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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Construction Professionals"”.
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An investigation into the interaction between potential building clients and construction professionals
… interaction process between building clients and construction professionals. The context of the interaction is the first meeting between the parties to discuss a potential construction project. The objective of the research was to determine whether clients, with differing levels of construction …
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An investigation into the interaction between potential building clients and construction professionals
… interaction process between building clients and construction professionals. The context of the interaction is the first meeting between the parties to discuss a potential construction project. The objective of the research was to determine whether clients, with differing levels of construction …
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Identifying the Economic Barriers to CLT Cost Estimation Among Building Construction Professionals
… of alternative materials in commercial construction. CLTs are not included in these current cost estimation tools and software packages which may be limiting the potential use of CLT in construction. The purpose of this study was to discover if cost estimation is being used to make …
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Development of a building information modelling (BIM) migration path model for construction professionals
The construction professionals have the notion that by implementing Building Information Modelling (BIM) in construction could overcome problems such as delay, cost overrun, clashes in project design and undesirable quality in construction. However, they failed to take the advantages of the BIM …
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The costs of traditional construction methods against modular construction methods in South Africa: the perception of construction professionals
This study aims to gain insight into how construction professionals in South Africa perceive the cost of construction with regards to modular construction methods versus traditional construction methods. This study aims to compare the benefits and drawbacks of modular construction versus …
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Developing framework for the reconstruction of housing for the internally displaced people due to conflict
… aims at developing a framework for the reconstruction of housing for internally displaced people (IDP) due to conflict. In so doing, relevant literature including the ones relating to the different types of approaches utilisedutilised for the reconstruction of housing for IDPs was …
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Controlling the cost of workers' compensation in construction: making the pieces fit
The costs related to workers compensation in the construction industry are rising every year, with no end in sight. Construction professionals can no longer afford to wait for others to solve the problem through new legislation or rate control. Controlling workers’ compensation costs is a puzzle …
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Regulatory framework for adjudicators in the Malaysian construction industry
… Kingdom when it enacted the Housing, Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (HGCRA 1996) in 1998, the enactment of the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPA 2012) in 2014 is expected to improve the cash flow problems in the construction industry in Malaysia. …
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An evaluation of the impacts of climate change on residential buildings in the United Kingdom
… interviews with ten experts in the UK construction industry. The interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis and NVivo (V.14) software. The findings showed interrelationships between climate change drivers, changes to the climate system, building factors (such as …
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DEFINING AND EVALUATING AGILE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR REDUCING TIME DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION
… have triggered the demand for rapid delivery of construction projects, or at a minimum, for projects completed on schedule. However, schedule delays are common and recurring in construction, inevitably resulting in rework, cost overruns and legal claims. As projects become increasingly …
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Towards a risk management framework for Libyan house-building projects
… are commonplace throughout the 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 …
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Efficient water management in building: an approach to promote sustainable building construction in India.
… plus the amount of water needed for the building construction (direct embodied water (DEW)). For a building with an operational period of fifty years, this EW can constitute almost 35% of the total building water footprint. India is currently under an urban boom that has resulted in an increased …
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A geometria na construção Civil: uma aplicação em sala de aula.
… model of a house, considering the knowledge of professionals who did not have high school. The research was accomplish with students of first year of High School Tercílio Cruz in Tacima city, Paraiba, for that we use authors to support us in consults about Manipulative Materials like Fiorentini …
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Lean Construction as an innovative approach for minimising risks in Mega-Construction projectsin the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
… two decades have witnessed a rapid increase in construction projects within developing countries in the Middle Eastern Gulf region. This coincides with the governments' announcements regarding substantially increased spending on the improvement of infrastructure. Despite this increase, …
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Risk management system to guide building construction projects’ in developing countries: a case study of Nigeria
… the technical performance of a building construction project. Construction projects often face a lot of uncertainties, which places building construction projects at the risk of cost, time overruns as well as poor quality delivery. Considering the limited resources of developing …
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A Novel Approach to Health and Safety in Construction: Culture, Ethics Reasoning and Leadership
Improvements to construction health and safety were driven by primary legislation promulgated in the 1970s and by subsequent regulations, codes and official guidance. In parallel social psychology, management and leadership theories were developing practical means for achieving health and safety …
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The influence of national culture on the preparation,evaluation and negotiation of claimson international construction projects : a constructivist grounded theory
… the commercial complexities of the international construction industry. The catalyst for the research was a challenging construction project in the Gaza Strip 20 years ago which, following the events of the second Intifada, resulted in the need for a series of claims that were prepared, evaluated …
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Impact of COVID-19 on the use of project management methods, tools, and techniques in the construction sector in the Auckland region, New Zealand
The construction sector plays a significant role in New Zealand’s economic growth, making a substantial contribution to the nation's gross domestic product and employment rates. Witnessing the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shortly after its outbreak in November 2019, the construction sector faced …
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Requirement elicitation using knowledge capturing (KC) techniques during the client briefing process for improved client satisfaction in the UK construction industry
… in many business organisations in which the construction industry is a major player. Knowledge management includes the generation, capturing, sharing, transfer, re-use, storage, communication, of knowledge with the aim to improve organisational or project effectiveness. One important factor …
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Influence of human factors on the safety performance in Saudi Arabian construction industry
In Saudi Arabia, the construction industry is inflicted with the occurrence of many accidents. Reports released by the government show that the Saudi Arabian construction industry is responsible for the highest number of accidents as compared to the other industries in the country. Research studies …
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