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At present, there is a series of problems in project cost management of Chinese construction enterprise, to a certain extent, which affected the development of the construction industry China. Lean model experimental analysis which comes from lean production and management, has become the guiding ideology for a new round of management revolution. In this paper, the connotation of lean model experimental...
Civil engineering educators need to develop effective teaching techniques in order to prepare the current students with the necessary sustainability knowledge. In view of its importance, aspects of sustainability are broadly integrated into existing civil engineering modules at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Furthermore, specific modules focusing in sustainability issues, principles...
Within the construction projects, where the concept of relationship is trying to improve, the project participants are realizing that the sharing of knowledge and information is the one of the key elements of success. Main contractors played a significant role in the most projects in construction field, also commonly referred to as subcontractors. However, the relationship between them is slightly...
The Malaysian construction industry contributes as an empowerment to the Malaysian economic sector. Even though, the building and construction industry are the key sector for sustainable development, but still they are among the biggest threat to the environment in a form of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions. Moreover, this industry consumes a huge amount of natural resources and emits million tonnes...
Proper understanding on key indicators related to Industrialized Building System (IBS) is important in assisting contractors to formulate effective strategic planning for their company. This study presents a list of SWOT (Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) indicators for measuring the most important or the Key Indicator (KI) with reference to Selangor construction industry. Key SWOT...
The implementation of sustainable development influenced the practice of all business sectors including construction industry towards sustainable practices, which focus for the balance between economy, social and environment performances. In order to promote sustainable construction, there are several strategies which need to be considered. A large number of research has been conducted to investigate...
Rapid growth of construction projects have benefited mankind by providing social requirement like infrastructure, building etc as well contributing significantly in economic growth of country. At the same time is contributing significantly in generating high amount of construction waste, consuming resource excessively, and adverse impacts to environment, facing schedule delay and using excessive budget...
Malaysian construction Industry nowadays is facing a fraternity of problems series of delayed and abandoned projects. Currently in Malaysia, there is no formal risk management approaches in use by the subcontractors. This research intends to identify types of risks involved at project conceptual phase for the subcontractors. The findings in this research are based on the synthesis of critical literature...
Construction materials usually constitute a major portion of the total cost in a building construction project, which makes the control of this resource important. Despite the potential benefit of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), convincing construction organisations to embrace its use and implementation has proved a difficult task. This paper aims to present a review of the existing...
Since the construction industry has great impact on the environment, the consideration of sustainable development through sustainable construction is needed. Sustainable construction provides solutions that require optimization of all types of beneficial environmental impact. Therefore, sustainable construction is important in order to achieve sustainable development, taking into consideration the...
The last five decades or so ago following the independence, Malaysia have seen a tremendous growth of development within the construction industry. Along with this development came the increasing needs for more qualified personnel and technocrats. The task to provide professional trainings for the required manpower was given to the Higher Education Institutions. Playing this important role, UiTM for...
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2e) and other greenhouse gases (GHG) have been blamed for global warming, and more and more unforeseeable natural disasters that have put human beings in great danger. Reduction of CO2e is considered one of the most important issues of global politics in the next decade. The construction industry has long been the major contributor of CO2e and other GHG due to the production...
This paper analyzes the reasons of phenomenon of resources and energy waste, which will increase the CO2 emission, in the first 3 stages of the construction: the feasibility study stage, the designing stage and the construction stage. And then relevant suggestions are given.
Despite to the initial attractions, the international projects are potentially high-risk and their negative impacts can affect international contractors if the risks are not identified in the contracting phase. The implementation of an efficient risk management process can reduce the negative impacts of identified risks which may in turn increase the profit of these companies. Risks of international...
Through the analysis on the life properties of building energy-conversation, this paper explains the coupling between nodes and the rule of cohesion within nodes in the lifecycle of building energy conservation. The energy-saving chain of construction engineering is combined with the coupling concept of synergetics. With the influence degree of coupling factors between upstream and downstream of energy-saving...
Under the background of gradually globalization of economy, the market competition environment that the project management behaviors of construction enterprises have to face becomes much more fierce, complex and diverse. So the problems of how to utilize the business opportunities and how to avoid the risk effectively to reduce the management cost have caused a public concern over the construction...
In order to study the superficial and deep causes of public work quality accidents, we have collected 27 cases of construction quality accidents of public buildings publicized by the Japanese media. Statistic analysis is conducted by using the cause factor analysis method of failure study. We have discussed the superficial causes of construction quality accidents of public building, and deep impact...
Project cost of construction enterprises includes direct costs and indirect costs. The absence of segregation in responsibilities, the barriers exits in cost information transmitting, lack of cost control criteria, the low technological level of construction workers, lack of cost analysis and evaluation mechanism are the main problems exit in project cost control of construction enterprises. The paper...
This article was based on the engineering geological conditions and the engineering examples in different typical areas in Dujiangyan City. The investigation and analysis of foundation treatment plan was carried on to improve the safety and economical efficiency of the post-quake reconstruction program and to realize sustainable development. In the light of quality assurance the research took several...
According to the defects of the traditional evaluation bid methods, the essay proposes the evaluation bid methods based on the grey system theory. It establishes a model of grey decision-making and the steps of implementations in evaluation bid of engineering project, and proposes the integrated effect measure algorithm of different polar samples. Also, the essay transforms the qualitative evaluations...
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