Adoption of E-Commerce by SMES in the Construction Industry Introduction The internet has been growing in recent years at an alarming rate. It has revolutionised how businesses communicate and interact and opened new opportunities which ten years ago were almost inconceivable. With the help of the internet‚ technologies such as e-commerce make it possible to conduct international business transactions almost instantaneously and for a fraction of the cost of using traditional methods. Many
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History and Evolution of Construction Safety Regulations The emphasis on safety regulations in the construction industry has grown exponentially over the past 125 years. Today the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)‚ is the primary agency for safety legislation in the United States. Construction regulations are addressed in section 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). But how did OSHA come about? In this report I will address the evolution of construction regulations in the
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environment on a construction project. Construction sites are dangerous places. Statistics show that‚ on average‚ a person is killed every four days and hundreds are injured. Members such as clients‚ architects‚ design professionals and site managers on construction sites; they have to produce risk assessments that identify potential hazards and method statements that set out how jobs are to be done properly and safely. Client: A client is a group or individual who is having construction project
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site manger role will be keeping records associated with safety e.g. statutory inspections‚ including records required by CDM for hazard management e.g. sub-contractors method statements etc and anything else required by statue or included in the Construction Phase Plan and by the relevant procedures in the contractors Manual of Quality‚ Safety and the Environment. In addition to this the assistant site manager would be consistent with what the employer and site manager wishes it to be and which would
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Construction in Peru – Key Trends and Opportunities to 2018: Order report by calling marketreportsstore.com at +1 888 391 5441 OR send an email on sales@marketreportsstore.com with Construction in Peru – Key Trends and Opportunities to 2018 in subject line and your contact details. Synopsis This report provides detailed market analysis‚ information and insights into the Peruvian construction industry including: The Peruvian construction industry’s growth prospects by market‚ project type
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Literature Review: A case of burnout among project managers in the South African construction industry. Burnout is a syndrome which is commonly found among individuals working in high pressure environments and is defined as a negative experience which results from the interaction between the individual and the environment (Yip and Rowlinson‚ 2009). Burnout is known to be a syndrome characterized by three dimensions; these dimensions being emotional exhaustion‚ cynicism and personal inefficacy;
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Material and Labor Trends in the Indian Construction Industry December 2011 Table of Contents O Overview of the Indian Construction Industry 1 2 SWOT & Porters’ Five Force Analysis of Indian Construction 3 Cost Break Up of Construction 4 Material – Supply-Demand Dynamics & Price Trends 5 Alternate Building Material Awareness & Usage Levels 6 a The Application of Innovative & Cost-Effective Building Technologies across India 7 Labor Outlook‚ Triggers
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ambulance and sometimes a coroner called to the jobsite. Road Construction Safety[edit] The United States has over 4 trillion miles of road‚ over 65% of which is paved. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 created over 12‚600 road construction projects‚ over 10‚000 of which are currently in progress.[12] Workers in highway work zones are exposed to a variety of hazards and face risk of injury and death from construction equipment as well as passing motor vehicles. Workers on foot are
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0969-9988.htm The health and safety impact of construction project features H&S impact of CPFs Patrick Manu School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences‚ City University London‚ London‚ UK 65 Nii Ankrah School of Technology‚ University of Wolverhampton‚ Wolverhampton‚ UK David Proverbs Faculty of Environment and Technology‚ University of the West of England‚ Bristol‚ UK‚ and
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IMPACT OF MOTIVATION ON WORKERS ’ PRODUCTIVITY IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Ayodeji Olatunji Aiyetan1 and A. O. Olotuah2 1 Department of Quantity Surveying‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Akure 34001‚ Nigeria Department of Architecture‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Akure 34001‚ Nigeria 2 This is a research on the relationship between motivation and performance of workers in the Nigerian construction industry. It identifies a number of motivational schemes that enhance
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