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Author : Jaman Ibrahem Al-Zahrani
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (861 download)
Download or read book The Impact of Contractors' Attributes on Construction Project Success written by Jaman Ibrahem Al-Zahrani and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kumar Neeraj Jha
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400762569
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Determinants of Construction Project Success in India written by Kumar Neeraj Jha and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study presents exploratory work and seeks to identify and evaluate the success and failure factors that could form a guideline for further study and to some extent help professionals to understand some critical aspects that impact project performance concerning construction in India. A total of 55 attributes affecting the performance of construction projects are analysed in terms of their level of influence on four key performance criteria – schedule, cost, quality, and no disputes – using a two-stage questionnaire survey. These attributes are then further analysed, interpreted and evaluated. Based on the critical success factors obtained from the study, a neural network model-based predictive model for project performance has been developed. The performance prediction models have been derived for all four project performance criteria. Further, a hypothesis that ‘project success’ is influenced by ‘success traits’ has also been formulated. The hypothesized positive inter-relationships between success traits and project success have been tested using the structural equation modelling technique. Besides supporting the intuition of past researchers in recognizing ‘coordination’ as a key success factor, this study has revealed that coordination is not an isolated and independent activity, but is a typical management function with an inherent role in all major management activities. Key elements affecting coordination have also been identified and their influence on coordination effort has been studied. Furthermore, the present study has also identified three broad skill groups required of effective project coordinators. The results are validated through case studies of live projects and structured interviews with experts in the field of construction management.
Author : Callistus Tengan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000381366
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Construction Project Monitoring and Evaluation written by Callistus Tengan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will provide readers with an in-depth theoretical awareness and practical guidance on the implementation of an effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to ensure construction projects meet approved quality, cost, time and social sustainability objectives. The authors discuss the drivers, challenges, determinants and benefits of effective M&E implementation together with the theories and models underpinning construction project M&E practices. Further, a comparative overview of M&E practices in developed and developing countries is presented to elucidate the best practices. The book first conceptualizes M&E as a five-factor model comprising stakeholder involvement, budgetary allocation and logistics, technical capacity and training, leadership, and communication. It then presents an M&E case study on the Ghanaian construction industry before expanding on the idea of M&E systems as an effective tool for project performance and in optimizing a project’s contribution to society and the environment. The book further provides guidance on M&E practice for construction project managers, investors, professionals, researchers and other stakeholders and is therefore of interest to those in architecture, construction engineering, planning, project management and development studies.
Author : Asfandyar Inayat
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783659319761
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Critical Success Factors for Organizations in Construction Projects written by Asfandyar Inayat and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The knowledge of dominant project characteristics provides a means to better deploy valuable resources on relevant areas so as to achieve a successful project. The search for the relative dominance of these characteristics has witnessed grand transformations from being purely theoretical to a more sensible numeric form. The book sets out to develop reader interest in the use of statistical procedures and the analytical hierarchy process for the quantification of engineering judgment with regard to project critical success factors. Later, the book discusses three such state of the art works that best explains the progress in search of construction project critical success factors over a period of the foregoing 25 years. Finally, the book discusses the original research of the authors aimed at an analytical extraction of construction project critical success factors for consultants, contractors, and project management organizations. Spearman's test on overall rankings of 40 significant factors results in a highest level of correlation between the managers and contractor personnel (rs=0.54), and a least correlation between the contractor personnel and the consultants (rs=0.19).
Author : Ronald A. Heifetz
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1625277784
Total Pages : 649 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Adaptive Leadership: The Heifetz Collection (3 Items) written by Ronald A. Heifetz and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In times of constant change, adaptive leadership is critical. This Harvard Business Review collection brings together the seminal ideas on how to adapt and thrive in challenging environments, from leading thinkers on the topic—most notably Ronald A. Heifetz of the Harvard Kennedy School and Cambridge Leadership Associates. The Heifetz Collection includes two classic books: Leadership on the Line, by Ron Heifetz and Marty Linsky, and The Practice of Adaptive Leadership, by Heifetz, Linsky, and Alexander Grashow. Also included is the popular Harvard Business Review article, “Leadership in a (Permanent) Crisis,” written by all three authors. Available together for the first time, this collection includes full digital editions of each work. Adaptive leadership is a practical framework for dealing with today’s mix of urgency, high stakes, and uncertainty. It has been used by individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments worldwide. In a world of challenging environments, adaptive leadership serves as a guide to distinguishing the essential from the expendable, beginning the meaningful process of adaption, and changing the status quo. Ronald A. Heifetz is a cofounder of the international leadership and consulting practice Cambridge Leadership Associates (CLA) and the founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is renowned worldwide for his innovative work on the practice and teaching of leadership. Marty Linsky is a cofounder of CLA and has taught at the Kennedy School for more than twenty-five years. Alexander Grashow is a Senior Advisor to CLA, having previously held the position of CEO.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309172780
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Improving Project Management in the Department of Energy written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-09-22 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Department of Energy has been at the center of many of the greatest achievements in science and engineering in this century. DOE spends billions of dollars funding projects-and plans to keep on spending at this rate. But, documentation shows that DOE's construction and environmental remediation projects take much longer and cost 50% more than comparable projects undertaken by other federal agencies, calling into question DOE's procedures and project management. What are the root causes for these problems?
Author : Thomas E. Glavinich
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470056215
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Contractor's Guide to Green Building Construction written by Thomas E. Glavinich and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-07 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for contractors and endorsed by the Associated General Contractors of America Written specifically for contractors, this "how-to" book enables you to meet the challenges of green building construction. You'll discover how constructing environmentally friendly, sustainable buildings influences project management, delivery, documentation, and risk. Moreover, the book guides you through these important considerations at all phases of a green construction project, including: Bidding and contracting Managing green design when the contractor works as a design builder Subcontracting Procurement Construction management Project commissioning and closeout This book is endorsed by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and was written with the assistance and advice of a specially assembled AGC task force. With a focus on the green building process from the contractor's viewpoint, the book avoids endorsing any one green building rating system in favor of presenting the business fundamentals common to them all. Throughout the presentation, flowcharts and other features offer working tools for successfully managing green construction projects. Plus, real-world case studies developed through discussions with the actual contractors involved help you understand exactly what to expect and how to best manage constructing a green building. In short, this is one book that you need to have on hand to be a part of the rapidly growing green building movement.
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Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
ISBN 13 : 1490109919
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Issues in Innovation, Indicators, and Management in Technology: 2013 Edition written by and published by ScholarlyEditions. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues in Innovation, Indicators, and Management in Technology: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ book that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Supply Chain Management. The editors have built Issues in Innovation, Indicators, and Management in Technology: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Supply Chain Management in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Innovation, Indicators, and Management in Technology: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.
Author : Jim Eisenhart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983707783
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Turning the Problem Construction Project Into an Extraordinary Success written by Jim Eisenhart and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problem construction projects hurt. That's right, and I do mean personally as well as institutionally. These jobs are stressful because the vast majority of your time is spent on the defensive--writing CYA emails, playing games, building cases, avoiding real or perceived risks from other stakeholders, and arguing over contractual requirements or the specifications versus pursuing project success. All these activities create negative stress.In today's best-value, pre qualified selection process in the public and private sectors, having a reputation for a problem job--regardless of who might be to blame--is a black mark that can preclude you from winning future business. Or, if you are an owner, it will deter good contractors from even bidding on your future work.There is a huge difference between just tweaking individual behaviors and truly changing a problem project team's culture to one of a winning team that sustains success. Using Eisenhart's break-through process, as outlined in this book, will keep the bar going up, enhance your firm's reputation and create a fundamental shift in you team's mindset that builds lost rust, generates a passion for project excellence.
Author : Clinton Aigbavboa
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031224345
Total Pages : 817 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)
Download or read book Towards a Sustainable Construction Industry: The Role of Innovation and Digitalisation written by Clinton Aigbavboa and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-04-23 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers papers from the 12th Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Postgraduate Research Conference, which was held at the International Convention Centre, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, from July 10 to 12, 2022. The conference directly addresses the objectives of SDG9: “Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation”. Moreover, the conference is designed to promote capacity development and transformation within the built-environment space by providing an all-inclusive platform to established and emerging researchers to discuss the recent advancements needed to move the industry forward.
Author : Adam Jabłoński
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039212338
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (392 download)
Download or read book Trust Management written by Adam Jabłoński and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: element of relationships between entities, but, above all, it positively influences the building of an organization's intellectual capital. This capital can be defined in different ways, but its definition always references elements that determine the potential of sustainable organizations, often in human, social, relational, organizational, and innovation dimensions. Trust is increasingly becoming the key determinant of this capital (Kożuch, Lenart-Gansiniec, 2017). Trust also has a number of different definitions. However, the basis of many of these definitions is the building of relationships focused on developing some kind of individual or inter-organizational link. Organizational trust is a complicated concept, and it is the basis of all organized activities performed by people in the organization, largely because trust is needed to develop relationships with integrity and commitment. Thus, it is interesting to study the relationship between trust and the building of the intellectual capital of sustainable organizations. Indeed, intellectual capital plays a special role here. It is a guide and a platform for achieving not only a competitive advantage for the sustainable organization, but also a source of value creation in the short and long term. Thus, this strategic hybrid, composed of a business model, strategy, and business processes, is favorable to the development of intellectual capital (Jabłoński 2017). Trust is an element that ties this capital to relationships in business. Moreover, it has an integrated character (R.C. Mayer, J. H. Davis, F. D. Schoorman 1995). Assuming that, nowadays, the network paradigm is becoming increasingly important, it is worth asking how the mechanism of building trust-based intellectual capital in a sustainable organization functions as its key asset in the network environment.
Author : R. Baden Hellard
Publisher : Thomas Telford
ISBN 13 : 9780727719515
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Total Quality in Construction Projects written by R. Baden Hellard and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 1993 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Total quality management is vital to long-term business success. it is much more applicable to construction than are the procedures which have been developed for and used with great success in manufacturing industry. BS 5750 (Quality Systems) part 1-3 and even part 8 are more relevant to repetitive processes than to one-off projects.This book shows that the philosophy and principles of quality management apply just as much to the construction industry as adapted to take account of the very different procedures involved.
Author : Ranjith Dissanayake
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 981192886X
Total Pages : 787 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)
Download or read book 12th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management written by Ranjith Dissanayake and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-28 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights advances in the fields of civil engineering and construction industry with a particular focus on Structural Engineering and Construction Management. This book consists of top quality and innovative research papers selected from the proceedings of the 12th ICSECM 2021 under the themes of Innovations in Building Materials, Construction Management, Tall buildings, Concrete Technology and High Performance concrete, Geotechnical Engineering, Water and Waste Water Treatment, CKDu problem in Sri Lanka, Structural Health Monitoring & Design of Resistive Structures, Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Built Environment, Fibre Reinforced Polymer, Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings and Fire Safety Engineering.
Author : Emanuel Camilleri
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317074866
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Project Success written by Emanuel Camilleri and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of what defines project success (or failure) is complex and often elusive, and dependent on the perceptions of different stakeholders. In this enlightening book Emanuel Camilleri examines the key factors bearing on perceived success or failure. This book is not just about project management, it goes much deeper into the topic of project success by prescribing a project success framework. In chapters dedicated to factors such as leadership, teams, communication, information management and risk management, the author shines a light on the key behaviours in which project managers and others engage and how those behaviours predict success or failure. Practising project managers, project board members and sponsors, struggling to manage conflicting stakeholder expectations, complexity and ambiguity, will learn which factors are vital to determining successful outcomes. Finally, having highlighted the particular skills, abilities and attributes identified by the research, Dr Camilleri offers a diagnostic model for assessing an organization's preparedness for undertaking and successfully managing major projects. Project Success provides a valuable contribution to the literature on this subject, and its application delivers practical guidance that will be welcomed by project professionals at all levels.
Author : Jaap Bakker
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498777015
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Life-Cycle of Engineering Systems: Emphasis on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure written by Jaap Bakker and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the papers presented at IALCCE2016, the fifth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE2016), to be held in Delft, The Netherlands, October 16-19, 2016. It consists of a book of extended abstracts and a DVD with full papers including the Fazlur R. Khan lecture, keynote lectures, and technical papers from all over the world. All major aspects of life-cycle engineering are addressed, with special focus on structural damage processes, life-cycle design, inspection, monitoring, assessment, maintenance and rehabilitation, life-cycle cost of structures and infrastructures, life-cycle performance of special structures, and life-cycle oriented computational tools. The aim of the editors is to provide a valuable source for anyone interested in life-cycle of civil infrastructure systems, including students, researchers and practitioners from all areas of engineering and industry.
Author : Martin Fischer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470587350
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Integrating Project Delivery written by Martin Fischer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revolutionary, collaborative approach to design and construction project delivery Integrating Project Delivery is the first book-length discussion of IPD, the emergent project delivery method that draws on each stakeholder's unique knowledge to address problems before they occur. Written by authors with over a decade of research and practical experience, this book provides a primer on IPD for architects, designers, and students interested in this revolutionary approach to design and construction. With a focus on IPD in everyday operation, coverage includes a detailed explanation and analysis of IPD guidelines, and case studies that show how real companies are applying these guidelines on real-world projects. End-of-chapter questions help readers quickly review what they've learned, and the online forum allows them to share their insights and ideas with others who either have or are in the process of implementing IPD themselves. Integrating Project Delivery brings together the owners, architect, engineers, and contractors early in the development stage to ensure that problems are caught early, and to address them in a collaborative way. This book describes the parameters of this new, more efficient approach, with expert insight on real-world implementation. Compare traditional procurement with IPD Understand IPD guidelines, and how they're implemented Examine case studies that illustrate everyday applications Communicate with other IPD adherents in the online forum The IPD approach revolutionizes not only the workflow, but the relationships between the stakeholders – the atmosphere turns collaborative, and the team works together toward a shared goal instead of viewing one another as obstructions to progress. Integrated Project Delivery provides a deep exploration of this approach, with practical guidance and expert insight.
Author : Boeing Laishram
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811643962
Total Pages : 1070 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)
Download or read book Recent Advancements in Civil Engineering written by Boeing Laishram and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 1070 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ACE 2020). The book examines the recent advancements in construction management, construction materials, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, water resource engineering, and structural engineering. The topics covered include sustainable construction process and materials, smart infrastructures, green building technology, global environmental change and ecosystem management, theoretical and analytical solutions for foundation engineering, smart transportation systems and policy, GIS applications in water resource management, structural analysis for blast and impact resistance, and soft computing techniques in civil engineering. The book will be useful for researchers and professionals in the field of civil engineering.
