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Wang, You-song. "An analysis of the technical efficiency in Hong Kong's construction industry /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20002890.
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Pooe, Molefe M. B. A. "The development of a strategic performance measurement tool for SMEs in the construction industry." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/810.
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Research in strategic performance measurements has focused mostly on large organisations. In the last few years, there has been a widespread adoption and implementation of balanced strategic performance measurements that no longer narrowly focus on financial measurements but include other non-financial measures. Again, such improvements have focused on large organisations. This study aims to assess strategic performance measurement practices in the Small and Medium Enterprises within the construction industry. The Balanced Scorecard is used as a generic measurement framework to ascertain the current strategic performance measurements within this sector. The four perspectives of measurement; namely, financial, customer, internal process and learning and growth are used to determine the generic measurements within the construction industry. These are then used to determine to what the extent Small and Medium Enterprises in the construction industry have adopted the measurements outlined in these four perspectives. The nature and extent of strategic planning and perceived relevance of various sets of balanced measurements were also assessed. A survey was conducted in the form of a questionnaire in order to obtain primary data from a selected sample group. Using qualitative and quantitative techniques, the data was analysed to get a clear picture of current practice. From the results obtained from the respondents in the sample group, it seemed that there was some strategic planning within this sector although the process was mostly unstructured. The results also showed that the owner-manager is still solely responsible for strategic planning with little or no inclusion of other managers or employees.
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Wan, Kin-man, and 溫建文. "Industrial management approaches for alleviating critical production wastes in Hong Kong building services works." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45963071.
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Diaz, Zarate Gerardo Daniel. "A knowledge-based system for estimating the duration of cast in place concrete activities." FIU Digital Commons, 1992. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2806.
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Wang, You-song, and 王幼松. "An analysis of the technical efficiency in Hong Kong's construction industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31239420.
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Quiso, E., J. Rivera, and J. Farje. "Proposal for the application of ICE and BIM sessions to increase productivity in construction." IOP Publishing Ltd, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655943.
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Several studies have shown that the main problem in the construction industry is low productivity. Therefore, this study focuses on developing a proposal through a methodology that can increase productivity in the construction of buildings. The proposed methodology is Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), which has 4 pillars: Building Information Modeling (BIM), Integrated Concurrent Engineering (ICE), metrics and Project Production Management (PPM). However, the article mainly develops BIM and ICE sessions. In addition, in the ICE sessions, "work executors"will be added, so that the information is fed back by both parties, specialist engineers and work executors. Finally, the proposal will be applied in a multi-family building project in the city of Lima - Peru, in order to obtain improvement results.
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Kriel, Jean-Jacques. "A process to assist technology investment decisions in construction - a case study on labour productivity." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85828.
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Thesis (MEng)-- Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Worldwide the civil construction industry is one of the biggest and most influential industries but has proven to be lacking in the development of technology-aided construction. In contrast, the automotive manufacturing industry is very reliant on the use of highly advanced technology. Literature showed that specific focus is being put on increased technology investments and development of infrastructure in South Africa in order to solve various problems in the country. In light of these realisations, the objective of this research study was to establish a process that can be used to assist technological investments that solve areas of concern in the construction industry. The research was conducted by following a procedure of identifying problematic areas in construction, scrutinising the biggest problem to identify its key elements and finally selecting a decision support model to select technological solutions. The research sequence therefore established the steps of a process that can assist technological investment decisions that solve areas of concern in the construction industry. The first step of this process necessitated the identification of the most influential area of concern in South African construction. A series of interviews and surveys with experienced senior managers in different divisions of the South African civil construction industry showed that the low productivity of labourers is the most influential area of concern in terms of impact on construction projects. Consequently, labour productivity was scrutinised as part of the second step of the process. It was found that there are different methods to measure productivity and that factors influencing labour productivity can be grouped into managerial practices, labour effectiveness and material timeliness. The scrutiny, together with the productivity improvement system and lessons learned from other industries, gave input to the third step of the process, viz. to identify technological solution alternatives for the area of concern. Wireless technology and visual analysis were identified as two groups of technology that could improve labour productivity. The final step of the process evaluated the effects the different solution alternatives could have on a company and a tailored set of criteria together with a fuzzy multi-criteria decision model was proposed for use in this step. The research study identified that there are generic areas of concern in construction and that technology can be used to improve problem solving processes in companies. Furthermore, a generic and flexible four step process was formulated that can incorporate multiple criteria, stakeholders’ opinions, business strategy and the necessary benefits the problem requires in one evaluation model. This process was found to be able to assist technological investment decisions in the construction industry specifically to eliminate or improve on existing areas of concern.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die siviele konstruksiebedryf is een van die grootste en mees invloedryke industrieë wêreldwyd, maar is bewys om agter te wees in terme van ontwikkeling in tegnologie-gesteunde konstruksie. In teenstelling hiermee is die motor-industrie afhanklik van die gebruik van hoogs-gevorderde tegnologieë. Literatuur het getoon dat daar spesifiek gefokus word op die investering in tegnologie- en infrastruktuurontwikkeling in Suid Afrika sodat bestaande probleme in die land opgelos kan word. In die lig van hierdie bevindinge, is die doel van hierdie studie om ‘n proses te vestig wat kan help om besluite rakende tegnologiebeleggings te vergemaklik sodat probleem areas in die konstruksie industrie met dié beleggings opgelos kan word. Die eerste stap van die navorsingsprosedure was om probleem areas in die konstruksie industrie te identifiseer en daarna is die probleem met die grootste impak op konstruksie projekte in diepte ontleed om die eienskappe daarvan te bepaal. Laastens is ‘n besluitnemings model gekies sodat tegnologiese beleggings geëvalueer en gekies kan word. Die navorsingsprosedure het daarom die struktuur gegee om ‘n proses te vestig wat gebruik kan word om besluite oor tegnologiese beleggings te vergemaklik om sodoende probleme in die konstruksie industrie op te los. Die eerste stap in hierdie proses het vereis dat die probleem met die grootste impak op konstruksie projekte in die Suid-Afrikaanse konstruksie industrie geïdentifiseer moes word. Na afloop van ‘n reeks onderhoude en opnames met ervare senior bestuurders in verskeie afdelings van siviele konstruksie, is gevind dat lae arbeidsproduktiwiteit die mees invloedryke probleem area is. Lae produktiwiteit van arbeid is om hierdie rede in diepte ontleed as deel van die tweede stap in die proses. Daar is gevind dat daar verskillende maniere is waarop produktiwiteit gemeet kan word en dat faktore wat produktiwiteit beïnvloed gekategoriseer kan word in bestuur praktyke, arbeid effektiwiteit en stiptelikheid van materiaal. Die ontleding, tesame met die produktiwiteitsverbeteringstelsel en lesse wat geleer is in ander bedrywe, het gelei tot die derde stap van die proses, naamlik die identifisering van tegnologiese oplossings-alternatiewe. Draadloostegnologie (“wireless technology”) en visuele analise is geïdentifiseer as twee groepe van tegnologie wat die produktiwiteit van arbeid kan aanspreek. Die finale stap van die proses het gebruik gemaak van ‘n stel kriteria en ‘n ‘fuzzy multi-criteria’ besluitnemingsmodel om die verskillende tegnologie alternatiewe te evalueer. Hierdie navorsingstudie het daarin geslaag om te identifiseer dat daar generiese probleem areas in die konstruksiebedryf is en dat tegnologie gebruik kan word om probleme op te los en om dienooreenkomstig siklusse in maatskappye te verbeter. Verder is 'n generiese en buigsame vier-stap proses geformuleer wat verskeie kriteria, opinies van belanghebbendes, korporatiewe strategieë en die nodige voordele om die probleem op te los, alles in een evalueringsmodel inkorporeer. Hierdie proses is bewys om te kan help om tegnologiese beleggings in die konstruksiebedryf te vergemaklik om sodoende reeds-bestaande probleme op te los.
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Centeno, Javier E. "How does management impact construction productivity?" Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2004. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2004/2004centenoj.pdf.
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Blanchard, Frederick L. "Construction industry organization, labor relations and productivity." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12874.
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Bernold, Leonhard Emil. "Productivity transients in construction processes." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/20980.
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Desbiens, Frédérique. "Conception d'un système de mesure et de suivi de la performance pour une entreprise intégrée du domaine de l'immobilier et de la construction." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/66977.
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Le secteur de la construction s’avère très lucratif, ce qui lui permet d’être un moteur économique à l’échelle internationale. Malgré ce statut, il est possible de constater que la productivité du secteur est grandement en retard comparativement à d’autres secteurs et que la pleine capacité des gains potentiels n’est pas exploitée. C’est dans cette optique que s’intègre cette maîtrise dont le but est de mettre en place une méthodologie permettant l’utilisation d’un système de mesure de la performance à l’échelle d’un projet de construction, en passant par les quatre grandes étapes de l’analyse d’affaires. Ainsi, ceci permettra de faciliter la communication entre les intervenants d’un projet de construction et la gestion des trois principaux indicateurs de réussite, soit les coûts, les délais et la qualité. Pour ce faire, une revue systématique de la littérature a été faite afin d’établir un état de l’art sur la performance et les modalités de son application dans la construction. Ensuite, une méthodologie pour implanter la gestion de la performance a été élaborée puis testée en collaboration avec une entreprise de la ville de Québec pour un scénario de déploiement donné. La dernière étape du projet a consisté au raffinement de la méthodologie dans un contexte de prédiction de la clientèle pour un projet de construction donné. Somme toute, l’étude a permis d’expliciter les concepts essentiels à la mise en place de la gestion de la performance pour une entreprise de construction, tout en démontrant au moyen de tableaux de bord les retombées possibles d’une telle application dans un projet de construction réel. En effet, peu d’études discutent du sujet et encore moins démontrent les bénéfices quantitatifs liés à son implantation. Cette étude en fait l’illustration et par conséquent contribue respectivement à la science et à l’industrie en proposant une méthodologie claire et reproductible pour d’autres entreprises de ce secteur.
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Chau, Kwong-wing. "Total factor productivity of the building industry of Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1990. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12997924.
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Husson, David Edward. "Cost tracking and productivity reporting." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1987. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01202010-020009/.
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Talhouni, Bassam T. K. "Measurement and analysis of construction labour productivity." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.334262.
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An analytical approach for explaining the variability in labour intensive construction operations has been developed. A consistent method of collecting productivity developed jointly at the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Dundee has been refined and tested. Data has been collected daily from seven Scottish sites for continuous periods of up to 3 months. Not only productivity but many of the factors affecting it have been measured. A comprehensive, computerised database has been designed to facilitate data storage and manipulation. The quantification of the impact of each individual factor is based on the assumption that deviations from an operative?s normal output arise because of disturbances imposed by a multiplicity of site factors. The impact of each individual factor causes the average daily productivity to change.
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Abulfatih, Basel Mohamed. "Project manager's effectiveness in productivity of Bahrain's construction industry." Thesis, University of Reading, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340486.
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Ailabouni, Nabil. "Factors affecting employee productivity in the UAE construction industry." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2010. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/e3b445a5-542d-4fdd-8fde-d0606919788f.
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Reliable productivity rates for construction trades are essential for contractors to accurately estimate the time and cost of construction projects. These rates vary considerably based on the complexity of the structure, project site constraints, and other technical, managerial, social and cultural factors. Predicting the effect of these factors will enhance the ability of the contractor to optimally utilize resources. This research therefore aims to evaluate the most significant factors that affect productivity of key construction activities namely: excavation, formwork, reinforcement, concreting, blockwork, plastering and tiling. The research focuses on the construction industry in the UAE (United Arab Emirates).
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Opperman, Alvin Graham. "Supervisory motivational strategies to improve productivity of construction workers." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2375.
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Thesis (MTech (Construction Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016.This research was carried out to assess the extent to which supervisory motivational strategies can transform construction workers to perform higher levels of productivity. While worker motivation has been proven to improve productivity globally, motivation was rarely implemented in South African conditions. This study gauges the construction workers’ viewpoint on how supervisory motivational strategies can improve worker productivity. A pilot study was conducted in the initial stage of the study to gain more insight into the study. A qualitative research approach was employed using a semi-structured questionnaire to interview construction workers including bricklayers, plumbers, concrete workers, electricians and earthworks workers. The interviews were done in Bellville in the Western Cape at two conveniently selected construction companies. The data was analysed using content data analysis. Most prevalent in the findings of this study is the fact that the workers agreed that a lack of supervisory motivational techniques negatively impact their productivity. This information was helpful in setting up the questionnaires for the main study.
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Goodrum, Paul McGinley. "The impact of equipment technology on productivity in the U.S. construction industry." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3032971.
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Williams, Trefor P. "Knowledge-based productivity analysis of construction operations." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/20195.
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Li, Yanshu Zhang Daowei. "Essays on forestry products industry sawmill productivity and industrial timberland ownership /." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Spring/doctoral/LI_YANSHU_17.pdf.
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Chau, Kwong-wing, and 鄒廣榮. "Total factor productivity of the building industry of Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1990. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31232152.
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Lee, Kang-Jin. "An industry level analysis of causality between export and productivity the case of Korea /." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2002. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=1&did=765044471&SrchMode=1&sid=8&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1208553987&clientId=23440.
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Memarzia, Kazem. "Productivity and the Iranian building industry : a case study of component manufacture." Thesis, University of York, 1995. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11049/.
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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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Tomas, Lindholm. "Lean in Construction Projects : Is lean suitable for all construction projects?" Thesis, KTH, Byggnadsteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-146653.
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Due to the low productivity growth in the construction industry, there are discussions about theories and tools that could support an increased productivity in construction projects. One such ‘theory’ or package of tools is lean. Lean has been used successfully for decades in the car manufacturing industry, Toyota for example, and in other industries as the shipbuilding industry. In the construction industry, the use of the word lean is not frequently used and construction projects could might implement lean concepts and tools in a greater extent than today. The purpose of this thesis is to increase the productivity in construction projects by evaluating if and in which types of construction projects different lean concepts and tools could be used and when it is worth to implement different lean concepts and tools. The research questions are about if there are any obstacles to implement lean and which lean concepts and tools that are most suitable for different types of construction projects. The findings, that will answer the research questions, are based on a theoretical view from an extensive literature review including prior case studies about lean in general as well as about lean in construction projects. The findings are also based on interviews, about the construction process and lean in construction projects, with managers at different types of projects, constructed by Skanska. Even though lean is already used in some extent in construction projects, the finding is that lean concepts and tools could be used in a greater extent in construction projects without obstacles. In addition to concepts and tools used in the car manufacturing industry, e.g. just-in-time, other concepts and tools have to be added. For example production control and planning are important to support lean in construction projects. In general, lean concepts and tools could be used in all types of construction projects. Some concepts or tools are more preferable in certain types of projects. Lean could be used only by the main contractor, however, to optimize the process by lean concepts and tool, it is preferable if the whole chain is adopting lean thinking. As a final comment, construction projects are not like car manufacturing facilities with repetitive work and products. But the construction industry has to take impact from it and the future will be more like the car industry, if the quality and the architectural creativity could retained in the projects.
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Zakeri, Mahmood. "An evaluation of productivity and management practice in the Iranian construction industry." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319437.
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The aim of this research is to develop a system for construction productivity improvement in the Iranian construction industry. After eight years of devastating war with neighbouring Iraq, the country faced with an urgent need for rebuilding and development ranging from housing to infrastructure. The shortages of the resources coupled with the inefficiency of the management system within the Iranian Construction Industry has not allowed this industry to cope effectively with the post-war construction requirements of the country. The work carried out in this project has first identified and quantified the project and managementrelated factors that significantly affect the construction productivity in general as appeared in literature. Based on this survey, structured questionnaires were developed and work study techniques were used to collect and collate data from three major categories of construction workforce (i.e., construction operatives, foremen, and site managers). Exploratory analyses are then performed to determine which factors have most influence on workers' productivity, productive time, and unproductive time individually. The study then goes further to assess the effectiveness of Iranian SiteiProject Managers. F or this purpose, management effectiveness factors were identified and classified into 10 categories and the relative importance of each category were determined. Management effectiveness factors were then related to construction productivity indicators in a regression analysis exercise to reveal the Iranian managers' impacts on construction productivity. Regression technique was employed for statistical analysis resulting in developing a series of models for predicting productivity, productive time, and unproductive time of the above mentioned three categories of Iranian construction workforce. For a quicker approach to predicting productivity, a new series of productivity models were developed incorporating the critical factors to management effectiveness index. The models developed were checked for normality and range of accuracy as they were applied to the industry. The result of assessment of Iranian SiteiProject Managers effectiveness were then interpreted on productivity variations establishing a guideline for successful implementation of construction projects. The project fmally develops and proposes schemes for implementing productivity improvement programme through various hierarchy of the Iranian construction workforce.
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Law, Gordon Ki-Wai. "Decision support system for construction cycle design." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26715.
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The objective of this thesis is to develop a conceptual design of a computerized environment for detailed design of construction activities associated with projects characterized by significant repetition.
High-rise building construction is used as the example of repetitive construction projects. The construction cycle design of a typical floor structure is studied to gain an understanding of the difficulty and complexity involved in the activity design process. Modeling techniques currently used in construction planning, modeling techniques developed in the field of operations research, and assembly line balancing techniques used in industrial engineering are reviewed to determine their applicability for detailed construction cycle design.
Using the concept of decision support systems developed in the fields of management science and knowledge engineering for solving ill-structured and ill-defined problems, a conceptual design of a decision support system for construction cycle design is developed.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Chu, Chun-wah. "A study of the occupational safety and health in the construction industry in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31965817.
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Li, Wai-chung Rachel. "Effectiveness of safety management system on Hong Kong construction industry under factories and industrial undertakings (safety management) regulation." Click to view the E-thesis via HKU Scholars Hub, 2006. http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B37938411.
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Kirchev, Filip, and Malin Bartoschek. "Labor Productivity Influence in the Construction Industry : An interpretive approach to project success." Thesis, Jönköping University, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-52715.
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The construction sector is one of the most important industries for the economy in Sweden. Between 2010 to November of 2020, there has been an increase in employment in the construction industry by 35.4 percent. In 2019 the Swedish construction sector was valued at EUR 53.3 billion, where the construction sub-sector makes up 47.6 percent (European Construction Sector Observatory - Country profile Sweden, 2020). The construction industry is a fundamental part of society, whereas labor productivity, which represents the quantity of work performed per hour (Park 2006), is a vital element in the process of construction. Gunduz et al. (2020) state that labor consumes a significant amount of cost in construction projects, thus labor productivity is a determinator of cost optimization i.e., the process of making something as good or effective as possible (Cambridge Online Dictionary, n.d.). The benefit of productivity is seen as reduced construction time and cost (Fox, Marsh & Cockerham, 2010). Moreover, a lack of effective management activity towards construction resources can potentially decrease labor productivity. Thus, the familiarity of project managers with labor productivity factors is of major importance (Shehata & El-Gohary, 2011) and contributes to project success (Gunduz & Abu-Hijleh, 2020).
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Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed Samir. "An examination of the relationship between skills development and productivity in the construction industry." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2008. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/4658.
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In recent years, the UK government skills policy has emphasised the role of workforce skills development as a key driver of economic success and improving productivity across all sectors of the economy. The importance of skills (as a vehicle for enhancing productivity performance) is highlighted within numerous government reports, such as Skills White Papers (2003 and 2005), in addition to the Leitch Review of Skills (2006) which coincided with the outset of this research. Thus, the aim of this research was to examine the relationship between skills development and productivity in the construction industry in order to assess the assumptions of government skills policy in the context of the sector. A multi-method approach was adopted in this research. This involved the analysis of: official construction statistics, levy/grant and financial accounts data of construction companies, in addition to a telephone survey. The main findings of the research are published in five peer reviewed academic papers, demonstrating the tenuous nature of the relationship between skills development and productivity performance, particularly when considering the heterogeneous nature of the construction industry. Government claims about the mono-causal relationship between skills and productivity should be treated with caution. A simple boost in qualification levels or participation rates of training is unlikely to lead to productivity improvements in the construction sector. However, skills development and training activities needs to be targeted and focused if the desired outcome of enhancing productivity performance is to be achieved. Construction companies needs to be proactive in addressing the skills and training needs of their business through drawing on the various support available through CITBConstructionSkills training grants or participating in appropriate skills/training initiatives, such as apprenticeship schemes. The provision of 'productivity-based' training grants should be considered by CITB-CS in order to prompt construction companies to consider training as a plausible means for enhancing their productivity performance. Finally, the recommendations presented in this thesis and areas for further research sets out the potential way forward in terms of advancing knowledge in this area.
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Howe, A. Scott. "Modular robots for self-constructing building systems." Thesis, Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B39005185.
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McCracken, Selwyn, and n/a. "An injury surveillance framework for the New Zealand construction industry." University of Otago. Dunedin School of Medicine, 2009. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20090501.140407.
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Background: The burden of fatal and non-fatal injury for the New Zealand construction industry is larger than most other industrial sectors. Injury preventions efforts for construction have however been hampered because of insufficient, industry-specific, surveillance data that is essential for the effective targeting and evaluation of interventions.
Aim: This thesis aimed to describe and test a feasible framework of Injury Surveillance for the New Zealand construction industry. Accordingly, the specific objectives to accomplish this aim were: To identify an optimal surveillance dataset for New Zealand construction injuries; To assess potential sources of data and collection methods; To describe an ideal study design for undertaking injury surveillance; To implement an operational design based on industry stakeholder input; To undertake and evaluate an injury surveillance trial; and To suggest how a viable surveillance system could be permanently established.
Method: A trial injury surveillance system was developed by identifying known construction injury risk factors from the literature, reviewing the data collection practices of the New Zealand industry and other potential data sources and consulting with industry stakeholders about the most feasible collection methodology. This surveillance framework was then tested by combining national data from routine Government sources and data from 3 construction companies that employed approximately 720 workers between them. National construction injury data was obtained from the Accident Compensation Corporation, the Department of Labour and the Injury Information Manager. The trial Surveillance System was then evaluated in terms of its ability to collect the full range of an optimal dataset, the quality and completeness of information actually collected, the ability to identify and monitor injury priorities for the industry, and the future viability and acceptability of this surveillance design to the industry.
Results: A total of 468 medically treated injuries were recorded by the participating companies, with 15 (3.2%) considered to be Serious Harm injuries as defined by the Health and Safety in Employment Act. The level of data completeness across companies was especially low, with on average 18 out of 34 data fields (53%) completely unrecorded. The data from one company was sufficiently complete (i.e. 63% across all fields) to allow individual risk factor analyses to be conducted, whereas the absence of complete denominator data prevented the completion of the same analyses for the other two companies. Viewed overall, Government agency data was sufficiently detailed to estimate national longitudinal trends, injury agency and mechanism priorities for specific occupations and industry subsectors, and allowed a rudimentary evaluation of a national intervention programme. However, questions about data accuracy, completeness and under-reporting were raised for each of the Government data sources used.
Conclusions: Using data entirely from Government sources appears to be the most immediately viable framework of Injury Surveillance for the New Zealand construction industry. As such, the relevant range of analyses demonstrated by this study should be continued, expanded and improved. In contrast, obtaining injury surveillance data from companies in the manner that was tested does not appear to feasible, given the difficulty in recruiting companies and the poor data completeness of those companies that did participate. However, the increased range of prevention targets identified by the company that did largely contribute data as intended, demonstrated that company surveillance had merit relative to existing procedures. Suggested steps toward implementing viable construction injury surveillance within New Zealand are outlined, including a recommendation to the industry�s Health and Safety organisation, SiteSafe, to investigate the most feasible data collection protocol for its members.
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Ng, Tai-On. "Evaluating the construction safety condition under Hong Kong government policies with particular reference to total safety management system /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25948416.
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Chan, Kin-shuen Martin. "A study of sub-contracting system and its impact on construction health and safety in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25948477.
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Castaneda, Brandown Leon, Edwin Huanachin Cordova, Victor Torres Diaz, and Nique Jose Reyes. "Reduction of non-contributory work of personnel using UAV methodology (Phantom 4 Pro RTK) and conventional Topography with Total Station (Leica TS 06), in road projects." Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656564.
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El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado.At present, topographic surveys in road projects are very important, since it allows us to know the conditions and variable characteristics of the area to be executed. Commonly these surveys are carried out using a total station, high precision equipment, which in turn generates a lot of demand for time in the field and a greater number of personnel for a wide study area. For this reason, another alternative for obtaining terrain data is the use of the photogrammetric technique with UAV, since the objective is to increase productivity in the topographic survey. In this article, the productive development generated in the crews was analyzed using the total station survey methodology and the UAV photogrammetric technique using balance charts with the aim of obtaining the productive, contributory and non-contributory works, since the latter two they do not add value to the development of the project. This research was carried out in a rural area with a study area of 3 Ha and its classification by orography is of type 2 soil (undulated terrain), located in the Cuculí town center, Chongoyape district, Chiclayo province in the department of Lambayeque, Peru. In order to demonstrate that the UAV survey reduces non-contributory work by 47.2%, among the most outstanding activities obtained in this research are the leisure time that the staff presents in different situations of the project development, care of topographic equipment and another of the most outstanding was the use of cell phones in the field, which do not provide efficiency in the development of data collection and therefore would increase in time and cost of linear works, sanitation and projects in open places in the stage of design engineering.
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McKenna, Russell. "Industrial energy efficiency : interdisciplinary perspectives on the thermodynamic, technical and economic constraints." Thesis, University of Bath, 2009. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.507763.
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Overreliance on energy from fossil fuels is unsustainable because of their regional depletion and associated environmental impacts. The British industrial sector accounts for around one fifth of final energy demand and one third of carbon emissions nationally. This thesis attempts to quantify the potential for industrial energy efficiency from the current baseline, by adopting thermodynamic and economic perspectives. The methodology involves a top-down analysis of energy trends within the manufacturing sector to determine the baseline against which changes are measured, leading to bottom-up case studies which explicitly consider the detailed mechanisms affecting energy demand. Top-down analysis highlights the diversity between industrial sectors, for which a sectoral classification based on process homogeneity is proposed. It also enables the long term, systemic potential for efficiency improvements to be estimated and identifies the barriers to uptake. Bottom-up case studies are better suited to identifying the sectoral potential in the short to medium term. Firstly, the technical potential for heat recovery from industrial sectors is quantified by recourse to thermodynamic quality and spatial considerations. Secondly, an energy and exergy analysis of a glass furnace enables a distinction between avoidable and unavoidable losses, leading to the identification of economic savings. Thirdly, a process integration study at a pulp and paper mill based on a pinch analysis and optimisation of a heat exchanger network highlights economic efficiency improvements. This thesis demonstrates that realising the full industrial energy efficiency potential requires improvements to public policy intended to overcome market-related barriers, especially the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and the Carbon Trust, with additional scope for a mandatory efficiency standard relating to motors. Energy efficiency has to part of a company’s overall strategy to be effective. Future work should focus on heterogeneous sectors and the broader effects on industrial energy efficiency of globalisation and the shift towards services.
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Rudolph, John. "Quality management and rework in the construction industry." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09192009-040324/.
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Lingard, Helen. "Safety in Hong Kong's construction industry : changing worker behaviour /." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14038687.
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Sedehi, Arya John. "Leveraging radio frequency technology identification for productivity analysis in high-rise construction." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/39625.
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Until recent developments, labor productivity had been analyzed manually requiring time-consuming work and the possibility of human error. Past research has shown the multitude of benefits obtained from implementing radio frequency identification technology within various construction sites including asset tracking, inventory management, and on-site security upgrades. Additional construction improvements can be identified in terms of productivity analysis of work crews, material transport, and the overall approach to a project to determine whether the construction process is operating at maximum efficiency or can be adjusted to improve its effectiveness. This paper presents the results of implementing radio-frequency identification technology and provides a study of labor productivity analysis for a window replacement project on a high-rise construction site. This extensive study tracks the efficiency of a buck hoist worker and material lift system for transportation and illustrates the applicability of the technology despite the presence of numerous signal impeding obstacles located throughout the site.
These issues are resolved with an effective automated location and time tracking system that work in both an indoor and outdoor environment simultaneously with a data recording software and database. The in-house development of the database allows for timely information retrieval of various items of interest in this study and requires less
The experimental results show that RFID technology has the capacity to work and produce useful data for labor productivity purposes in an ever-changing construction environment. The research further recognizes relevant information regarding system optimization and worker feedback for future use.
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Rocha, Carolina Silvestri Cândido. "As políticas industriais e a produtividade brasileira a partir dos anos 2000 : uma análise heterodoxa." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/182299.
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Pode-se posicionar, atualmente, a produtividade como um dos temas mais intrigantes e relevantes da atualidade. Os debates que a circundam vão desde a maneira mais adequada de mensurá-la até seus condicionantes macro e microeconômicos. O cenário brasileiro atual outorga-lhe relevância ainda maior, uma vez que o país passa por um longo período de avanços muito modestos em termos de produtividade. As relações existentes entre produtividade industrial e inovação são descritas amplamente pela literatura econômica. A experiência dos países que caminharam em direção a níveis expressivamente superiores de produtividade aponta a inovação como elemento central em suas estratégias de desenvolvimento, o que ratifica o vínculo existente entre estas duas variáveis. Ademais, a produtividade também deve responder positivamente a esforços direcionados no âmbito da Política Industrial, quando esta encontra-se endossada por política acessórias, entre elas a política macroeconômica. Observa-se, neste contexto, que a Política Industrial brasileira a partir dos anos 2000 pouco impactou a produtividade da indústria nacional. Destacam-se: i) a política macroeconômica contraditória; ii) a desconsideração do ambiente de mudanças em termos econômicos e tecno-produtivos; iii) as falhas de concepção e execução da Política Industrial; iv) e a institucionalidade incapacidade de promoção de adesão e engajamento do setor produtivo como principais motivos para tal.Nowadays, the productivity can be analyzed as one of the most relevant themes of the economics agenda. The debates that surround it go from the most appropriate way of measuring it to its macro and microeconomic constraints. The current Brazilian scenario provides it even greater relevance as the country goes through a long period of very modest advances in terms of productivity. The relation between industrial productivity and innovation are widely described in the economic literature. The experience of countries that have moved towards significantly higher levels of productivity points to innovation as a central element in their development strategies, which ratifies the linkages between these two variables. In addition, productivity must also respond positively to efforts directed into the scope of the Industrial Policy, when it is supported by ancillary policy, among them the macroeconomic policy. It is observed, in this context, that the Brazilian Industrial Policy from the 2000s had little impact on the productivity of the national industry. The following stand out because of the: i) contradictory macroeconomic policy; ii) misunderstanding of the environment for changes in economic and techno-productive terms; iii) failures to design and implement of the Industrial Policy; iv) and the institutionality inability to promote adherence and engagement of the productive sector as main reasons for doing so.
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Meltz, Jesse. "Identification of the best practices in the construction industry to attain zero accidents." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009meltzj.pdf.
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Lefoka, Mochelo Mackson. "An evaluation of the contextual factors that affect labour productivity in the South African Construction Industry." Master's thesis, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31686.
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Poor labour productivity is an endemic global problem in the construction industry. In the past two decades, it has been observed over the different sectors of the construction industry that the labour productivity expended on projects has reported a decline, particularly in the building and civil sectors. This research explores the variables that affect labour productivity on construction sites and whether the estimation practices used considers the various circumstances in which buildings and infrastructure are produced. Literature review aided in the identification of contextual factors classified in four categories that affect labour productivity on construction projects. These categories were; site environment factors, organisational factors, technical factors and social factors. These factors were used in the development and design of the questionnaire to analyse the impact of these factors on construction labour productivity. The population of the study comprised of directors, contracts managers, project and construction managers, quantity surveyors and estimators who are employees of construction firms listed in Grades 2-9 of the Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) Register of Contractors in South Africa. The study area covered nine provinces of South Africa. At the end of the survey period, 117 valid responses were received and analysed. The findings of the study revealed that at the pre-construction phase of a construction project, social factors, complexity of the project and organisational factors are not considered in the estimation practices and techniques. Results further revealed that four core factors that affect productivity of labour are; lack of experience amongst workers, delays in the wages of labourers, change orders from designers/consultants and the relationships between labourers and their supervisors. The study established a relationship between the contextual factors and labour productivity on construction projects. Motivation and training emerged as significant changes needed to improve labour productivity on projects. Based on these findings, the study concludes that labour productivity is impacted by contextual site factors such as lack of experience, delays in labour payment and that these are not considered by estimators at the project pre-construction phase. The study recommends that these site factors need to be considered during the preconstruction phase of a project in order to allow for their impact on labour productivity during construction. Furthermore, a benchmark and standard of what constitutes effective labour productivity needs to be developed on construction sites, especially one that is project specific and considering all the four categories of contextual factors and their probable impacts.
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Yveborg, Sandra. "Reasons for the low usage of scheduling software and the difference in production performance between users and nonusers of scheduling software from a lean manufacturing perspective /." Online version of thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/7779.
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Zhang, Guochang. "Incentive compatible compensation mechanism for centrally planned industry with multiple agents and communiction." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26114.
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This thesis applies the existing agency theory into the problem of production planning in a centrally planned industry. The planner's objective is to maximize social welfare contributed by the industry, while the firms individually want to maximize utility over money compensation minus disutility over effort. The problem contains both moral hazard and adverse selection because each agent privately observes a predecision information about the production process. A model is built for determining the optimal incentive compatible scheme. The analysis starts with the problem of fixed proportions production. An optimal incentive compatible scheme is first derived in single agent settings. It is then extended to multiple agent settings. Under the optimal incentive scheme, the principal is able to derive all the rent. The solution is the first-best when the agents are all risk neutral, and strictly second-best otherwise. The subgaming issues amongst the agents are investigated. When the agents are not cooperative, a sufficient condition is given for the incentive scheme to be effective, i.e., the equilibrium induced by the scheme is implementable. It is also concluded that, if the agents are able to cooperate, there always exist some state realizations under which the scheme is not effective. Finally, a different type of production problem, namely, production with substitutable inputs, are studied. And an incentive compatible compensation scheme is again proposed.Business, Sauder School of
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ATTERSTRÖM, VICTOR, and HENRIC THEORIN. "Continuous Improvements – The Key to Industrial Construction in Practice? : A case study at a large Swedish construction firm." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Management, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-159075.
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Byggindustrin har länge tampats med en undermålig produktivitetsutveckling i förhållande till andra industrier och då speciellt processindustrin. Det har gjorts många försök att industrialisera byggandet för att dra nytta av standardiserade produkter och processer, i Sverige mest utmärkande under 60-talets miljonprogram vilket var kraftigt influerat av dåtidens rådande produktionsfilosofi - massproduktion. För närvarande baseras industrialiseringsarbetet på koncept från lean production där fokus ligger i att eliminera alla former av slöserier via det som kallas industriellt byggande. Syftet med denna rapport är att med hjälp av filosofier från lean production undersöka hur koncept från industriellt byggande appliceras i produktionen av bostäder där prefabricerade betongelement används. Anledningen till att detta perspektiv väljs baseras i att ett konceptuellt ramverk deriverat från lean production lämpar sig ytterst väl för att undersöka och analysera värdeflöden, speciellt i en produktionsmiljö. Ett av Sveriges största byggbolag, NCC AB, använder sig för närvarande av tekniska plattformar och konceptuella produkter för att industrialisera sin process vid upplåtandet hyresfastigheter med minimering av produktionskostnad och tid som huvudmål. En av huvudkomponenterna i produktionen av dessa bostäder är prefabricerade betongelement vilket gör att företaget lämpar sig ytterst väl för en fallstudie. Några av de huvudresultat som denna rapport utmynnat i är att det studerade företaget och i förlängningen hela byggbranschen dras med ett kraftigt eftersatt förbättringsarbete - continuous improvements vilket kan vara en av huvudförklaringarna till sektorns låga produktivitetsutveckling jämfört med processindustrins dito. Vidare har tre fokusområden tagits fram baserat på den utförda fallstudien som sedan ställts i relation till teori inom industriellt byggande. Dessa tre fokusområden har givits epitetet pelare för industrialisering och det argumenteras för att dessa pelare måste beaktas för att möjliggöra en framgångsrik industriell byggprocess.The construction industry has during a long time suffered from poor development in productivity compared to other industries, especially the manufacturing industry. Many initiatives for industrialization have been made during the past decade in order to benefit from standardized products and processes, in Sweden most notably through "Miljonprogrammet" in the 1960s. This era was heavily influenced by the prevailing production philosophy in the manufacturing industry at the time - mass production. Today the industrialization initiatives are based on concepts from lean production where the focus is upon eliminating all forms of waste through what is related to as industrial construction. This report is based on the purpose to, using lean philosophies and tools, investigate how concepts from industrial construction is applied in the production of residential buildings using prefabricated concrete elements. The perspective of lean production is chosen because it is suitable for the study of value flows, especially in a production environment. One of the largest Swedish construction firms - NCC AB, currently deploys technical platforms and conceptual products in order to industrialize the processes used to construct rental housing with production cost and time reduction in focus. One of the key components used are prefabricated concrete elements which means the company is suitable as a case study. Some of the main results extracted through this research is that the studied company and in extension the entire construction industry performs poorly in terms of continuous improvements. This could be a main explanation for the industry’s productivity development in comparison with other industries, especially the manufacturing industry. Further, three areas of particular importance are derived from the case study and compared to theory within industrial construction. These areas are, in this report, labeled pillars for industrialization and it is argued for that these pillars needs to be considered in order to enable a successful industrialized construction process.
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Conceição, Pedro. "Growth, technology and inter-industry earnings inequality in manufacturing : evidence from a selection of OECD countries, 1970-1990 /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004242.
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Chiang, I.-Cheng Robert. "Optimizing the productivity of development teams during software system construction : theoretical and practical considerations /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8723.
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Grinevich, Vadim Vladimirovich. "Sectoral patterns of productivity growth and the university-industry interface : a cross-regional comparison for the UK, 1998-2002." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609978.
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Granér, Mats. "Essays on trade and productivity : case studies of manufacturing in Chile and Kenya /." Göteborg : Dept. of Economics, School of Economics and Commercial Law (Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögsk.), 2002. http://www.handels.gu.se/epc/data/html/html/PDF/GranerdissNE.pdf.
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