Patent ID: 7409255

Claim:
A module evaluation method comprising the steps of: preparing constructed-equipment layout data including constructed-equipment arrangement schedule data for a region where arrangement of constructed equipment is scheduled, constructed-equipment modularization work data, and arrangement data for transportation of the modularized constructed-equipment to the arrangement scheduled region, and constructed-equipment physical quantity data representing the number, sizes and weights of individual units of the constructed equipment; calculating, based on the constructed-equipment layout data and the constructed-equipment physical quantity data, a unit-rate reduction amount resulting from modularizing the constructed equipment, a transportation cost required for transporting the modularized constructed-equipment to the arrangement scheduled region, a temporary construction cost including a cost of reinforcing materials to reinforce the modularized constructed-equipment for transporting the modularized constructed-equipment to the arrangement scheduled region, and a field physical-quantity reduction effect cost corresponding to a reduction of physical quantity required for assembling the constructed equipment in the arrangement scheduled region, which is resulted from modularizing the constructed equipment; and comparing, based on the calculated costs, a cost required for modularizing the constructed equipment with a cost reduction resulting from modularizing the constructed equipment, and evaluating the modularization.