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Showing 1 to 20 of 91 for “"Building projects"”.
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Organizational analysis of building projects
… are applied to the organization of construction projects. This is done by proposing a framework for modelling the whole process of building procurement. This consists of a framework for describing the environments within which construction projects take place. This is followed by the development …
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A conceptual cost estimating computer system for building projects
… the construction costs of any commercial building that also can be used for residential buildings if a reduction factor of 20 to 30 percent is considered. The methodology utilizes tools available between hands, Access 97 the database member of Microsoft Office 97 family and Visual Basic …
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Towards a risk management framework for Libyan house-building projects
… world in the construction industry. Libyan House-Building Projects (LHBP) experience the same dilemma and often to a greater extent. This is attributed to both unexpected and expected factors in which risk and uncertainty were not effectively dealt with. A focus on risk management is therefore …
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A framework for evaluating material management performance in Jordanian concrete building projects.
… the increasing number and types of large-scale projects currently being undertaken, and also increased the use of building materials and the requirement for effective and efficient materials management services to ensure overall construction process performance. Studies have indicated that …
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Development of a process model for the design stage of building projects
… reflects the management of the process on a building project. CONBPS focuses on projects which use the traditional procurement strategy and JCT 80 standard form of contract. Firstly, a theoretical construction plan of work has been developed for the whole design and construction cycle. This …
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Mitigation measures for critical factors causing cost overrun in Malaysian building projects
… problem of cost overrun. Like other countries, building projects in Malaysia are also affected by cost overrun. There are various factors contributing to cost overrun in building projects and it is vital to understand how they can be mitigated in order to improve cost performance in building …
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Validation of the Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) for MIT building projects
… between PDRI scores and Cost performance of the projects (R² = 0.957) than previous validation efforts. The projects used for validation purposes have been developed by MIT for its Capital Project effort that started officially in the year 2000. While the results are recommended to be applied to …
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Effective use of integration mechanisms for complex projects : an empirical analysis of building projects
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1999.
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A holistic conceptual model for managing construction logistics in building projects: the case of Iran
… utilising logistic management in their projects. In construction, logistics is about the mobilisation of different types of resources to feed the project with the required materials and components at the right time, in the right place, right quantity and right quality. To do so, a new …
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Developing an Integrated Design Support Framework to Enable Mass-Customisation in Multi-Storey Timber Building Projects
The building industry has adopted mass-customisation (MC) strategies to address efficiency issues associated with the customised nature of this sector. Multi-storey apartment buildings constitute a large segment of the Australian building sector, which possesses significant potential for MC. MC …
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A model for predicting the performance of project managers in mass house building projects in Ghana
… of project managers (PMs) in mass house building projects (MHBPs) in Ghana. A literature review of the significance of performance measures in the HRM genre is first presented including an evaluation of the methodologies for measuring the performance of PMs. This is followed by a review …
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Social network analysis of knowledge transfer in sustainable office building projects in the UK and Germany
… in an increased complexity of construction projects with a more divergent set of actors involved. A seamless transfer of knowledge between these actors is required. The gap between the performance of green buildings as designed and as built could be interpreted as an indication that this …
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A case study of the construction industry labor force and the effects on future building projects
… in the United States, and its effects on future building projects. A two-part case study, comparing a building project and its required labor force from the early 1990s, with a theoretical project and its labor force in the year 2000, was used as the basis for this research. Cost analyses, labor …
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Constructing sustainability: connecting the social and the technical in a case study of school building projects
… its translation into practice in English school building programmes during the period 2000-2010. Social power theory is used to analyse the complex network of decisions, and their consequences, through case studies of policy development and of building projects. The thesis describes how the …
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Modelling cost and time performance of public building projects in a terror impacted area of Nigeria
… factors on the production performance of public building projects in north eastern Nigeria and whether a predictive model could be devised in assessing this impact. The global poor performances of construction project cost and time, coupled with a dearth of studies into using machine learning …
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An evaluation of how VfM can be achieved from a government’s perspective in relation to school building projects in Ireland
… and build (D&B) procurement route for school building projects where appropriate to satisfy this rapid need for new schools. This GRD option aim is for the DoE to produce standard designs which design consultants, then use to design and construct a school building. The D&B option involves …
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Risk management in the cost planning and control of building projects : the case of the quantity surveying profession in Kenya
… in the cost planning and cost control of building projects in Kenya. The quantity surveying professional in Kenya is faced with poor access to the recorded cost data needed for preparing final building cost estimates and for budget prediction. This shortcoming is exacerbated by the passive …
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"The dangerous edge of things" : Paris, les Halles: A study of the integration of building projects into an existing urban fabric.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Thesis. 1972. M.Arch.
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