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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Residential Construction"”.
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Reducing residential construction costs : a comparison of residential construction costs in the Boston metropolitan area
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1989.
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Diffusion of residential construction innovations in Colombia
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998.
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Use of composite environmental indicators in residential construction
… in August 2005, fifty percent of New Orleans residential housing was destroyed or severely damaged. A systems model is being developed at MIT for promoting resource efficient housing in New Orleans. The model attempts to capture the urban metabolism of the city by tracking the material and …
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Accelerated methods of residential construction : prefabrication re-evaluated
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994.
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Abandoned project restoration model (APRM) for residential construction projects
Incompletion of construction projects is a common phenomenon in Malaysia. Project abandonment has given an adverse consequences to the economy, society and environment. In the best interest of the end users and other parties involved in the contract, the best resolution for this abandoned projects …
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THE ORGANIZATION OF WORK IN RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION (NEW HAMPSHIRE)
… over the basic decisions of production, because residential construction in New Hampshire remains organized under the structure of the formal subordination of labor to capital. This organization of the industry is established in two empirical chapters, based on in-depth interviews with a small …
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Strategic issues in stresskin foam panels for residential construction
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1990.
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Commercialization for Innovative Products in the Residential Construction Industry
… commercialization of innovative products in the residential construction industry. It is the aim of this work to identify commercialization decisions, actions, risks, barriers and accelerators specific to the residential construction industry market that will increase the acceptance of product …
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Development of performance sections for cold-formed steel residential construction
The wider use of cold-formed steel framing is hindered by the lack of generic sections. This study puts forth an effort to develop a performance section designation code without specifying the geometry of the sections. A PC-based program to analyze C-section was developed and used to produce …
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Potential of cross laminated timber in single family residential construction
… to steel and concrete in large building construction projects, but is seen as uncompetitive for smaller scale projects, especially light frame wood (LFW) residential construction. The purpose of this study is to provide a detailed comparison of the cost to construct a CLT home versus a …
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Transportation Energy Analysis for Single-Family Residential Construction in California
Transportation Energy Analysis for Single-Family Residential Construction in California Tyler Langley Since the oil crisis of 1973, energy use in the United States of America has been a growing area of concern. Studies have shown that the construction industry is responsible for almost half of all …
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The design of a panelized roof system for residential construction
… income. Innovative building materials and construction technologies have the potential to reduce housing construction costs. One strategy to do this is componentization. There is a longstanding trend towards the increased use of components in U.S. residential construction. One such type of …
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Supporting the Circular Economy in Canadian Residential Construction Design For Deconstruction.
… economic model to a circular one could decrease residential construction’s negative effects on the environment. Buildings need to be designed with the ease of deconstruction in mind to make the circular loop more practical and therefore adopted by the industry. This research aims to identify …
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A panelized roof system for residential construction : development, application, and evaluation
… M.I.T. has proposed a panelized roof system for residential construction. Although the system had been 'developed conceptually and even applied to a proof-of-concept structure prior to the involvement of this author, much of the detailed analysis and investigation had been left undone. This …
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Establishing a Commercialization Model for Innovative Products in the Residential Construction Industry
… as a critical factor in the future health of the construction industry. There is universal interest in successful commercialization of innovative construction products. This thesis focuses on the US construction industry's ability to successfully commercialize innovative products. US small, …
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An Evaluation of Perceived and Observed Safety and Productivity in Residential Construction
The construction industry leads the private sector with the most fatalities of any industry in the United States. With an expected growth of the industry in the next century, safe work environments are imperative. They will impact the bottom line of the industry through the reduction of fatal and …
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Thermal mass performance in residential construction : an energy analysis using a cube model
… regarding the performance of thermal mass construction. The work presents the Cube Model, a simplified model of the single-family home. The model combines simplified geometry and equivalent envelope parameters with accurate climate data and internal loading assumptions. The model first …
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