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Is building construction, as a social project organization and production system, complicated or complex?
(2018-03-15)
A recent study of chaos in construction as a project production process and system has raised a valid question: Is construction production really complex or just complicated? More importantly, how do we know which one is ...
DOES DESIGN-BUILD (DB) OUTPERFORM CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT RISK (CMAR)? A COST AND SCHEDULE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DB PROJECTS AND CMAR PROJECTS
(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 ...
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 ...
Do Management Practices Impact Cost and Schedule Indicators? Comparative of Case Studies
(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, ...
Relations and Implications of Aperiodic Earth Core / Geomagnetic Field Reversals with Earth Glaciations
(2018-08-13)
The Little Ice Age, a snowball earth, and icehouse phenomena requires causal explanations, which have eluded scientists up to now.
A serious deficiency exists with current global warming theories. Current theories are ...
A STRUCTURED LITERATURE REVIEW: VALUE STREAM MAPPING (VSM) IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
(2018-03-15)
For the past few years, almost every sector of the manufacturing and service industries have applied some form of lean methodology. Likewise, lean-based tools have been applied to simple and complex construction projects. ...
MORTALITY RATE IN THE USA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (2004 – 2014)
(2018-03-15)
Safety remains a major challenge in the construction industry throughout the world. Recent government statistics have revealed a high rate of fatalities in the U.S. construction industry. This study investigates the root ...
Trends in pursuing LEED certification credit points
(2018-03-15)
Conservation of energy and protecting the environment has becoming a rapidly increasing global concern. To address these concerns, initiatives are being taken worldwide and specifically by the construction industry. One ...
Framework for Understanding the Relationship between Lean and Safety in Construction
(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 ...
BSRI (Building Sustainability Rating Index) for Building Construction
(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 ...