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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"subcontractor"”.
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Subcontractor bidding strategy
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, 1975
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Implementation of supplier management in a defense subcontractor
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1995.
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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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An investigation into developing productive construction environments to improve quality performance in Australian building construction
… lack of attention to improvements at subcontractor level has contributed to limited success to date in effecting actual change in construction projects. This research aimed to enhance quality performance focusing on fostering a customer-supplier relationship between trade …
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Computerised scheduling and control of residential housing projects
… 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 projects. The scheduling …
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Decision-making in the selection of domestic subcontractors
… utilised by main contractors when selecting subcontractors. In Part 1 the types of subcontractor employed are defined, similarly the reasons why subcontractors are used, and the size and importance of this service to the construction industry. The latest JCT Standard Form of Building Contract …
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Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) Participation in Public Procurement
… the use of community benefit clauses; the use of subcontractor considerations; and the use of pre-commercial procurement (PCP) procedures” has on SME participation. A cross-border comparative case-study approach is adopted to examine the inclusion of social criteria and innovative procedures in …
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An investigation of the relationship between main construction and subcontractors in the Zambian construction industry
… a poor relationship between main contractors and subcontractors can be seen as a notorious contributor affecting construction works. The study aimed at investigating the relationship between the main contractors and subcontractors in the Zambian construction industry and recommend a framework that …
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An investigation of the relationship between main construction and subcontractors in the Zambian construction industry
… a poor relationship between main contractors and subcontractors can be seen as a notorious contributor affecting construction works. The study aimed at investigating the relationship between the main contractors and subcontractors in the Zambian construction industry and recommend a framework that …
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Incentive Mechanism Design for Systems with Many Agents: A Multiscale Decision Theory Approach
… can be used by a contractor to motivate a subcontractor to verify its design when the subcontractor prefers not to do so. We extend this two-firm model to a general multi-firm network model for verification coordination and incentivization. This firm network resembles the inter-firm …
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Lean production, subcontracting, and industrial development: The case of the Brazilian automobile industry
… There may be many such tiers of principal-subcontractor relations. Contracts and relations between the principal and supplier are long-term, and thus allow for free exchange of information and the development of highly specific assets. The principal and supplier firms maintain an …
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Understanding the risk in South African construction projects - a case of the Western Cape
… as follows: labour, material, selected subcontractor, programme and scheduling and client. Originality/Value: The research represents one of the few attempts to understand construction risks utilising the RGT, thus forming a valued contribution to the project management database.
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An analysis of long-term agreements with suppliers in Lockheed Martin's commercial satellite systems division
… long-term agreement, subcontract, Lockheed, subcontractor, LTA, satellite supply chain, contracts.
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Mitigating the risk of a new workforce by reducing rework and rightsizing on hand inventory
… site, since the original part was installed by a subcontractor. To meet the immediate replacement need, test personnel remove an already installed part from an aircraft upstream in final assembly at the same location. The thesis includes a case study to demonstrate a binomial demand model to …
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Integrated influential factors (iifs) model of internal stakeholders as an adaptive control system to curb projects completion delay in Yemen
… these 7 groups studied, while contractor, owner, subcontractor, designer and supplier have significant effect on delay, consultant and labour were not supported. Based on the path co-efficient value however, the most significant category is ‘contractor influential factors’. The implication of this …
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Subcontracts in the UK construction industry : an investigation into the root causes of disputes
… disputes between main contractors and subcontractors are a widespread occurrence. The cost of disputes is significant; they reduce profits, affect productivity, are often time consuming, and damage relationships, sometimes irrevocably. Empirical exploration of the root causes of …
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A critique of participatory development in Pakistan
… the macro level forces in particular, made it a 'subcontractor' carrying out its activities without following the required process of structural transformation.Furthermore, the study found that participatory development has lost its critical edge over the earlier development theories as a result …
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A Framework for Construction-Driven Designs
… the key stakeholders such as contractor, major subcontractors and equipment vendors, and operations and maintenance personnel at the appropriate time in the design. This research presents the framework which addresses the key areas needed to develop construction-driven designs such as (1) …
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The impact of corporate social responsibility on construction workers
… to subcontract out the work to a supply chain of subcontractors, who may further outsource the work to subbies and agency workers. This results in a fragmented employment structure with an indirect employment relationship between the contractor and workers on the construction sites. Employees are …
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Using bar codes to improve labor and equipment tracking in the construction industry
… the effect of implementation on a single subcontractor in a single trade. The potential ramifications of industry wide use of such a system are similar in scope to what the grocery industry experienced in the late 1970's and early 1980's as a result of implementing bar code technology to …
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