within the research project uppkopplad byggplats. The purpose is to increased knowledge about Project Portfolio Management (PPM) as a control system in client companies. The goal is to investigate if PPM can be used by the client to increase integration and industrialization. The study, based on qualitative methods, intends to investigate the function of PPM for client companies in the construction industry in Sweden, that use turnkey contracting. The thesis is expected to be completed by January 2023.
Supervisor and examiner are Jarkko Erikshammar and Thomas Olofsson.
Meet Eric Björk and Axel Zachrisson
Meet Eric Björk and Axel Zachrisson who is conducting their last semester at the Master Programme in Civil Engineering with Lean Construction as specialization.
It was through Eric´s participation in the trainee program Skanska 21 and Axel´s internship at PEAB that a common interest grew in how the construction industry works with quality management. Defects in various forms are today common during the production phase in a construction project. Despite the fact that the construction industry has a lot of experience, similar mistakes are often repeated. The idea is that by a larger understanding of what the causes are for the deviations to occur, they can be prevented and even avoided at an earlier stage in the process. Eric and Axel are writing their master thesis in collaboration with Skanska Sverige AB. The purpose of the study is to investigate the underlying causes of deviations through a more circular and digital process for quality control. Where the aim is to investigate whether the circular process for quality control can reduce time, costs and reduce the amount of deviations in future projects. Furthermore, the study will form the basis for how Skanska can work with experience feedback in a structural form.
Meet Mårten Hylén
Meet Mårten Hylén who is conducting his last semester at the Master Programme in Civil Engineering with a particular focus on construction supply chain management.
Mårten got interested in construction supply chain management at his internship at Peab, which is encouraged by LTU after the third year at the programme in Civil Engineering. His interest only grew after studies in construction supply chain management at LTU and his exchange studies at Technical University of Munich. Mårten is currently writing his thesis about construction supply chain management in collaboration with Peab. The purpose of the thesis is to examine how cSCM can be modularized, what modules constitutes cSCM and analyse the products and services that is available in the Swedish market for each module. The products and services are identified by a literature review and interviews with professionals. The aim is to create a tool that site management can use to identify and thereby select the needed modules to reach a well-functioning supply chain on their construction site.
Meet Emelie Bjurström
Meet Emelie Bjurström who is conducting her last semester at the Master Programme in Architecture with a particular focus on house building.
Emelie’s interest in creating computer-aided designs based on data and parameters was developed during the courses CAD and VR, Virtual Design and Development Project – Construction.
In her ongoing master thesis, she applies generative design technology to the design process of creating a vertical extension of an existing building. Algorithms makes it possible to take advantage of computers calculation capacity and create multiple designs. The work method also makes it possible for users to evaluate data and make analysis within the design in an early stage of the design process. The master thesis purpose is to examine how generative design can support the process of designing a vertical extension of an existing building with low climate impact.
The study is conducted within research project Timber on Top that aim to collect and spread knowledge about sustainable vertical additions and timber constructions. The expected benefit with including generative design in an early phase of the design process is raised awareness within design choices and material selection to achieve a sustainable result. Emelie is writing her master thesis in collaboration with Tyréns.
Meet Jesper Johansson
Meet Jesper Johansson who is conducting his last semester at the Master Programme in Architecture with a particular focus on House Building.
Jesper’s interest in architectural visualizations began two and a half years ago when Jesper started learning rendering programs alongside his studies after the course CAD and VR. With the development of digitalization, construction industry is undergoing a digital revolution. The recent technological advances in digital architectural visualization has broadened the knowledge and opportunities to reach out to the public about planned construction projects. Nevertheless, only simpler visualization techniques such as still image renderings are usually used today.
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The work focuses on how different visualizations technologies could increase public awareness of construction projects. "What information is important to communicate?", "What do people focus on in a design?" or "How can a visualized design engage and create value for the public in a construction project?". Jesper will investigate these questions by analyzing several different visualization techniques, with the aim of looking at how information about construction projects could be disseminated in an accessible way to the public. The benefit of understanding and being able to apply visualization techniques to the public is expected to facilitate the sharing of information with the public about planned construction projects. Jesper is writing his master’s thesis in collaboration with Stark Arkitekter.
Meet Oliver Henningsson
Meet Oliver Henningsson who is conducting his last semester at the Master programme in Civil Engineering with Lean Construction as specialization, and his last semester at the bachelor programme in Political science with national economics as specialization.
Based on the combined perspective of studies within both building and economics the interest in efficiency grew strong for Oliver. Due to that national economists argue that primarily new knowledge creates sustainable growth is Oliver focusing on contributing towards the implementation of new tech and new methods within the construction sector. A sector that has proven itself difficult to change and is estimated to have great potential for development. Currently, Oliver is writing his master thesis in cooperation with the Swedish traffic administration. Whereby the administration work process concerning quality-, time- and content check is under investigation, to increase its efficiency with aid of the concept Lean and the method stream mapping analysis. A concept and method which rarely is portrayed along with the developer in the construction sector, especially in the planning phase. A diffusion in knowledge within the sector, in the hope of a more efficient construction sector.
Meet Emil Nilzén
Meet Emil Nilzén who is conducting his last semester at the Master Programme in Civil Engineering with a particular focus on Lean Construction.
It was during his studies that the interest for standardized work in construction grew stronger for Emil. In an industry where it is of the utmost importance to avoid fault production and where time pressure is part of the daily routine, there is a need for ensuring quality while not exceeding the time plan. Emil is now writing his master thesis in association with Veidekke, where he will be conducting a time study of how standardized work in construction can contribute to a more efficient production. The purpose of the study is to examine if the construction industry can derive benefits from a type of standardized work, that is similar to the ones found in manufacturing. The study will especially be focusing on work instructions. This will be conducted by applying standardized onto an ongoing construction project, and then making recommendations on how Veidekke can continue to work and improve with standardizations.
Meet Ali Basiri
Meet Ali Basiri who is conducting his last semester at the Master Programme in Architectural Engineering with a particular focus on Building Design.
Ali’s interest in interactive visualization began after the CAD & VR course. With the development of digitalization, construction industry is undergoing a digital revolution. The development of interactive visualization tools has been a product of the technological advances of recent years.
Interactive visualization has been applied as a supporting tool to e.g. solve open problems in science. From that point of view, it is understood that this technology possesses an undiscovered potential. Ali is currently writing his master’s thesis in collaboration with Liljewall Architects. The purpose of the study is to analyze the application of an interactive visualization tool in the design process from an architectural visualization perspective.This is achieved through Ali's creation of a visualization tool with the aim of examining the value of interactive visualization and also identifying obstacles to its use.
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