Comparative Study of RFID Technique and Conventional Method

Material management is a vital function for improving productivity in construction projects. The management of materials should be considered at all the phases of the construction process and throughout the construction and production periods. The control of materials is a very important and vital subject for every company and should be handled effectively for the successful completion of a project. Materials account for a big part of products and project costs. The cost represented by materials fluctuates and may comprise between 20-50% of the total project cost and sometimes more. Some studies concluded that materials account more than 60% of the total project cost. Many construction projects apply manual methods, not only for the tracking of materials, but also for materials management as a whole and this involves various techniques and this leads to the problematic situations with many human errors. So a study is made to handle the material on site by Rfid method and cost and time parameter is considered to compare with conventional methods.