Browsing by Author "Lavy, Sarel"
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Singh, Shashank (2017-07-12)Flooring materials have a considerable impact on the indoor environment of healthcare facilities. In recent years, flooring options such as vinyl flooring and vinyl composite tiles have emerged as a popular choice in such ...
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Pathak, Rutuparna (2010-10-12)When working on United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED projects, architects, designers, and engineers involved in a sustainable design project often require ...
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Prakash, Ramya (2011-08-08)Lean construction borrows concepts from lean manufacturing and Toyota Production System in order to eliminate waste and add value to the construction process. Manufacturing processes utilizing lean principles have matured ...
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Gunby, Molly Gaynell (2011-02-22)Identifying the unique ways in which a project can add value to an owner’s organization is an essential part of project delivery. Every project has defined requirements, such as budget, schedule and engineering specifications ...
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Rybkowski, Zofia K.; Munankami, Manish; Gottipati, Udaya; Lavy, Sarel; Fernández-Solis, Jose (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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Vaziri, Arian (2018-04-30)When speaking of project performance, historically, improvements in practice have been held in higher regards than improvements in management theory. Yet, it is argued that enhancement in practice cannot be achieved without ...
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Farzad, Mohammad Reza (2016-05-04)Laser scanning technology has been well received by the industry practitioners who want to create a 3-dimensional (3D) computer model of existing buildings and structures. However, most 3D laser scanners are expensive and ...
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Radhakrishnan Nair Sindhu, Jayakrishnan (2016-04-29)Numerous research studies to date have been conducted to examine the processes and effectiveness of Front-End Planning. However, very little is known about the impact of the “level” of Front-End Planning to the cost, ...
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Bhattacharjee, Suchayita S. (2009-05-15)The thesis addresses the problems faced by contractors during the recovery and rebuilding process after hurricanes that struck the southeast region of the United States in 2004-2005 hurricane seasons. It also deals with ...
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Porwal, Vishal (2012-02-14)In recent years projects have increasingly used Last Planner System (LPS) in building construction. However project managers still struggle with figuring out how the LPS could be applied on their specific projects. One ...
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Cooper, Aaron McGill (2009-05-15)Since 1998, the United States Green Building Council, via the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, has established the premiere set of guidelines for construction ethics from the standpoint of ...
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Daniels, Patrick Rudolph (2012-10-19)Owner groups and Facility Managers of health care facilities interested in reducing operation and maintenance (O&M) expenses for new facilities have often been placed in the difficult position of making cost-benefit ...
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Ellis, Evan D (2013-12-09)Historic structure reports (HSR) are multidisciplinary and offer much needed understanding to all that use them. These reports are created to help architects, contractors and owners understand the historic importance of ...
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Abdagiri, Parag Vijay (2017-12-08)The annual energy consumed in building construction and operation is approximately 48% of the total energy in the United States. The total life cycle energy of buildings comprises of operational energy and embodied energy. ...
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Balabadhrapatruni, Aswini (2012-07-16)Building Integrated Photo Voltaics (BIPVs) are devices which are manufactured to replace building components exposed to sufficient sunlight to generate energy. Photo Voltaic Roof tiles are Building Integrated components ...
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Poudel, Alence (2021-04-07)A proper strategic asset management enables one to understand what network performance can be achieved, at what expense, and with what associated risks. However, the current management approaches practiced by many cities ...
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Kim, Yoo Hyun (2012-07-16)The transportation infrastructure systems in the United States were built between the 50's and 80's, with 20 years design life. As most of them already exceeded their original life expectancy, state transportation agencies ...
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Mukherji, Payal Tapandev (2011-02-22)The cost of design, construction and maintenance of facilities is on continual rise. The demand is to construct facilities which have been designed by apply life cycle costing principles. These principles have already given ...
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Dharela, Ashish Dev Singh (2017-12-08)The increasing complexity of construction projects has transformed the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry through technology adoption over the last decade. But, Facility Management (FM) as an industry ...
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Fernandez-Solis, Jose L.; Lavy, Sarel (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 ...