design and functionality‚ some of which can still be used today. These monuments also stand as a testament to those who built them. The surveyors of Rome played an essential role in the construction of the roads and the aqueducts‚ and developed many of the fundamental principles of surveying and construction. Essential to every engineering project‚ presently as well as in ancient times‚ was the need for consistency and precision in measuring. The use of measuring equipment assisted the surveyors
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developed countries but the trend is more severe in developing countries. Large construction projects with their features of complexity and capital requirement have resulted interest to many researchers. Roachanakanan (2005) examined the causes and solution of cost escalation in Thailand and United States. He illustrated how the project cost control procedure used in United States can be applied to the construction industry in Thailand‚ so as to improve the procedure used by Thai contractor.
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The Sri-Lankan Construction Industry in the New Millennium C WEDDIKKARA Dept. of Management‚ Construction and Building Science University of Western Sydney‚ Australia d.weddikkara@uws.edu.au K. DEVAPRIYA Dept. of Building Economics University of Moratuwa‚ Sri Lanka (Research Scholar‚ University of Hong Kong) Abstract The construction investment in Sri- Lanka has followed the economic changes that took place during the last decade. This resulted in a significant change particularly in the supply
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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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DELIVERY PROCESS DISPUTES - WITH PREVENTION AND RESOLUTION METHODS By: Kyle Ziebarth In a perfect world‚ construction disputes would not exist. There would be perfect communication as well as perfect understanding between all people involved in a construction project. Unfortunately‚ in the real world there are many factors that are susceptible to disagreement and compromises are often difficult. In 2013‚ a survey found that 30 percent of firms had been involved in at least one dispute in the previous
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INTRODUCITION the construction industry has many advantages as well as many disadvantage. For one side‚ this industry provides new ways to improve our lifestyle and welfare‚ it help us to survive climate‚ and give us plenty of facilities to all the social need that we have. But the bad part of this industry is that in order to satisfy all our needs‚ the environment results damaged‚ due the exploitation of the natural resources needed to produce construction materials‚ and the devastation of natural
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Fast track construction is a project delivery system which compresses the design tender construct process into overlapping design and construct phases. The former can be identified as a traditional lump sum tender where plans and specification s are completed then put out to tender. Contractors bid the prject exactly as it is designed with the lowest bidder awarded the work. It is a linear process where one task follows the completion of another with no overlap. The latter‚ or " fast track construction"
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Chadwick Construction Case Analysis Introduction Chadwick Construction Company has had a significant increase in demand over recent years and has encountered multiple project management problems during this time. As a result‚ CCC’s general manager is considering the possibility of hiring a project manager for project scheduling and keeping track of the progress of subcontractors at work sites. CCC management is interested in knowing the expected completion time for a house if a project manager
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PART- A INDUSTRY PROFILE PART-A INDUSTRIAL PROFILE |Indian Construction Industry is highly fragmented. There are mostly |[pic] | |unorganized players in the industry which work on the subcontracting basis. As| | |the construction activity being labour intensive‚ construction companies have | | |been mainly focusing
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Construction planning is a fundamental and challenging activity in the management and execution of construction projects. It involves the choice of technology‚ the definition of work tasks‚ the estimation of the required resources and durations for individual tasks‚ and the identification of any interactions among the different work tasks. A good construction plan is the basis for developing the budget and the schedule for work. Developing the construction plan is a critical task in the management
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