Patent ID: 8326664

Claim:
A system for supporting carry-in operation planning for carrying one or more carry-in target equipment required for construction of a building, into the building, the system comprising: a storage unit constructed at least in part of memory hardware, configured to store therein: information which describes, for each of the carry-in target equipment, a site arrival time which is a period within which the carry-in target equipment is designated to arrive at a construction site, and a carry-in target spot designated for placement of the carry-in target equipment in the building, information which describes, for each of the carry-in target equipment, a temporary placement period which is a period during which the carry-in target equipment is designated to be temporarily placed in a temporary placement area differing from the carry-in target spot, and information which describes, for each of the carry-in target equipment, a carry-in space available period which is a period during which a floor representing the carry-in target spot in the building, has already been constructed and a space above the floor is free and open to accommodate movement of the carry-in target equipment; and a control unit constructed at least in part of processor hardware and configured to perform operations of: acquiring, from the storage unit, the site arrival time, the temporary placement period, and the carry-in space available period, of a specified carry-in target equipment specified by an input from the input unit, and, upon the conditions that: the site arrival time has at least an arrival time portion overlapping with the temporary placement period; the temporary placement period has at least a temporary placement time portion overlapping with the carry-in space available period; and a time of the arrival time portion is earlier than the temporary placement time portion, then determining the temporary placement time portion as a carry-in ready period of the specified carry-in target equipment, the carry-in ready period being a period during which the carry-in target equipment is designated to be carried from the temporary placement area to the carry-in target spot in the building.