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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Public construction"”.
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Understanding social value creation in public construction projects using systems thinking
… and the UK where this interest was shown via public policy documents and governmental initiatives to create social value as part of the procurement activities of construction projects. This encouraged construction client organisations to use their buying power to create value for their local …
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Influence of formal and informal institutions on outsourcing of public construction projects in Uganda.
… examines how the process of outsourcing of public construction (OPC) projects is influenced by institutions and why. Extant literature focuses on explaining how outsourcing through competition improves efficiency with limited treatment of how institutions actually influence the OPC projects. …
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Improving the achievement of value for money in construction procurement under the Nigerian Public Procurement Act (2007)
… enacted an Act of Parliament known as the Public Procurement Act (PPA 2007) to govern the public-sector procurements. The PPA (2007) amongst other objectives, aims to achieve value for money on government procurements. However, opinions from the existing body of knowledge suggest that the …
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Enhancing existing health and safety processes in public sector construction projects within Saudi Arabia using building information modelling approaches
… (H&S) outcomes the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) public construction sector demonstrate the need for academic and practical assessment of the current environment for the purpose of improving outcomes. Even though the construction public sector in Saudi Arabia has been rapidly expanding, the H&S …
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Nudging contracting firms rivals within municipal road projects in Saudi Arabia to bid competitively
… been proposed to tackle bid-rigging practices in public procurement, which are based on reducing opportunities for such illicit arrangements. Maximising the number of market players is one of the most prevalent measures suggested in previous studies. However, there has been little empirical …
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An investigative study on the relationship between organizational factors and knowledge management effectiveness in UAE public organizations: the case study of Abu Dhabi
… Management Effectiveness (KME) in Abu Dhabi public organizations. The literature indicates that these factors are widely used to explore KME in construction organizations, but little analysis has been undertaken for UAE public construction companies. The government of Abu Dhabi regulates …
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Development of a BIM and LEAN construction process protocol for the construction industry in Kuwait: from a client perspective
… there are substantial development plans for the construction industry; however,this is not without obstacles, as it suffers from problems and faces many challenges that haveled to poor performance in the industry. This research focuses on the public sector as a sectorthat could bring innovation …
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The impact of compensation on public sector construction workers in Jigawa state of Nigeria
… allowance has no influence on the attraction of public construction workers in Jigawa state of Nigeria. Consequently, a framework was developed to reflect the factors that emerged for improving the motivation, job satisfaction, attraction and retention of the and equally address the pay disparity …
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BIM-enabled recommendations for digital handover process in the highways sector
… among the top priorities of the government and public agencies (e.g. Highways England). The public highways agencies have huge data sets related to asset management and maintenance. However, those data sets are usually held in disparate platforms and have been historically developed using …
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Cost overrun causality model in Saudi Arabian public sector construction projects.
Construction performance in Saudi public projects has been poor over the years, with 70% of projects considered as failures and costing the country over 1 trillion SAR (over £202 billion) between 2005 and 2015. The project delivery mechanism used to deliver construction projects is one of the main …