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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"construction work"”.
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Using Simulation to Quantify the Impacts of Changes In Construction Work
Work changes are alterations to the original scope of a contract. Work changes are inevitable in a typical construction project due to the complex nature of the construction industry. It is not possible to foresee these changes at the pre-construction or bidding stages. The changes may affect …
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Enhancing state energy production : construction work in progress in energy infrastructure projects
… the difference in cost recovery mechanisms for construction projects, which significantly affects the scale and timing of infrastructure investments. This paper examines a specific cost recovery mechanism, Construction Work in Progress (CWIP), and evaluates its role in supporting timely and …
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A Connected Work Zone Hazard Detection System for Highway Construction Work Zones
Roadway construction workers have to work in close proximity to construction equipment as well as high-speed traffic, exposing them to an elevated risk of collisions. This research aims to develop an innovative holistic solution to reduce the risk of collisions at roadway work zones. To this end, a …
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Korea's overseas construction work and its impact on the Korean economy 1965-1984
The Korean overseas construction industry played a significant role in enabling Korea to make a spectacular leap from being one of the world's poorest countries in the early 1960s to become one of the newly industrialising countries by the early 1980s. The overseas construction industry's …
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Regulatory and Financial Aspects of the Utility Industry Rate Treatment of Construction Work in Progress
Growth in utility construction programs has focused attention on the methods used by utilities to obtain the earnings needed to pay investors for the use of funds for construction expenditures.
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A review of construction work sampling methods and an investigation into their use in South Africa
Work sampling had its origin in industrial engineering; however, its use in construction has increased greatly during the 1970's and 1980's. Research would suggest that most of the innovation in this field is taking place in the United States. The basic methods of Work Sampling have been developed …
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Tool For Calculating User Delay Cost Associated With Urban Arterial Construction Zone
Roadway construction work zone imposes travel delay on the road users. The monetary cost of the delay is called user delay cost (UDC). Limited work has been done on quantifying UDC in Canada and their focus were rural highways. If there is a realistic estimate of UDC, it could lead to less schedule …
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Understanding Underlying Risks and Socio-technical Challenges of Human-Wearable Robot Interaction in the Construction Industry
The construction industry, one of the largest employers of labor in the United States, has long suffered from health and safety issues relating to work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Back-related injuries are one of the most prevalent of all musculoskeletal disorders in the construction …
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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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Evaluation of kickback energies in abrasive chain saws and cut-off saws: a theoretical and experimental study
Abrasive chain saws and cut-off saws used in construction work are not currently kickback regulated even though fatal kickbacks occur with them. Kickback regulation has been in place for wood chain saws since the 1980's, but it is inadequate for regulating abrasive power saws as they have a …
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One-man video verite: thoughts on Scenes from underground
… for an expository 16mm film on the Red Line construction work occurring alongside Harvard University in Harvard Square. It then t ells of how the influence of one-person cinema verite filmmaking resulted in the similar use of light-weight video tape recording equipment, and the subsequent …
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Towards a model of stimulants and obstacles to individual creativity in construction
… that might account for successful innovation in construction is the workenvironment for creative thinking and idea generation. This dissertation aims toidentify potential stimulants and obstacles in the construction work environment thatinfluence creative behaviour.The research presented here is …
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Information technology planning framework for Japanese general contractors
… impact on the Architectural/Engineering/Construction (A/E/C) industry. However, the issue of whether A/E/C organizations are receiving adequate returns from their IT investments remains an important managerial concern. Recently, Pefia-Mora, Vadhavkar, Perkins, and Weber introduced a …
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Acceptance of silent piling technology among local authorities in Malaysia
… relies on the conventional method. However, the construction work sometimes contributed to some bad effects such as noise and vibration disturbance. Silent piling technology is the new piling method used in construction activities in Malaysia. This technology offers a very good future for …
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Acceptance of silent piling technology among local authorities in Malaysia
… relies on the conventional method. However, the construction work sometimes contributed to some bad effects such as noise and vibration disturbance. Silent piling technology is the new piling method used in construction activities in Malaysia. This technology offers a very good future for …
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A Geographical Exploration of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
… of one parent families, and certain occupational work- forces: waste management, accommodation and tourism, and construction work-forces. Conversely, negatively correlated factors consisted of the presence of newer buildings (1990 and newer), apartment buildings, and the proportion of people …
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Optimal Substation Coverage for Phasor Measurement Unit Installations
… which if carefully placed throughout the network, either maximize observability or completely observe subject to different constraints. Now due to improved technology and digital relays serving a dual use as relay & PMU, the cost of the PMU device itself is not the largest portion of the …
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Construction crew design : a lean approach
… CREW DESIN: A LEAN APPROACHByNaveen NerwalConstruction work is executed by a variety of speciality trades, using group of workers commonly known as crews. Performance of these crews is very crucial to the work being executed and consequently for the overall project performance. Yet …
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Computerised scheduling and control of residential housing projects
… newly developed algorithms for scheduling the construction work of subcontractors in repetitive housing activities and for tracking and control of housing construction. The model considers a number of practical factors commonly encountered in scheduling and control process of these type of …
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Safety activity analysis framework to evaluate safety performance in construction
The construction work environment remains one of the most hazardous worldwide. As a result of dangerous working environments, construction workers often face safety and health risks throughout the construction process. However, it is worth noting that an emphasis on construction safety has …
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