Browsing Faculty Research by Department "Construction Science"
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(2023-11-21)This article links current understanding of major factors that cross critical climate thresholds: 1. Earth’s Anthropocene Epoch of exponential and unsustainable population, consumption, waste, and emissions damaging Earth ...
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(2015-02-08)The US is currently engaged in a large-scale building boom to upgrade and expand healthcare facilities. Facility decision-makers need an unbiased information source in order to improve quality and maximize value for money. ...
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(2018-03-16)Literature search indicates that Main Street Program (MSP) is considered to be successful in achieving the goals of ‘preferred place to live’ and ‘increased active living’. The four point approach of MSP, (organization, ...
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(2020-02-04)Popper’s (1972) analytical process of conjecture and refutations highlight how a problem begets a solution that engenders new problems. Efforts, in theory and practice, to increase construction productivity at the strategic ...
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(2018-03-15)Sustainability has been defined by various institutions as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. This is a soft qualitative definition. It has ...
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(2018-03-15)Lean and Six Sigma have been recognized as innovative strategies that can be used to transform a firm’s management practices to a newer level. However, there is little guidance, or evidence indicating whether Lean or Six ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2014-04-03)This study provides information and a basic overview on Construction Manager at Risk (CMR) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) as project delivery methods while contrasting their performance in the design and construction ...
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(American Institute of Constructors, 2015)Previous studies have been conducted to determine the skills the construction industry expects graduates and entry level professionals to possess. The majority of those studies report soft skills and technical expertise ...
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The Content and Visibility of Green Building Practices on Commercial Construction Company Websites (2018-03-15)The number of buildings being erected using sustainable principles has risen, in part due, to environmentally conscious consumers and government incentives. For construction companies wanting to provide green building ...
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(International Group for Lean Construction, 2012-07-17)PURPOSE: Collaborative project delivery methods are believed to contribute to faster completion times, lower overall project costs and higher quality. Contracts are expected to influence the degree of collaboration on a ...
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(Proceedings of the 24th annual conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, 2016-07-20)Target Value Design (TVD) is increasingly being used for Lean-Integrated Project Delivery processes—especially in the healthcare facility sector. However, the basic principles of TVD take time to comprehend and can seem ...
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(2018-03-15)Construction labor productivity has declined over the last 50 years. Contrary to mainstream reporting of significant improvement in construction project productivity through inventions, techniques, methods, and technologies, ...
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(2018-03-15)Design-Build (DB) and Construction Management at Risk (CMAR) are two widely used alternative project delivery systems in the construction industry. Previous studies have found inconclusive results on which of the two has ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2014-07-31)This study explores predictors of female project managers’ salary in the construction industry and analyzes the relationship between salaries and specific variables. Although prior research indicates a relationship does ...
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(2018-03-15)Safety and lean aim at similar goals in making the construction process faster, better and safer (Main et al. 2008). This research intends to answer the basic question: “Is there a relationship between lean and safety ...
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(2015-02-08)Why do Koskela and others argue that the underlying theory of project management (PM) is obsolete? Project management works for the manufacturing industry, and for the construction industry at both the physical production ...
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(2018-03-15)Plan unreliability is a crucial problem in construction industry. As the industry is fragmented and every project is unique, schedule delay is common phenomenon in the industry. Ballard and Howell proposed that shielding ...
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(International Group for Lean Construction, 2011-07-13)PURPOSE: Target Value Design (TVD) is a project delivery subset that shares methodologies with Target Costing and Value Engineering, but is performed within the context of lean construction. TVD has been shown to generate ...
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(American Institute of Constructors, 2014-09)Historically the United States has welcomed immigration from all over the world. In recent years however there has been an increase in hostility towards immigration but more precisely towards unauthorized immigration. ...