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Showing 1 to 20 of 198 for “"construction project"”.
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Effective construction project communications
Large construction projects involve numerous participants, many of whom do not participate for the entire duration of the project. Participants often come from very different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In the case of many large projects, the levels of education of these participants also …
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Successful Infrastructure Construction Project Execution
The following research builds on the existing project management success and critical success factor research by focusing on the social mechanisms used by project managers and project teams to achieve success. Through analysis of previous literature five criteria for success are determined and the …
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Heuristics in Construction Project Management
Modern construction projects are delivered in complex, fast pace environments. Stakeholders are required to participate in dynamic project settings with resource constraints, information constraints, and time constraints. To overcome gaps in knowledge, to deliver decisions quickly, and to overcome …
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Construction Project Selection Under Risk: Market Model Approach
This study develops a construction project selection model under conditions of risk, and provides guidance for its implementation. The model consists of three parts. Part I selects an appropriate objective for the model based on shareholder's expected equity maximization, and examines some …
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Emotional Antecedents Of Alcohol Use: A Scale Construction Project
The purpose of the present study was to develop a measure of the Emotional Antecedents of Alcohol Use (EAAU) and investigate its psychometric properties. Focus groups and three pilot studies were conducted to develop and define the construct of alcohol consumption as a means of emotion regulation. …
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Knowledge Discovery and Machine Learning in Construction Project Databases
A KDD framework was developed to convert construction project data into knowledge. This paper shows the nine steps in the KDD process: (i) understanding and defining the problem, (ii) collecting data, (iii) exploring data, (iv) cleaning data, (v) enhancing data, (vi) selecting data attributes, …
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Critical management practices in reducing construction project on-site waste
Rapid development in construction industry has led to the increasing of the construction waste in Malaysia. Improper construction waste management practice had caused adverse impacts towards environment, social and economy. This study seeks to identify the critical management practices in reducing …
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An Integrated Life-Cycle Information Framework for Construction Project Management
To verify and validate ICIM, ICIM-S (Integrated Construction Information Management System) was developed by using an object-oriented programming language (OOP) and database management system (OODBMS). ICIM-S was implemented with data from two case studies. Through the implementation of ICIM-S, …
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An investigation into the impact of culture on construction project performance
… continued to deplore the poor performance of the construction industry with many projects failing to exceed or live up to the expectations of clients. There is a common belief that the culture of the construction industry is one of the factors that has an impact on its performance. The culture of …
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An investigation into the accident causal influence of construction project features
The United Kingdom (UK) construction industry is one of the worst industries in the UK in terms of health and safety (H&S) performance. Numerous injuries, deaths, dangerous occurrences and work related illnesses are reported annually in the industry, and these are associated with huge economic and …
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Study on mitigation factors for controlling cost overrun in construction project
The construction industry plays an influential role in the socio-economy of a country. In Malaysia also, the construction industry is one of essential industry participating significantly in the growth of socio-economic development. The construction industry in Malaysia are still facing a …
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External factors affecting construction project performance in Iraq using pestle factors
Construction industry is extremely dynamic sector and plays an important role in developing economy of a country, and in contribution to economic growth. However, construction projects face several risks that limit their progress, which frequently have negative effect on overall project performance …
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A study of the innovation process within the construction project environment
… the low levels of innovation observed within the construction industry have been identified as potentially threatening the long-term future and sustainability of the industry. The root of the problem centres not on its idea generation or creativity capabilities, but on an inability to implement …
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Development of an integrated framework for satisfaction assessment of construction project teams
… emphasised on the need for customer focus and project satisfaction in the construction industry sector. The industry, however, has not fully embraced the practice of project satisfaction, which is grounded on meeting the needs of the customer. Though most research on project satisfaction has …
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Risk assessment of time and cost overrun factors throughout construction project lifecycle
Construction industry is a very important industry for the economic development of the country. However, this industry has been facing serious problems i.e. failure to complete projects within stipulated time and cost. Hence, the aim of this study is to assess the risk of various factors that cause …
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Integration of building information modelling (BIM) with materials management in construction project
Construction industry in Malaysia still lags behind other industries in terms of implementation of information technology. Materials management needs adequate consideration in complex construction projects due to the involvement of several elements of project. Hence, late delivery of materials can …
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Project performance diagnostics : a model for assessing construction project performance in Nigeria
Construction Projects are notorious for demonstrating poor performance and under achievement as usually indicated by project objectives. Project managers in the construction industry are faced with many research suggestions in literatures to improve performance but there are confusion in the …
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Risk level of factors causing construction waste generation throughout construction project life cycle
The construction industry has an adverse impact on the environment from the wastes generated during construction work. The amount of wastes generated increases yearly due to rapid economic growth worldwide which includes Malaysia. Due to waste generation, one of the major issues faced is the …
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Improvement of relationship between main contractor and subcontractor for successful construction project implementation
… main contractor and subcontractor to deliver the construction project within the time, quality and cost are important in the construction industry. The success of the construction project depends on the subcontractors because they are the party that execute the technical and the operation of the …
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