in Construction Operations Seung Heon Han‚ M.ASCE1; Myung Jin Chae‚ Ph.D.‚ P.E.2; Keon Soon Im‚ P.E.3; and Ho Dong Ryu4 Abstract: Many researchers and project managers have attempted to improve project performance by applying new philosophies such as lean principle‚ just-in-time‚ pull scheduling‚ and last planner. However‚ very little research has been conducted on setting definite quantitative goals for performance improvement while considering the defect rate involved in the construction operations
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managers in the Chinese construction industry Jun Ying Liu a‚*‚ Sui Pheng Low b a b Department of Construction Management‚ Tianjin University‚ Tianjin 300072‚ PR China Department of Building‚ National University of Singapore‚ Singapore 117566‚ Singapore Received 13 December 2009; received in revised form 26 January 2010; accepted 28 January 2010 Abstract Project managers in the construction industry‚ play an important role in achieving project objectives. Construction involves a demanding
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Turner Construction Company Questions 1. What are are the various types of contingency funds? How do they work? Do you think this approach to contingency funds is adequate? Overkill? 2. What is Turner’s business strategy towards their clients? How is it different from their competitors? What is your opinion of this strategy? What are its strengths and weaknesses? What could invalidate Turner’s business strategy? 3. Evaluate the IOR system and related reports and meetings.
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for The Construction of Residential Buildings in Sarawak Signature of author : Date : 20 July 2012 ABSTRACT Industrialized Building System (IBS) is defined as products‚ systems and techniques used in making construction less labour-oriented‚ faster as well as quality controlled. It was introduced to Malaysia to solve issues associated with dependencies of foreign workers‚ raising demand of affordable accommodations and improving image‚ quality and productivity of construction industry
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How can Fleet Management Software Help Construction Companies? Meta description: Construction companies can attain their goals readily via a fleet management software. Have a glimpse of the benefits of installing software in the construction industry GPS technology has undoubtedly revolutionized the world we live in just like the mobile phones. And GPS is now implemented in almost all fields like scientific research‚ fleet management‚ safety concerns‚ healthcare and even leisure activities. Nevertheless
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Financial Costs of Construction Accidents and the Role of Quantity Surveyor in Safety Investment Zulaila Binti Ramlan Universiti Teknologi Mara ella261281@yahoo.com Hasni Binti Hasan Universiti Teknologi Mara hasnihasan69@yahoo.com Wan Norlidawani Binti Wan Hassan Universiti Teknologi Mara lida_wani@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Keywords: financial cost‚ construction accidents‚ quantity surveyor‚ safety investment 1. Introduction Traditionally‚ cost‚ quality and time
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Science 46 (2008) 709–727 www.elsevier.com/locate/ssci Critical success factors influencing safety program performance in Thai construction projects Thanet Aksorn *‚ B.H.W. Hadikusumo Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management‚ School of Civil Engineering‚ Asian Institute of Technology‚ Pathumthani‚ Thailand Abstract It is well known that construction projects have many work-related accidents and injuries. In recent year‚ to overcome such safety problems‚ safety program implementation
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ITO 1 Individual Assignment Social Construction and Social Shaping of Technology Course Tutors: Professor Brain Bloomfield & Professor Theo Vurdubakis Submitted by: Amit Tewari Student Id: 30646848 Abstract Theories of social construction of technology provide ways to identify the influence of society in development of technologies. What do we mean when we say that technology is socially constructed? This paper explaining the theory of social construction of technology and providing with some
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ASSIGNMENT OF IST 530 SCOT & SST Yu Fu Oct 18‚ 2013 Social construction of Technology[1]‚ often abbreviated as SCOT‚ advocates that the social environment influences the development of a technology‚ which is opposed to what technological determinism. To grasp the core spirit of SCOT‚ we need to understand the following basic elements of SCOT. SCOT emphasize on the impact of Relevant Social Groups‚ which are not confined to the group that develops the technology‚ but also other groups that
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Construction revolves around different activities culminating into a constructed facility borne out of the wish and desire of the client. A construction project is completed as a result of the combination of many events and interactions‚ planned or unplanned‚ over the life of a facility‚ with changing participants and processes in a constantly changing environment (Saqib‚ Farooqui and Lodi‚ 2008). The growth of towns has accelerated as
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