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Showing 1 to 20 of 106 for “"Building industry"”.
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Factors Affecting Maintenance Labour Productivity in the Building Industry
… Centred Maintenance (RCM) could be applied to building systems, in this case to the maintenance of Rainwater Goods to identify the most applicable and cost effective maintenance strategy. As a result it was found that while 60% of failure modes identified could be rectified by employing a …
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Control of parts : parts making in the building industry
… have, when trying to improve conventional house building practices. However, the tool is more generally useful to product manufacturers, building industry researchers, historians of technology, and designers who need accurate descriptions of value added flows of any parts making enterprise, to …
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In search of optimal contracts in the construction building industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1989.
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Anticipating the market for technological innovations in the home building industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1987.
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Foreign investment in the building industry in Kuwait : a system dynamics approach
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, 1981.
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Strategic decisions in the home building industry : factors related to competitive advantage
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1987.
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The occupational mobility of black workers in the Witwatersrand building industry from 1960 with some reference to the occupational mobility of the Coloured people in the western Cape building industry
… in the labour market structure of one specific industry and to describe the dynamics of adjustments resulting from the shortages of White artisan labour. Attention is to be given to the strains in the labour market and the resultant process of adjustment through government intervention or …
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Embodied carbon: A framework for prioritizing and reducing emissions in the building industry
… issues in modern times, and the construction industry is known to be one of the largest contributors to carbon emissions—one of the key causes of climate change. Embodied carbon emissions of buildings are an often overlooked, but significant, influencer of a building’s overall carbon …
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Financial intermediation and real estate development : a new paradigm for the home building industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1994.
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The development of leading indicators for the South African building industry using qualitative and quantitative data
The building industry is complex, diversified, and labour-intensive. These aspects, together with its inherent instability, are analysed. Improved forecasting methods can assist in economic planning within the industry and formulation of public policy. Economic stabilisation policies can benefit …
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Systemic barriers to a future transformation of the building industry from a buyer controlled to a seller driven industry: an analysis of key systemic variables in the building industry, such as 'procurement model', 'buyer perception', 'production mode',
It has always been a mystery, why the Danish building industry stagnated after the industrial breakthrough, and never was able to adapt the industrial production, business culture, buyer perception, and leadership and management, used in nearly all other Danish industries. This study offers a new …
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An investigation into quality assurance with respect to the management of quality in the South African building industry
… cont a ins a descriptive research concerning the Building Industry in South Africa and Quality Assurance. The study identifies the Building Industry and investigates the process of quality management. The thesis does not attempt to solve any problems in the industry but shows the need for the …
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Breaking new ground in building green : the role of city policy and regulation in a building industry market transformation
… natural resources, including energy and water, buildings have been identified as a key component of America's, and the world's, drain on these finite resources. However, changing building practices that have been the norm for more than a century has proven to be a difficult task, with many …
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An assessment of the effectiveness of the government's procurement policies, with respect to the small-scale building industry in KwaZulu-Natal
Submitted in fulfilment of the academic requirements for the Masters in Technology: Construction Management, Durban Institute of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2004.
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Green vs. sustainable: analyzing and expanding LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design)
… including new socio-economic indicators in green building rating systems in order to promote innovative practices in the building planning, design, construction and operations by introducing a broader definition of sustainability in the building industry. It provides a comparative analysis of the …
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