Browsing by Subject "construction management."
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Construction and early test results of waste transport in piping systems served by ULF water closets (Texas A&M University, 2003)The intent of this study was to determine if there is a correlation between discharge curves and venting on waste transport. Test stands were built to facilitate discharge curve and waste transport testing at the ESL ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1990)Weaknesses associated with cable distribution systems suggest a lack of design consideration in the planning stage of a building. The primary question to be addressed in this study is do relationships between design ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1997)This thesis reports the findings of a telephone survey, public tax records, and water bills of 233 randomly selected single family detached residences, built between 1992 and 1994 in College Station, Texas. Weather information ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2003)Today's society encourages diversification in all aspects of life, including diversity in the workplace. In order to obtain a clear picture of the characteristics of the Texas construction industry's upper management, 264 ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1993)The purpose of this study is to document the research and design of a condition assessment system for buildings by utilizing case study methods for the facilities located at Fort Riley, Kansas, an Army military installation. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2003)Hispanics are the fastest growing minority group in the United States and make up a large portion of the construction industry. This study was conducted to determine if Hispanic construction workers are injured at a higher ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1991)This pilot study reports the statewide, regulatory compliance of general construction contractors in Texas who generated regulated amounts of hazardous waste during 1990, defined by existing state and federal hazardous-w ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1988)In the conduct of construction, situations may arise where a shortage of craftsmen forces crew compositions with a larger than desirable proportion of unskilled workers to do the work that must be done. The net effect on ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1993)The colonias of the Lower Rio Grande Valley are rural, unincorporated subdivisions where infrastructure exists in an embryonic stage. Although many of the houses in these communities are of substandard quality, the communities ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1989)A study involving twenty-six construction firms, which practice project management in Texas, examined whether thirteen leadership behaviors could be associated with effective project managers. The data indicated that ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1993)Smoke detectors, a critical part of any fire detection system, are employed as safety devices to warn building inhabitants of life threatening particles resulting from combustion. Two types of detectors are currently on ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1989)In 1986, contract sales by Japanese construction firms in the U.S. exceeded 3 billion dollars, six times the amount in 1983 (Journal of Commerce. 1987). The Japanese attained a greater percentage increase in their construction ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2001)The integration of methods, materials, and manpower is the basis for planning the activities of a construction project. The scheduling of these resources used during the construction of buildings is a critical factor that ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2001)Classification plays a vital role in construction specifications, structuring of construction documents, measuring bills of quantities, and calculation of construction costs. A multitude of classification systems exists ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1992)The construction industry is attacking the challenges of the 1990's by implementing the use of a concept known as partnering. Private and public sectors alike are showing interest in the application of this concept. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2002)Pipe sizing criteria, and thus building water utility connections, are currently based upon a very small statistical sampling of plumbing fixtures performed in the late 1930's. This sampling became the basis for the Hunter ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2002)In the summer of 2001, a set of 85 soundwaves was produced from a steel ball hitting standard 4-inch concrete cylinders from three locations. The soundwaves were recorded using the software package Cool Edit 2000. These ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1993)The use of modern quality management techniques, such as, statistical process control, TQM, QA/QC, the Deming and Taguchi methods, motivation theories, modern training and supervision methods, effective communication ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2001)A sample size of 81, 4" diameter concrete standard cylinders were tested using nondestructive means. These cylinders were collected from three different ready-mix plants across Texas located in Houston, San Antonio and ...
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(Texas A&M University, 1995)This study proposes to scientifically assess the reliability of previous government cost estimates in evaluating construction project bids and to examine the usefulness of discordancy testing methods as an alternative to ...