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Emerging trends of the owner-contractor relationship for capital facility projects: from the contractor perspective
… emerging trends and the changing nature of the contractor-owner relationship for capital facility projects from the contractor perspective. Specifically, this document will focus on how the outcome of capital facility projects are affected by human resources practices, and the management …
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Maintenance in a contractor organization:a practical approach
A model for optimizing the assignment of maintenance actions for a piece of equipment is developed in the thesis. The model considers the detectability and the criticality of component failure in order to assign a maintenance instruction. The thesis also develops the framework for an integrated …
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Early contractor involvement and the team approach
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1989.
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Strategic business planning for the minority contractor
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1992.
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An integrated model of a representative defense contractor
A model of a representative defense contractor is formulated. The model is formulated in segments which correspond to the markets in which the defense contractor operates. The supply of input segment describes the input variables in the model. The manufacturing segment characterizes the defense …
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Documentation requirements for contractor pursuit of delay claims
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.
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Contractor Variability in Construction of Cement Treated Base Layers
<p>The primary purposes of this research were to identify construction factors most correlated to specific mechanical properties of cement-treated base (CTB) layers and to determine which construction factors exhibit comparatively high variability within individual construction sections of the two …
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The effects of competition on defense contractor pricing behavior
… competition on the pricing behavior of defense contractors. Prior research in this area has indicated a potential for significant price reductions associated with competition. Pricing data for five dual source subsystems of the AIM-9M Sidewinder missile were examined. Key findings of the study …
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Rethinking Operator-Contractor Risk Allocation in a post-Macondo Era
… during drilling operations drive operators and contractors to use contracting practices such as mutual indemnity agreements to allocate risks. The management of these physical exposures is without regard to negligence, and most times, the gross negligence of parties. For obvious reasons, the …
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Contractor Learning and Home Energy Efficiency in Heat Pump Installations
… Center (MassCEC) rebate program. We find that as contractors gain experience, heating systems are downsized at the cost of less hours of displaced fossil-fuel based heating. This learning impact is strongest for homes with a natural gas backup heater, which is the cheapest source of heating in …
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The Contract, the Contractor, and the Capitalization of American Building
… American architecture was built by general contractors. This new type of builder was unknown to US Americans before the Civil War, but by the turn of the twentieth century they commanded a powerful position in the widening gulf between architects and the construction of their buildings. …
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A discriminant model for classifying contractor performance on public works projects
Contractor selection practices in the UK construction industry have long been criticised and presently a divergent range of methods and preferences exists. Albeit, many of the practices adopted comply with good guidance practices and recommendations from construction reports and commentators. This …
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Significant Trade Contractor Performance Characteristics as Evaluated by Big-D Construction
… which aspects, other than price, of trade contractor performance are the most important to the general contractor, Big-D Construction. The impression a trade contractor leaves on the project manager and superintendent provides an indication of their performance. To determine what tasks …
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The Purposes and Evaluation Methods for State Residential General Contractor Licensing
… thought, the true purpose of residential general contractor licensing (as defined by state licensing departments) is not to improve construction quality but to protect the consumer's health and life. The license debate will continue as long as there exists a discrepancy between what the industry …
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A generic model for effective implementation of empowerment in construction contractor organisations
This study addresses reengineering of UK construction (contracting) organisations for continuous business improvement, by the use of the concept of empowerment. The In aim of this research is to develop an implementation model, along with a best practice framework, to assist construction …
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The development of 5D BIM framework to facilitate costing in contractor-led projects
… Cost Protocol (5B-CP) as developed would allow contractors fully utilise BIM facilitating more effective 5D costing in a contractor-led project.
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Improvement of relationship between main contractor and subcontractor for successful construction project implementation
Cooperation between the 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 …
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A Study of Optimum and Near Optimum Contractor Servomechanisms Using Phase Space Techniques
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-04T21:03:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6000153.pdf: 4225193 bytes, checksum: 1f5d7edbef66b100707be1eb15e0ecca (MD5) Previous issue date: 1959
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Business plan for a general contractor in the New York City public sector
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.
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