RESPONDING TO CONTRACTORS SELECTION PROBLEMS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITH PREQUALIFICATION MODEL Abstract Selecting a contractor for a construction project has been shown to be directly related to the success or failure of the entire project and client’s value for money. It was observed that the wrong choice of a contractor will certainly impact on the time‚ cost and quality of delivery of the project. This study assessed the prequalification criteria for evaluating contractors and their eventual
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The Emerald Research Register for this journal is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/researchregister The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1463-5771.htm Benchmarking the use of information technology by the quantity surveying profession Qiping Shen‚ Heng Li‚ Liyin Shen‚ Derek Drew and Jacky Chung Department of Building and Real Estate‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong‚ People’s Republic
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The Islamic University - Gaza Deanery of High Studies Faculty of Engineering Construction Management Dep. ΓΰϏ±ΔϴϣϼγϹΔόϣΎΠϟ ΎϴϠόϟΕΎγέΪϟΓΩΎϤϋ ΔγΪϨϬϟΔϴϠϛ ΪϴϴθΘϟΓέΩ·Ϣδϗ Factors Affecting the Performance of Construction Projects in the Gaza Strip Saleh Samir Abu Shaban B.Sc. Civil Engineering‚ The Islamic University Supervised by Prof. Dr. Adnan Enshassi Professor of Construction Engineering and Management A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
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CHAPTER 1 1. INTRODUCTION People nowadays are more concern about the environmental since they know the effect of pollution to the environment and to human’s health. Usually the conventional building used a lot of amount of power and produced large amount of carbon dioxides annually. Therefore‚ conventional building is one of the sources of global warming. Green building concept is an effort made to reduce the impacts of conventional building. Green building is a space and energy efficient home
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1.0 INTRODUCTION InterservePlc is a services‚ maintenance and building company based in the UK with revenue of £1.9bn with a workforce of 50‚000 people worldwide. The company is primarily engaged in providing building and maintenance services for its clients. It also offers services such as consulting‚ equipment hiring‚ project and facilities services. It provides these services for a varietyof infrastructure such as waterworks‚ roads‚ bridges‚ industrial plant‚ airports‚ shopping centres‚ offices
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Challenges Facing Today’s Construction Manager Supplemental Reading for CIEG 486-010 Construction Methods & Management Bob Muir‚ PE Fall 2005 Challenges Facing Today’s Construction Manager By Bob Muir‚ PE Introduction There are numerous challenges facing today’s construction manager. Some are new to the industry‚ and some are centuries old. Many of these challenges are a direct result of construction operations‚ while others a result of indirect‚ peripheral activities. A surprising
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Disaster Resistant Construction Practices A Reference Manual Natural Disasters in Tamilnadu TSUNAMI The Aftermath • • • • EARTHQUAKE Loss of Human and animal lives Economic loss in terms of damages to crops and infrastructure Loss of livelihood Damage to housing and habitat Unsafe Buildings Kill People • • • • • Improper location Faulty design‚ use of poor quality materials Sub-standard construction practices Non-compliance to building codes Lack of awareness of: — Safe Construction
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“The management of construction projects requires a good understanding and correct application of organisational theories”. The study and management of construction projects embraces a variety of organisational aspects. Its complexity encompasses the behaviour of people‚ a range of internal and external processes and interactions with the environment of which the organisation is part. Nevertheless the following work is concerned with an overall managerial approach to organisational theory and
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* Model for the construction industry using pre-determined times Jasper Van Gilsa‚ Leo Vaningelgema Abstract This paper is based on our work experience with Office-line. This company prepares standard times for companies in the industrial sector. Standard time is productive time that is required and achieved by an employee. Standard time contains everything that is necessary for the work specified to be completed. The reason why Office-line only prepare standard times for the industrial sector
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Chapter Two Project Conception and Feasibility At this stage‚ the project is yet to advance to design nor has a design team been selected. The project could be awaiting financing‚ land acquisition‚ review agency approvals‚ feasibility studies‚ etc. Typically the only contact listed on a project at this stage will be the Owner or the Owner’s Representative. 1.1 PROJECT CONCEPTION Conception of any Civil Construction Project is the initial step in the process of defining the actual scope
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