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Conocimiento, Dirección de Gestión del. "Journal of Construction Engineering & Management." ASCE Library, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655334.
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Aboulezz, Mohamed A. "Mapping the construction engineering and management discipline." Link to electronic thesis, 2003. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-0210103-120659.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Worcester Polytechnic Institute.Keywords: Discipline mapping; Construction engineering and management; Bibliometric study; JME; Research methods. Includes bibliographical references (p.88-91).
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Demacopoulos, Alexander Christos. "International engineering and construction business environments." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52894.
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Yemane, Samiel, and Hjalmar Eriksson. "Projekteringsverktyget “Value Engineering” i byggprojekt." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Jönköping University, JTH, Byggnadsteknik och belysningsvetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-50189.
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Fung, Leung Pik-wah. "Strategic human resources management in a civil engineering/construction company /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1991. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13055045.
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Schwarzüller, Gerhard. "Web hosted management of projects in architecture, engineering and construction." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21640.
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Zucchini, Gianni. "Risk management in tunneling construction." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2012. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/3754/.
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Grasso, Barton. "Benchmarking the Management of Construction Programs." NCSU, 2007. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-03222007-001859/.
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The management of large capital improvement construction programs involves the efforts of both internal staff and external service providers. An understanding of how construction programs are managed, either through internal or external staff, is essential in tracking future trends and determining improvements and best practices in the management process. To address this need a survey was developed by a focus group of industry professionals. The survey was distributed to the membership of a number of professional organizations that represented owners within the construction industry. The survey attempted to determine both the current status of managing a construction program throughout a broad range of demographic characteristics (including the definition of program management) and the hiring of an external program manager. The survey and subsequent analysis that focused on the management of a construction program examined the following key points: role of a program manager, internal capabilities, outsourcing, sourcing strategy, and management costs. The survey and subsequent analysis that focused on hiring an external program manager examined: program management fees, type of firms used in managing a construction program, factors considered when hiring a program manager, and organizational structure. The results of the survey have also been segregated by public and private organizations to denote any differences in the management of public and private construction programs. A key contribution of this research was determining the percentage of outsourcing within each phase of the construction process and the number of service providers considered in the selection process. Also, a multifaceted definition of program management was developed from the research for use in clarifying the concept of program management within construction.
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Jones, Barry Kenneth. "A model for collaborative engineering the construction industry." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.266868.
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Fung, Leung Pik-wah, and 梁碧華. "Strategic human resources management in a civil engineering/construction company." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1991. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31264906.
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Conocimiento, Dirección de Gestión del. "Guía de acceso para Journal of Construction Engineering & Management." ASCE Library, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655334.
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Freeman, John. "Effective construction project communications." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20714.
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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 vary widely, from graduate professionals to labourers with only a basic education. For a project to be developed, executed and handed over to the owner efficiently, the activities and delivered outputs of the project participants need to be coordinated. This requires effective communication to and feedback from all stakeholders. Project communication systems therefore have to take into account the differing backgrounds and information requirements of the participants. The execution of a high proportion of construction projects is negatively affected due to ineffective project communications. This gives rise to the concern that construction project communications can contribute to late or inappropriate actions by participants that can negatively affect project delivery. This informed the research question: "How can project team communication systems be optimised to ensure that all stakeholders have all the information and understanding required to function efficiently, effectively and timeously?" This research study sets out to answer this question. The first objective of this study was to identify the main factors that cause project communications to be ineffective. The second objective was to develop a theory relating to effective project communications systems that could be useful in developing practical solutions to project communication problems.
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Abraham, Gena Lester. "Identification of critical success factors for construction organizations in the Architectural/Engineering/Construction (A/E/C) Industry." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22967.
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Empie, Laurel E. "Measuring and interpreting civil engineering vibrations." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21430.
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Khuris, Hassan. "Sustainable Construction Waste Management System in Saudi Arabia (SCWMS)." Digital Commons at Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School, 2015. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/420.
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A major problem is looming in Saudi Arabia. The problem is a direct result of the ever growing volume of construction waste. Collecting construction waste firms are guilty of dumping waste on undeveloped lands creating a nuisance and public hazard. Landfills in major Saudi cities are nearing capacity. The facilities to sort out recyclable materials from construction waste are nearly non-existent. As a result, materials that could be recycled end up being lost in dumpsite or landfills. The cost of construction materials continues to rise with inflation. There exists opportunities to help contain construction costs, reduce landfill use, and make Saudi Arabia more ecologically compliant by applying a sustainable construction waste system. This opportunity exists in construction waste management system, and how to manage it? Providing a new or revised system will provide a more efficient and effective job in managing construction waste and will resolve many concerns for the citizens of major Saudi Arabian cities.
This paper proposes how multiple problems will be solved by developing and implementing a sustainable system to recycle construction waste and use it in the construction sector. The solution that will be chosen will maximize revenue generation from recycling, provide needed materials to the construction industry for reuse, will minimize landfill use when compared to current methods, and will support a more "green" Saudi Arabia than the current system provides.
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Brougham, William J. (William John) 1965. "Accuracy control risk management for modular submarine hull construction." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80190.
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Thesis (Nav.E.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-94).
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Tedesco, Matthew P. "Strategic change management in ship design and construction." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9851.
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Chan, Po-keung, and 陳保強. "Project management of building services engineering work in Hong Kong building construction industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1989. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31251171.
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Mohamad, Mohamad I. "The application of concurrent engineering philosophy to the construction industry." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1999. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7026.
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The research explores the rationale of applying Concurrent Engineering (CE) philosophy to the construction industry. CE was considered based on its successful implementation in other industries. In the manufacturing industry it is used to overcome problems similar in nature to those of the construction industry, resulting from the practice of the traditional 'over the wall' processes in product design and manufacturing (construction). During the initial stage, the research evaluated current problems faced by the industry, such as the high degree of fragmentation of industry structure and work processes, adversarial elationships among project participants' lack of communication, etc., and its effort to achieve improvement. The research also investigated the theoretical background of CE philosophy, its application in other industries especially in manufacturing, the rationale for its application to construction, and current practices within the construction industry similar to those encompassed within the CE philosophy. CE consists of several basic principles, of which the teamwork was the main focus of this research and is used as the main strategy to achieve CE implementation for construction industry. By using both quantitative and qualitative evaluation, the research determined that there was no evidence to support that CE has been practised in construction as a complete process, as it has in other industries. The research also established a number of factors that support and inhibit collaborative teamwork in construction, and rank them according to their relative importance. The rankings indicate the priorities for the industry in order to achieve collaborative working, which is critical to CE implementation. The main output of the research was the establishment of 'guidelines' for implementing a Cross Functional Project Team (CFPT), i.e. the cross functional teamwork concept based on CE principles, forming the main strategy to implement CE in construction. The 'guidelines' were developed based on the consensus opinion of industry experts using the Delphi study technique. The findings from case studies were used to validate these 'guidelines'. The research also developed a tool known as the Matrix Measurement Guidelines - 'Toward CE in Construction' (MMG-TCEiC) to help the industry to map the process toward achieving a collaborative teamwork concept based on CE environments within construction projects.
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Meraghni, Leila. "An integrated information model for construction materials management." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 1997. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/5596/.
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Wong, Wai-keung. "Project management of building services engineering in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25950071.
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Willmer, Gillian. "Development of risk models for engineering construction projects." Thesis, Online version, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.327826.
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Ndekugri, Issaka E. "Construction contract information management : an integrated systems approach." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1986. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6731.
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Even by 1980 it was observed that software for construction management comprised many independent packages with different programming languages and hardware. By and large, not only were these packages stand alone systems but they were also not suitable for their individual functions. Not only do construction projects increase in complexity but competition and volatile markets also generate pressures for better management and that requires integrated and effective systems. The hypothesis of this research has been that computer technology and systems concepts can be used to develop the necessary tools that will make integration possible and effective. To that end, the following research has been undertaken: * an investigation of the causes of the lack of integration, *a survey of the operations of the management functions, * the specification, development and testing of a computer-based system called PLUS VAL to demonstrate the viability of integration, * an assessment of PLUS VAL. Causes of lack of integration revealed include: * segregated education, training and working of functional groups, * development of software by people without the relevant expertise, * inadequate research and failure to apply research findings due to the structure of the construction industry. A survey of the operations showed: * the various methods of carrying them out, * the flow of data among them, * their interdependencies. The major features of PLUS VAL are: * it assists valuations, purchasing management and cost control, * it can be linked to estimating, planninq and accounting, * it allows quick access to contract information. Its assessment which involved demonstrating it to and interviewing potential users, and comparisons with similar packages commercially available showed that: * It provides all the facilities that the users wanted * It covers all the methods of operations of companies contacted - * It is more comprehensive than those surveyed - * Integration is possible and provides such benefits as: . reduced costs of data capture, . better use of computer storage, . reduced turn around times of data processing, increased data consistency. The results of the research show that the application of computer technology and systems concepts can produce effective integrated systems which not only assists contractors in carrying out their obligations but also provide reliable information for decision-making.
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Lee, Jae Ho, and n/a. "Modeling Computer Integated Construction Site Management." Griffith University. School of Engineering, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040322.132814.
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Construction is one of the most information-dependent industries compared to other sectors. Computers have been used to improve the efficiency of management in most businesses including the construction industry. Treating information efficiently is the key to maintaining an edge over competitors and for success in business. However, in order to succeed, companies must choose a management system that is most suited to their operations. The difficulty about computerization in civil engineering is that the construction industry does not have trained IT experts with Civil engineering or Management background. Although there are many computer applications for project management, almost all the applications required some form of manual modification for updating information. In a construction project, time and accurate information is vitally important in order to accomplish scheduled completion. A small change in plan costs money and time in both the traditional methods as well as current IT applications. The main reason is that there is no direct link between the head office and the regional site office and there is no quick link between site office and site engineers who are out in the field for most of the time. This study proposes the design of an information transfer system to improve construction site management. A Web-based Construction Site Management system called WCSM will be developed. WCSM incorporates some major features including: Integration of Web technology and mobile computing into construction site management and automatic project schedule updates. The performance of WCSM is evaluated through virtual simulations, and comparisons with other relevant applications are reported. These evaluations showed that WCSM required significantly less time, for initial project set up and modifications during project implementation, when compared to MS Project and Micro Planner.
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Edrees, Tarek. "Structural Control and Identification of Civil Engineering Structures." Doctoral thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Byggkonstruktion och -produktion, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-18700.
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In general, the main purpose of a structural control system is to apply powerful control techniques that improve the behaviour of civil structures under various kinds of dynamic loading. The first part of this thesis presents novel applications of posicast and input shaping control schemes that have never previously been applied in the field of structural control. Numerical simulations of a benchmark three-story building with an MR damper are used to verify the efficiency of the proposed control theories. The superiority and effectiveness of the suggested schemes at reducing the structure’s responses were demonstrated using six evaluation criteria and by comparison to results achieved with well-established classical control schemes. Moreover, a comprehensive procedure for generating scaled real ground motion records appropriate for a seismic analysis and design of structures using the linear spectrum matching technique is presented based on a seismic hazard study.To efficiently control a structure, it is necessary to estimate its real-life dynamical behaviour. This is usually done using the Structural Identification approach, which is also addressed in this thesis. Structural Identification is commonly utilized to bridge the gap between the real structure and its modeled behaviour. It can also be used to evaluate the structure’s health, detect damage, and assess efficiency. Despite the extensive development of parametric time domain identification methods, their relative merits and the accuracy with which they predict the behaviour of vibrating structures are largely unknown because there have been few comparative studies on their performance under diverse test conditions, and they have not been verified against real-life data gathered over extended periods of time.Thus, the second part of this thesis focuses on applications of parametric and non-parametric models based on the Structural Identification approach in order to clarify their potential and applicability. In addition, a new strategy is proposed that combines this approach with techniques based on Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) and Complex Mode Indicator Function (CMIF) curves to detect structural damage.The methods developed in this work are used to predict the vertical frequencies of the top storey in a multi-storey building prefabricated from reinforced concrete in Stockholm, and to detect and locate damage in a benchmark steel frame. In addition, the non-parametric structural identification approach is used to investigate variation in the modal characteristics (frequency, damping, and mode shapes) of a steel railway bridge.Godkänd; 2015; 20150303 (taredr); Nedanstående person kommer att disputera för avläggande av teknologie doktorsexamen. Namn: Tarek Edreees Saaed Alqado Ämne: Konstruktionsteknik/Structural Engineering Avhandling: Structural Control and Identification of Civil Engineering Structures Opponent: Professor Francesc Pozo, Department of Applied Mathematics III, Escola Universitària d’Enginyeria Tècnica Industrial de Barcelona (EUETIB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Comte d’Urgell, Barcelona, Spanien Ordförande: Professor Jan-Erik Jonasson vid Avd för byggkonstruktion och produktion, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser, Luleå tekniska universitet Tid: Torsdag den 26 mars 2015, kl 10.00 Plats: C305, Luleå tekniska universitet
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Nyando, Cleaverson K. C. "Assessing management processes of labour based construction works." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5322.
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Thesis (MScEng (Civil Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Labour based technology has extensively been utilized in delivery of poverty alleviation programmes. Most of the projects implemented have been of construction in nature. In many cases, labour based works have been characterized with poor performance of not having projects completed within budget, in time and of good quality. Furthermore labour based works projects have been ad hoc in nature, lack spatial focus with no link to national development and sparingly involves engineering skills in its make shift administrative arrangements. Research has shown that most construction problems have been management process related and not product related. This research was initiated as a response to these challenges and represents an attempt to deliver sustainable improved performance of labour based works projects. The research identifies seven phases with various deliverables through the assessment and analysis of management processes of labour based works using the Process Protocol. The Process Protocol based phases consider the whole life cycle of a construction project whilst integrating the process elements under a common framework. To achieve a successful project and process execution, the findings indicate three operational levels of the participants of the activity zone. Several risk factors which need to receive special attention during planning and implementation of labour based works projects have been identified. The practical experiences in responding to, monitoring and controlling of the risk factors are also provided. The analysis of the key sequential phases and documentation of management of labour based works was based on a literature review of conference papers, reports, available project documents and limited interviews with officials involved in public works programmes. Best practices in management of labour based works have been used to follow and synthesise the Process Protocol approach to the management processes of labour based works.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Arbeid-baseerde tegnologie word algemeen gebruik in programme wat ontwerp is om armoede te verlig. Die meeste van die programme wat geïmplementeer is, het te make met konstruksie. In baie gevalle is hierdie arbeid-baseerde projekte gekenmerk deur swak prestasie en die projekte is nie betyds voltooi nie, daar is nie gehou by die begroting nie, of die gehalte van die werk was swak. Verder is hierdie projekte ad hoc van aard, is daar ’n gebrek aan ruimtelike fokus, is dit nie gekoppel aan nasionale ontwikkeling nie en word daar te min gebruik gemaak van ingenieursvernuf en is die administrasie gebrekkig. Navorsing het bewys dat die meeste konstruksie probleme te wyte is aan bestuurs-prosesses en dat dit nie produk-verwant is nie. Hierdie navorsing is gedoen as gevolg van hierdie probleme en is ’n poging om volhoubare verbeterde prestasie te lewer in arbeid-baseerde projekte. Tydens die navorsing is sewe fases geïdentifiseer d.m.v. die ontleding van bestuursprosesse. Die Proses Protokol is gebruik. Hierdie Proses Protokol gebaseerde fases behels die hele lewens-siklus van ’n konstruksie projek en integreer al die proses komponente in ’n enkel raamwerk. Die bevindinge toon dat daar drie operasionele vlakke van deelnemers in die aktiwiteit sone nodig is om die sukses van ’n projek te verseker. Daar is verskillenmde risiko faktore wat tydens die beplanning en implementering van projekte spesiale aandag moet geniet . Praktiese wenke betreffende die monitor van, reageer op en beheer van risiko faktore word ook verskaf. Die ontleding van sleutel fases en die dokumentasie van die bestuur van arbeid gebaseerde projekte is gebaseer op ’n literatuur oorsig van konferensie verslae, beskikbare projek dokumente en beperkte onderhoude met amptenare wat betrokke was in openbare programme. Daar is gebruik gemaak van beste praktyke in bestuur van arbeid gebaseerde projekte in die sintese van bestuurprosesse vir arbeid gebaseerde projekte.
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Chunduri, Sreelatha. "Improving concept learning in green building by addressing students' learning styles and prior knowledge." FIU Digital Commons, 2008. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2356.
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In green building there is a requirement for the collaboration of students from different disciplines in order to solve challenging problems. Successful collaboration depends on the establishment of a common understanding of the subject matter among those involved. To gain common understanding concept learning is critical. A concept learning process may be improved when factors affecting it are addressed. Prior knowledge and learning styles of the students may influence the way they learn concepts. This thesis is focused on studying the relationship between a concept learning process and prior knowledge and learning styles of students. An experiment was conducted by giving students concepts customized to their prior knowledge and learning styles. Tests were conducted at various stages and they were statistically analyzed with t-tests to determine if a difference existed between the two groups. The results indicated that the group which was given the customized material showed improvement in their concept learning over the group who were taught conventionally.
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Vuorinen, Kim. "Quality Management in Offshore Construction Project." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, JTH, Industriell organisation och produktion, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43408.
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Companies have a need to internationalize and locate all over the world to gain advantages against competition. However, when companies internationalize, they face difficulties. One of the major difficulties is how they can reach the same high quality around the world in their business facilities. Over one third of all construction projects reporting major defects. The purpose of this thesis is to research how companies implement Quality Management in offshore construction projects, what are the common challenges related to the subject and how to overcome these challenges. The theoretical framework for the study is gathered from academic literature. The thesis uses a qualitative research approach. The primary data is gathered through interviews and observations that are conducted on an offshore construction site. The case study in this thesis researches how a multinational company handles Quality Management in an offshore construction project. The company’s Quality Management guidelines and practices have been established in Europe, whereas the location and context of this study is in Southeast-Asia. The difference in business context and cultures causes additional challenges in implementing Quality Management in the project. After analyzing the data, the company’s Quality Management practices are compared to suggested practices in the academic literature. These suggestions can be valid for other multinational companies that are expanding to different continents. The results show that when companies do offshoring decisions, relationship quality with contractors and partnership credibility should be central attributes, even if it means doing business with higher priced companies. Many companies do not focus enough on the quality aspect in the contractor tendering phase. Instead they tend to base decisions solely on cost and speed even though bad quality work results in increased costs and delays in construction projects.
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Schoonwinkel, Sune. "A risk and cost management model for changes during the construction phase of a civil engineering project." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20312.
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Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2012ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The construction project environment is dynamic and prone to change. Project change can be defined as any event that alters a project’s original scope, execution time or the cost of the works. Improper management of the projects’ changes could therefore adversely impact on the actual cost and duration of the project which may lead to project cost overruns and even claims and legal disputes. During the construction phase of a project, change affects every aspect of productivity – the planned schedules and deadlines, work methodology, resource procurement, as well as the budget and thus it could prevent the achievement of the project objectives. A project manager, therefore, wants to limit the number of change to a project. However, during a construction project there may be quite a number of changes. Managing a construction project is difficult, in that all the relevant information is rarely available at the initial stage of a project to enable one to plan and design the project accurately and make the best possible decisions. As information becomes available during the construction phase of the project, it can lead to various changes. Design errors or variations, unforeseen site conditions and vagueness in the original scope are but some of the reasons for change. No matter the size of the change, each alteration to the works has a cost, time and risk implication. Due to tight time constraints on most projects, every change requires quick, robust decision making, so as not to delay the project, which therefore results in changes not being comprehensively evaluated. Decisions are often made on intuition or experience, without an assessment of the risks involved or the influence on the cost of the project and without applying well-known project management techniques. The aim of this research was to determine what a change management process for a civil engineering project should look like, specifically the cost and risk management of changes. It investigated the current state of change management of construction projects in practice, by doing a case study and various interviews with project managers. Based on the findings of the research and the industry requirements, a model was developed for managing the costs and risks of changes. The Model was validated by means of an expert evaluation review. The change management model developed as part of this thesis can be used to analyse the cost, time and quality impact of the change, and to do a detailed risk assessment. The Model also reviews the proposed change in order to determine whether the change is necessary. It is a generic tool that can be used by engineers and their project team to enhance the management of changes that happens during the construction phase of a project for any civil construction project.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die konstruksie omgewing is dinamies en geneig tot verandering. Projek verandering kan gedefinieer word as enige gebeurtenis wat die projek se aanvanklike omvang verander of lei to verlenging van die tydsduur of vermeerdering van die koste van die projek. Wanbestuur van projek veranderinge kan ‘n nadelige impak op die projek kostes en tydsduur hê wat kan lei tot oorskryding van die begroting en selfs eise en regsdispute. Verandering kan elke aspek van produktiwiteit tydens die konstruksie fase van ‘n projek affekteer. Dit affekteer die beplande skedules, spertye, werk metodologie, hulpbron bestuur, asook die begroting. Dus kan dit verhoed dat die projek doelwitte bereik word. ‘n Projek bestuurder wil daarom die hoeveelheid en omvang van veranderinge beperk. ‘n Konstruksie projek kan egter heelwat veranderinge ondergaan. Om ‘n konstruksie projek te bestuur is moeilik aangesien al die relevante informasie selde beskikbaar is tydens die begin fases van ‘n projek wat nodig is om die beplanning en ontwerp van die projek so akuraat moontlik te doen en die regte besluite te neem. Soos informasie beskikbaar raak tydens die konstruksie fase van die projek, lei dit dikwels to verskeie veranderinge. Ontwerp foute of variasies, onvoorsiene terrein toestande en onduidelikheid oor die projek omvang is van die redes vir veranderinge. Ongeag die grootte van die verandering het elke wysiging tot die projek ‘n koste, tyd en riskiko implikasie. As gevolge van tydsbeperkinge vereis elke verandering vinnige en kragtige besluitneming om sodoende nie die projek te vertraag nie. Dit lei daartoe dat veranderinge nie omvattend geëvalueer word nie. Besluite word dikwels geneem op intuïsie of ervaring, sonder 'n beoordeling van die risiko's wat betrokke is of die bepaling van die invloed op die koste van die projek, en sonder die toepassing van erkende projek bestuur tegnieke. Die doel van hierdie navorsing was om vas te stel hoe 'n verandering bestuur proses moet lyk vir ‘n siviele ingenieurswese projek, spesifiek die koste en risiko bestuur van die verandering. Die huidige stand van verandering bestuur van konstruksie projekte in die praktyk is ondersoek deur middel van 'n gevallestudie en verskeie onderhoude met die projek bestuurders. 'n Model is ontwikkel vir die bestuur van die koste en risiko's van veranderinge gebaseer op die bevindinge van die navorsing en ook die vereistes van die bedryf. Die model is getoets met behulp van evaluering deur professionele ingenieurs. Die verandering bestuur model wat ontwikkel is as deel van hierdie proefskrif kan gebruik word om die koste, tyd en kwaliteit impak van ‘n verandering te analiseer, asook om 'n omvattende risiko assessering te doen. Die model hersien ook die voorgestelde verandering om te bepaal of die verandering nodig is. Dit is 'n generiese hulpmiddel wat deur ingenieurs en hul projek span gebruik kan word vir die bestuur van die veranderinge wat tydens die konstruksie fase van siviele projekte plaasvind.
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Ahlinder, William, and Emil Grass. "Construction Management : Risker och möjligheter för byggherrar." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-211152.
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Byggsektorn har länge använt vedertagna och traditionella genomförandeformer där bristen av förändring varit stor. Under de senaste årtiondena har emellertid flera alternativa former av processmetoder och organisationsuppbyggnader vuxit i omfattning inom den svenska byggsektorn. Detta har medfört att valet av genomförandeform har blivit allt mer komplext, där beställare gynnas av att ha goda kunskaper om olika sätt att bedriva byggprojekt. Byggherrar eftersträvar att bedriva byggprojekt med låg risk samtidigt som de ska vara kostnadseffektiva, ha kort byggtid och hålla hög kvalité. Hur väl ett byggprojekt lyckas beror till stor del på de beslut som fattas tidigt i byggprocessen. Såväl möjligheterna till riskminimering som till ändringar avtar med tiden efter att projektet initierats. Därför är ett av de viktigaste besluten för byggherrar valet av genomförandeform. En av de alternativa genomförandeformerna som ökat i användning på den svenska bygg- och fastighetsmarknaden är Construction Management (CM). Därmed har beställare fått ytterligare ett alternativ att utvärdera inför valet av rätt genomförandeform. Under utvärderingen ställs beställaren inför många olika frågor gällande vilka risker och möjligheter varje genomförandeform innebär. Denna studie undersöker vilka egenskaper CM har i avseende risker och möjligheter i relation till andra genomförandeformer samt till vilka typer av projekt som CM passar bra att användas. Vidare undersöks vilka kunskaper aktörer inom den svenska byggbranschen har om CM. Syftet med studien är att öka kunskaperna om genomförandeformen och ge förlag till förändringar i sättet som CM-projekt bedrivs. Studien utförs med en kvalitativ metod där flertalet olika aktörer från bygg- och fastighetsbranschen intervjuas. Resultatet grundas på vilka uppfattningar, erfarenheter och reflektioner om CM som framförts av de medverkande respondenterna. Resultatet från studien visar att CM kan användas inom alla typer av byggprojekt, där fördelarna med genomförandeformen utnyttjas bäst vid komplicerade projekt med hög risknivå. Användandet av genomförandeformen kan leda till kortare byggtider, lägre pris och ge beställare möjligheter till kostnadseffektiva förändringar. Samtidigt förflyttas ett stort ansvars- och risktagande till beställaren i relation till andra valmöjligheter. Studien visar dock att aktörer inom branschen gör skillnad på kontraktsmässiga risknivåer och de risknivåer som baseras på erfarenheter av faktiska utfall med CM-projekt. Beställarens övergripande risktagande vid CM-projekt i relation till andra valmöjligheter är därmed svårt att värdera enligt de intervjuade respondenterna.Ett flertal möjliga förändringar i sättet att bedriva CM-projekt kan genomföras för att bättre möta beställares behov och därmed öka efterfrågan på genomförandeformen. Främst handlar förändringarna om att omarbeta kontrakten mellan konsulter och beställare i syfte att förflytta en del av projektriskerna till den organisation som leder byggprojektet. Därtill kan alternativa ersättningsformer för konsulter och ändringar gällande hanteringen av garantiärenden minska beställares farhågor vid CM-projekt.Traditional and well established project delivery methods have during an extended time been used in the construction sector. During the last decades, usage of alternative process methods and organizational structures has increased within the Swedish construction sector. Thus, the process of choosing a project delivery method is getting more complex. Clients are benefitted from having good knowledge about different ways of operating construction projects. Clients’ aim for construction projects with low level of risk, at the same time the project should be efficient in terms of costs, time and quality. The outcome of a project is highly dependent on decisions being taken early in the process, though the possibility of risk-minimization and changes decreases over time. Therefore, one of the most important decisions for clients is the choice of project delivery method. Construction Management (CM) is one of the alternative project delivery methods that have increased in usage within the Swedish construction and real estate market. Consequently, clients have one additional project delivery method to evaluate in aspects of what risks and possibilities it would entail to the project. This study evaluates what risks and possibilities CM-projects have in relation to other methods and identifies when the project delivery method is most suitable to use. Further, the study examines the level of knowledge concerning CM among different actors within the Swedish construction sector. The purpose of this study is to increase the knowledge of the project delivery method and to suggest possible changes in the way CM is used.The study comprises a qualitative interview based method where a wide spread of actors from the Swedish construction and real estate market are participating. The result is founded upon the perceptions, experiences and reflections the participating actors have expressed. The result of this study shows that CM can be used in all types of projects, where the benefits of the delivery method are best used in complex projects with high levels of risk and uncertainty. The use of CM could lead to shorter project time, lower price and give the client possibilities of cost effective changes. However, the project risk and responsibility is to a greater extent held by the client. The respondents expressed a difference about the contractual risk levels and the levels based upon experience from project results, which makes it hard to evaluate if CM relates to a higher or lower degree of risk in comparison to the traditional delivery methods. A lot of possible changes could be implemented in the way CM-projects are executed to adapt more to the clients’ needs and thereby increase the demand of the project delivery method. These changes contain modified contracts between consultants and clients to move parts of the risk to the CM-organization that holds the project management. Further changes in how the consultant fees are charged and how the warranties are handled could decrease the clients´ concerns with CM-projects.
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Ramokolo, Bruce Sabelo Mpumelelo. "The capacity of emerging civil engineering construction contractors." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/873.
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Construction management competencies are essential to realise sound practices among and to realise optimum performance by, inter alia, emerging civil engineering contractors. Such competencies enable a clear focus on the business of construction and the management of projects, with increased efficiency and reduced costs as a benefit. The objective of the MSc (Built Environment) treatise study were to determine the current practices and performance of emerging civil engineering construction contractors operating in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole. The descriptive method was adopted in the empirical study. The salient findings of the study are: most of the emerging civil engineering construction contracting organisations lack construction management competencies; construction resources are inappropriately managed leading to construction failures; most of the emerging civil engineering construction contracting organisations lack adequate supervision resulting to poor workmanship; there is a shortage of skilled labour amongst emerging civil engineering construction contractors; procurement processes are inappropriate leading to under capacitated emerging civil engineering construction contracting organisations being awarded contracts; most emerging civil engineering construction contracting organisations lack the requisite aptitude for construction; there is a lack of capacity at all management levels of emerging civil engineering construction organisations in managing the business of construction and that of projects; the nine functions of organisations are not comprehensively represented, and self-ratings indicate inadequacy relative to the management function of control, and relative to certain activities of the organising function. Conclusions include that emerging civil engineering construction contracting organisations need to be comprised of technical teams that possess adequate competencies and that use the construction technology to its full use enabling their organisations to stay abreast of their competitors. Recommendations that can contribute towards improving the status quo include: formal civil engineering and construction management education, resources must be present and training should be promoted throughout the industry at all levels of management to ensure proper supervision and correct use of adequately trained labour, skilled or semi-skilled, incapacitated emerging civil engineering construction contractors should be awarded contracts through appropriately and structured procurement procedures, adequate aptitude in construction should be promoted and enhanced in order to realise conceptualisation and visualisation capabilities, comply with legislation, maintain records and communicate using state of the art technology, optimally manage the finances, have the requisite resources and undertake the work efficiently, interact with the respective publics, and market the organisation to ensure sustainability thereof.
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LOPE, ALVAREZ DIEGO. "INTEGRATED CONCURRENT ENGINEERING AND APPLICABILITY TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS DURING DESIGN PHASE." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för industriell ekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-19436.
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The construction sector has been struggling with low productivity issues during the last decades, mainly due to relatively low Research & Development investments compared to other industries, old-fashioned practices, and a fragmented market structure with Clients, Designers and Contractors. The construction sector urges a digitalization revolution in order to overcome the aforementioned old-fashioned practices, but this digital revolution should go along with adequate methodologies that allow the digitalization to achieve its full potential. The work presented in this thesis aims to improve the efficiency of the construction sector by having a look on more collaborative approaches between Clients, Designers and Contractors in Construction Projects. The collaborative approach researched in this thesis is the Integrated Concurrent Engineering methodology, which covers aspects of Project Management, Organization, Communication and Leadership, exploiting the digitalization capabilities that nowadays’ Technology offers. This thesis develops a theoretical framework for Integrated Concurrent Engineering in Construction Projects, with the aim to enhance their efficiency. The theoretical framework is based in literature research as well as experiences from project managers in the construction sector. The result of this study includes guidelines and recommendations on how to effectively implement the principles of Integrated Concurrent Engineering. The guidelines are applicable for Clients, Designers and Contractors, and can be seen as a tool for the Project Management Team to improve construction project’s efficiency, especially in the design phase.
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Bibby, Lee. "Improving design management techniques in construction." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2003. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/793.
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Recent years has seen a significant drive away from traditional procurement routes with contractors finding themselves with an increasing responsibility for control of design - a process they have had little experience in managing. They now have to adapt accordingly. The learning curve is steep, not least because many projects must now be delivered fast track while co-ordinating increasingly complex fabric and content of buildings without a platform of accepted good practice to manage the design process. This is a major factor preventing the UK construction industry from delivering projects on time, to budget and to the specified quality. There is a need to educate an increasing number of people in design management techniques to equip them to manage today's fast moving and demanding projects. However, many current design management tools are insufficiently developed for industry application. Therefore, to improve design management in the industry, current techniques must be modified to align them with the needs of the modern design manager. This research has developed and tested a training initiative aimed at improving design management practice within a major UK Design and Construct Contractor. It comprises a Design Management Handbook, Design Management Training, Team Support and Project Monitoring. The Design Management Handbook is the core of the training initiative. It addresses critical aspects of design management practice and provides design management tools. Training provides guidance to project teams on the tools and practices. In Team Support project teams are supported in the implementation of the new practices and tools to help embed new ways of working in company practice. Project Monitoring establishes the impact of the new practices on project performance to demonstrate that they are working and thus reinforce change. To establish the training initiative's effectiveness and key findings, the impact of the initiative on design management performance has been explored. The research has established which practices and tools were used, which were not, as well as an understanding the applicability and performance of each Handbook practice and tool. From this, barriers to implementing new design management tools in industry were identified and strategies developed in order to overcome such barriers.
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Chan, Kong-yau, and 陳剛友. "The role of co-ordination in the management of engineering services contracts." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1989. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3125116X.
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Burroughs, Gary Leslie. "The response to environmental economic drivers by civil engineering contractors in South Australia." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envb972.pdf.
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Bibliography: leaves 91-93. Examines the response of two civil engineering construction contractors in South Australia to environmental economic conditions and market requirements using primarily an action research methodology whilst the researcher was engaged as the environmental manager at both corporations.
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Lee, Jen-Rong. "The object-oriented project system for pavement construction management and visualization /." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu148794501561701.
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Lombard, Francois. "Managing the quality of engineering on large construction projects in the South African context." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23651.
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This research focussed on improving the quality of construction in South Africa by exploring best practices for the quality management of engineering. The research was motivated by several international studies and local press reports pointing to a general lack of quality focus in the construction industry and that engineering is one of the major causes of quality problems in construction.The research approach was to obtain expert opinion through a series of semistructured interviews on the best practices for managing the quality of engineering in the South African construction industry, comparing these practices to international best practices and determining if the experts believe fundamentally unique practices are required by the South African environment. The findings of this research make a contribution to improving the quality of construction in South Africa by providing a number of best practices suggested by South African experts that are aligned with the international literature, providing a number of recommended international best practices, that local experts believe are appropriate to South Africa and finally by concluding that experts believe that, apart from special practices needed to address shortages of engineering skills, international practices, techniques, tools and systems are applicable in South Africa.Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Ceric, A. "A framework for process-driven risk management in construction projects." Thesis, University of Salford, 2003. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/2184/.
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This thesis describes the development of a framework for a systematic approach to risk management in construction projects, whose application in construction practice would lead to changes and improvements in the construction industry. To verify and apply the framework in future construction projects, the author developed the PPRisk computer programme as IT support. Before showing how the framework was developed, there is a survey of what has been written on the subject and a systematic analysis of risk management, risk in construction and process in construction. This led to the conclusion that realising a construction project is a process and that the risk management process should be subordinated to the construction process. A new approach was therefore introduced to managing risks: process-driven risk management. This approach will give all the participants in the project better understanding of the construction process, enable changes in the construction industry, and contribute to improvement of quality and efficiency in construction. An analysis of published plans of work showed that the Construction Process Protocol, developed at the University of Salford under the leadership of Professor R. Cooper, is suitable and appropriate as a construction process in which the framework for process-driven risk management can be placed. Process-driven risk management implies a cyclical risk management process in all the phases through which the construction project passes according to Process Protocol. Key risks are identified in the framework, which are independent of the size, type and purpose of the project being realized. Project related risks should be separately identified for each specific project. Depending on available data, quantitative and qualitative analysis is carried out for the identified risks, their risk probability and risk impact determined, and the corresponding risk exposure calculated. Then the adequate risk response is given for each identified risk, depending on its exposure. As the process unfolds new risks appear in each phase and the risk management process begins a new.
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Chauhan, K. (Krishna). "Innovation and development in Finnish construction industry." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201612103222.
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The construction industry is generally considered a non-innovative and conservative industrial sector compared to other industries. Measurement of innovation is a very difficult task and it has very complex product system. This study aims to describe the role of innovation and development activities within the Finnish construction industries. Additionally, it explores the logic of innovation in construction and patent creation in the Finnish construction industry by sectors. It evaluates the correlation of patent creation and Research and Development (R&D) investment. The research also covers the citation of Finnish construction patents.
A major conclusion was drawn from the empirical data analysis followed by the qualitative analysis approach. However, both qualitative and quantitative techniques have been used for the data analysis. Whole thesis was completed by two-fold process: 1) analysis of construction patent data from 2004–2014 and 2) semi structured interview with the expert of the construction companies.
The result of the research focuses on several aspects of the innovation and development activities. However, the main result demonstrates that the Finnish construction industry have understanding of innovation and development activities as a second factor after price in the bidding process. They are more interested in the innovation activities. Similarly, it also reveals that mainly, patents are created in the construction ‘Product sector’ followed by ‘Building’, ‘HPAC’ and ‘Infra’. The result also reveals that organizational innovation and market innovation have taken place more than product innovation and process innovation. Finally, result shows that the R&D investment and patent creation do have a positive correlation; and R&D budget investment per patent varies from company to company.
The major limitation of this study is in finding the correlation of R&D investment and patent creation because of the currency conversion rate. The currency conversion rate on the day of analysis is used for this research which might fluctuate. Also, some of the companies do not indicate their exact R&D budget in their public file. So based on the available information R&D budget is calculated and overall picture has been presented in the research.
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Abbasian, Hosseini Seyed Alireza. "Social and Engineering Aspects of Construction Site Management using Simulation and Social Network Analysis." Thesis, North Carolina State University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10110533.
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The crews/actors/subs during a construction project make relationship and communicate with each other on the jobsite primarily when they work in a task sequence or when they work in the same working area at the same time. These interdependencies can have various impacts on their performance, the decisions their supervisor make and their action from both engineering and social aspects. The main focus of the past research is on the project parties’ relationship based on the information exchange and formal communication, while the research pertaining to the interpretation and investigation of the construction crews/trades’ interdependencies during the construction project is very limited. How are the construction jobsite actors connected in a construction jobsite? How do the existing interdependencies among them affect their performance? And how can understanding these interdependencies be beneficial for construction site managers? The primary goal of this research is to better understand the existing interdependencies among the construction crews/trades/subs and its impact. Particularly, the objectives of this research are to: 1) develop the jobsite social network of construction crews/trades and quantify its impact, 2) investigate the impact of social conformity on the performance of construction crews/trades, 3) identify the improvement direction (benchmarks) for inefficient construction crews/trades, and 4) investigate the cost/benefit of low or high reliable construction crews/trades and to develop a new educational version of Parade Game.
First, social network analysis (SNA) is implemented to develop a technique to construct the dynamic jobsite social network of crews/trades in a project and quantify its impact through the network centrality analysis. The results of a case study are presented. Then, SNA and social norm analysis are combined as a method to measure conformity, one of the main social network influences types that results in a change of performance/behavior in order to fit in a group, at construction crew/trade level and demonstrate how it can play role in the performance of crews/trades/subs particularly in their work plan reliability through two case studies. Then, inspired by social learning phenomenon, data envelopment analysis and SNA is combined to develop a procedure that can identify the improvement direction for the inefficient crews/trades/subs in a construction project. At the end, the research concentrates on the engineering aspects of the jobsite interdependencies by developing a simulation model, as a new educational version of Parade Game, that uses different variability levels and the corresponding costs at different work stations to investigate the relationship between the interdependencies and crews/trades’ variability/reliability.
Results demonstrate that the performance of construction crews/trades is under the influence of the social aspect of the interdependencies as well as the engineering aspect. They show that there is an association between influences a crew/trade/sub receives from the network and his/her performance. Results of case studies show that the subcontractors follow the performance norm in the project and their tendency to follow the norms of their neighborhood is higher than their willingness to follow the project norm. Parade Game simulation results also show that the production will enhance if the reliability increases and the investment made to improve reliability will return in most of the scenarios.
This research is significant and valuable as it looks at construction jobsite interdependencies from an exclusively analytical perspective, which has not been done previously. Previous research also did not investigate the social aspects of the construction crews/trades/subs interdependencies. Construction personnel at every level of management are constantly planning and trying to figure out how best to manage and coordinate the construction crews/trades/subs. A better understanding of the existing jobsite interdependencies will help project managers to control it through better planning and leadership, consequently increasing jobsite productivity.
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Patel, Dhaivat. "E-CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR EFFICIENT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ce_etds/77.
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Over recent years, organizations such as the Federal Highway Administration and Departments of Transportation across the United States have showed interest in automating highway construction processes. The addition of e-Construction and other advanced technologies can significantly improve the efficiency and safety of highway paving operations, specifically paving inspections. Activities such as collecting load tickets, tracking pavement lay-down temperatures, and monitoring roller movement are antiquated practices that DOT inspectors perform during paving operations. E-Ticketing, Paver Mounted Thermal Profiling, and Intelligent Compaction were proposed to automate paving inspections and were recently tested in two resurfacing pilot projects in the state of Kentucky. Findings from the projects indicate that the three technologies display great potential in improving safety and efficiency of paving inspections. The contribution of this thesis is to document the research effort, evaluate the effectiveness of the technologies compared to the traditional practices, and discuss the lessons learned for industry practitioners.
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Tan, Chien Yung. "Inventory management of steel plates at an oil rig construction company." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38287.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 67).
Keppel Fels produces make-to-order oil exploration rigs for the global market. Each rig requires close to 6000 metric tons of steel in the course of its production. Optimal management of this steel is very critical in this line of business. However, in recent years, demand for these rigs has been increasing at a tremendous rate and previous steel management policies are fast becoming unable to cope with this surge of demand. The thesis first looks at characterizing the nature of the demand of steel plates in the company. This led to the identification of key factors of demand, resulting in a classification system of the steel plates according to their demand behavior. This system further led to the crafting of various policies to manage the risks involved in the procurement of the steel plates. We propose to use the newsboy model to minimize the inventory costs, subject to uncertain demand. The conclusion of the thesis presents the optimized steel plate procurement quantities for the company.
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Sheykhi, Reza. "Risk-Based Decision Making Support for Construction Corporate Resource Management." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3039.
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Competitive bidding typically challenges contractors to stay in business by reducing contingency and limiting profit margin, which imposes more prudent resource utilization and allocation decisions during both planning and construction phases of projects. Many of these decisions must be made considering uncertainties that affect resource production and construction performance through several factors such as weather, managerial practices, job-type, and market conditions, etc. Construction decision makers will therefore have varied approaches to deal with these uncertainties based on their risk utility or perception. This research presents the development of a model for investigating the impact of risk-based approaches on construction network outcomes. The current study contributes to development of a model that enables corporate managers to understand the impact of different resource utilization and sharing policies on the overall outcome of their project and to select among optimum planning solutions that satisfy their profit margin and capital limitations. This research also enables corporate decision makers to have more realistic estimates for the profitability of their company, and understand consequences of their decisions in short and long term. Findings of this research provide decision makers with different solutions for profitability of their corporation based on non-dominated optimal time-cost trade-offs, and also broader perspective on how overall time and budget limitations, as well as risk perceptions, can affect the decision-making process. The model is verified and the results are validated through acquiring data from actual large scale construction projects in South Florida.
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Davies, Lyle Scott. "Project Management: Skills, Tools, and Knowledge Construction Professionals Consider Important for Keeping Projects on Schedule." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6608.
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Project managers have a major role in the construction and completion of projects. Much of their work consists of reviewing, clarifying, and coordinating information required by the field management and subcontractors performing the work on the job site. The assistance they give with the transfer of information helps with successfully completing projects. For many people, the largest indicator that a project was successful is that construction activities were completed on schedule. While finishing on schedule may be the primary focus of those involved with construction activities, projects still struggle to finish on time. The purpose of this study is to find out what construction industry professionals consider important skills, tools, and knowledge for helping project managers finish the projects they manage on schedule. Research results found the general topics of management and scheduling are the most important for project managers to understand. Within the topic of scheduling, the importance of material procurement ranked highest of the specified subcategories. Construction professionals also ranked working with subcontractors, understanding project documents, weekly project meetings, working with owners, and having interpersonal and communication skills as important topics that will help project managers keep their projects on schedule.
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Tsai, Ming-Hsiu, and 蔡明修. "Construction Management Process Re-engineering." Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46659918778987872969.
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Business process re-engineering (BPR) is a relatively recent concept that has emerged from management and computer science roots. A definition of BPR offered by Hammer and Champy (1993) is “the fundamental rethinking and radial redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements on critical, contemporary measures of performance, such as cost, quality, service, and speed”. Some of the many themes common to the way that re-engineering has been applied outside of construction can be distilled and their likely implications be discussed, assuming that re-engineering as a cognitive approach eventually does permeate construction management thinking. Applying the BPR philosophy, this study focuses on developing a construction management process re-engineering (CMPR) method to improve the efficiency of construction management. The CMPR method includes four phases, namely process re-establishment, transformation, assessment, and re-engineering activities. Using CMPR, the inefficient operations within the construction company working process can not only be identified, but also a new reasonable operation process is developed to improve the management efficiency. Nevertheless, the competitive ability of the construction company is also increased. The argument in this study has been the need for a new research agenda in construction management in general. This is illustrated for information technology (IT) within construction in particular by examining the potential application of the re-engineering philosophy. The research possibilities are identified and tested based on the implementation of the CMPR method. To some extent, this study sets up a new agenda of process re-engineering for future research.
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Weng, Jen-Cheng, and 翁仁成. "Construction Engineering Safety and hygiene Management Law And AnalyzeDebase Construction Engineering Occupation's calamity Disaster Research." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04896503431790765618.
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Because the working place is stable but working environment is changeable, therefore the construction engineering has high risk and damage ration. Both of the unsafe condition that caused by employer and the employee’s unsafe action are key reasons to cause significant and serious occupational accidents. (About 98%) This research is main focus on the issue of construction engineering safety management and accidental prevention. Also, this study utilizes different approaches as following in order to establish the total solution of construction engineering safety management for the purpose of lower occupational accidents： (1)The analysis of construction engineering characteristic (2)The statistics of severe occupational cases (3)The analysis of each step of all construction engineering The research collects the severe occupational cases of Taiwan past few years. Furthermore, it applies the main reasons of severe occupational accidents, category and method of construction as the scheme of the whole database. This database provides the system that users can easily to find the strategies to prevent the occupational accidents through the topics that we mentioned above. Finally, the author proposes the Taiwan government should modify the relevant regulation of construction engineering safety and hygiene management. Also, the government needs to enhance the education in order to establish the risk management and the concept of safety working environment for all citizens.
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Liu, Jiali. "Validation Methodologies for Construction Engineering and Management Research." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7654.
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Validation of results is an important phase in the organization of a researcher’s work. Libraries and the internet offer a number of sources for guidance with respect to conducting validation in a variety of fields. However, construction engineering and management (CEM) is an area for which such information is unavailable. CEM is an interdisciplinary field, comprised of a variety of subjects: human resources management, project planning, social sciences, etc. This broad range means that the choice of appropriate validation methodologies is critical for ensuring a high level of confidence in research outcomes. In other words, the selection of appropriate validation methodologies represents a significant challenge for CEM researchers. To assist civil engineering researchers as well as students undertaking master’s or doctoral CEM studies, this thesis therefore presents a comprehensive review of validation methodologies in this area. The validation methodologies commonly applied include experimental studies, observational studies, empirical studies, case studies, surveys, functional demonstration, and archival data analysis. The author randomly selected 365 papers based on three main perspectives: industry best practices in construction productivity, factors that affect labour productivity, and technologies for improving construction productivity. The validation methodologies that were applied in each category of studies were examined and recorded in analysis tables. Based on the analysis and discussion of the findings, the author summarized the final results, indicating such items as the highest percentage of a particular methodology employed in each category and the top categories in which that methodology was applied. The research also demonstrates a significant increasing trend in the use of functional demonstration over the past 34 years. As well, a comparison of the period from 1980 to 2009 with the period from 2010 to the present revealed a decrease in the number of papers that reported validation methodology that was unclear. These results were validated through analysis of variation (ANOVA) and least significant difference (LSD) analysis. Furthermore, the relationship between the degree of validation and the number of citations is explored. The study showed that the number of citations is positively related to the degree of validations in a specific category, based on the data acquired from the examination of articles in Constructability and Factors categories. However, based on the data acquired from the examination of articles in the year 2010, we failed to conclude that there existed significant difference between clear-validation group and unclear validation group at the 95 % confidence level.
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Lai, Yun-Yan, and 賴佑陽. "Performance Evaluation of Construction Management Process Re-engineering." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36754624155755448272.
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Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is a relatively recent concept that has emerged form management and computer science roots. A definition of BPR offered by Hammer and Champy is “the fundamental rethinking and radial redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvement on critical, contemporary measures of performance, such as cost, quality, service, and speed.” Due to the fact that at present the BPR lacks an effective method of measuring performance, this study focuses on developing an evaluation method for comparative analysis of process performance before and after reengineering. The Process Value (PV) consisting of two major factors, namely process time and customer satisfaction, is developed to evaluate the procedural performance. Process time is an index used to measure the process efficiency, while customer satisfaction is applied for evaluating process effectiveness. This study analyzes the time performance of BPR using Queueing Theory and quantifies the customer satisfaction by the application of Target Attainability Matrix. Dividing process effectiveness with process efficiency, the PV is obtained to assess the reengineering results. With the development of performance evaluation method of BPR, this study establishes a new research area for process reengineering in the construction industry and serves as a basis from which business managers can understand the difference before and after reengineering. In addition, the results provide as a good reference to the industry for who are interested in adopting BPR.
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Baloyi, Mukelani Aubrey. "Partnering for engineering construction projects." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4258.
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M.Phil.Procurement, design and construction of an engineering or building project is a process that involves the broadest range of engineering and construction skills. There are risks throughout that can lead to a strategy that cannot succeed in terms of time, cost effectiveness, quality and profitability. There are also various contracting approaches employed in both building and engineering construction projects. Each has its own advantages, disadvantages, degree of flexibility, incentives and allocation of risks. A risk profile leads to important aspects considered in selecting a suitable contracting strategy for a construction project. The risk considered includes among others the design and functionality, variations, errors and/or omissions, budget overruns, price fluctuations, project timing, change in quantities, design and construction defects, etc (Morton and Jagger, 1995). In South Africa's tradition, the responsibilities of design and construction of projects have been separated, where the contractors undertake to provide the works in accordance with employer's and/or employer's agent's design and specifications. Disadvantages of this strategy include among others the fact that the design and specifications may not suit the construction process in terms of time cost savings. More than often this approach results in an adversarial relationship between the professional team and the contractor, and between professional team members. Globally, especially in developed countries, projects were executed using design and build strategy (Construction world, April 2006). This is an arrangement whereby the contractor assumes the responsibility of producing the design and the works. Recently the construction industry has been experiencing an unprecedented high level of economic growth both locally and in the global arena. In an attempt by construction stakeholders to redefine the approach to contracting to facilitate delivery, partnering evolved to bring all parties together to form common goals, to integrate design and construction into a collaborative working by involving contractors at an earlier stage, to set up mechanisms to resolve disputes and to share the risk and rewards of projects (Gould and Joyce, 2003).
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LIAO, CHUN-HAO, and 廖俊皓. "Occupational Safety and Health Management of Construction Engineering - Construction of Large Hotel." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7xg856.
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Abstract With the rapid development of the economy, large public places such as large hotels, shopping malls, and hypermarkets are created, they have a large accommodate. To ensure the safety of workers and consumers inside, the competent authorities have specifically amended the compliance laws and verified the joint security inspection system for public places. The evolution of technology, larger, higher, diversified use of buildings, the current status and future development of hotel public safety equipment, the management mechanism of disaster prevention is needed to protect employee and consumer safety and promote public welfare. This study, using the Occupational Safety and Health Act and hazardous workplace assessment, complicated construction project, long duration, large changes in construction conditions, is mostly in hazardous workplaces, leaving labors at potentially high risk, should apply to the labor inspection agency 30 days before construction. The researcher delivering documented information of building experience, practice and life as a construction safety officer, hope to improve occupational safety and health management, implement risk assessment and self-management, inductive analysis integrates the proposed risk assessment and proposes risk improvement strategies, continue the PDCA cycle quality management system after the management review, various regulations are increasingly introducing the ISO 45001 Occupational Safety and Health Management System on March 12, 2018. The meaning is that the elements in the system are related to each other, the output (results) of each chapter is the work of the other chapters (inputs), a set of interrelated and interacting activities that turn the output into input, providing innovative procedures and thinking, implement a blueprint for more active and active participation in occupational safety and health management.