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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 ...
Structured Literature Review of Design-Build/Bridging, Design-Bid-Build & Design-Build
(2018-03-15)
This paper is a systematic literature review of journal papers and articles on the three project delivery systems (PDS), design-build/bridging (bridging), design-bid-build (DBB) and design-build (DB). Mean estimated project ...
Guidelines to Address Challenges Faced by Last Planner Users and Implementers at Organizational and Project Levels
(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 ...
A seminal case study on application of last planner system with cash flow data for improvement in construction management practices
(2018-03-15)
A major challenge faced by project managers is balancing the variables of scope, cost, and schedule. Changes in scope usually result in cost/schedule overruns. Variance in either or both of them creates disorder (typically ...
Reflective Practitioner: Grounding the Use of Instructional Technology in Principles, Teaching Philosophy, Course Goals and Disciplinary Values
(2018-03-15)
Necessity, when assigned to teach a large introductory class in Construction Science, required I learn quickly the requisite instructional technology and its application. The title, “Reflective Practitioner” is an anachronism ...
Assessing the Active Living Impacts of Urban Design Improvements: Brenham TX Main Street Program
(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, ...