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CIBTASKGROUPANDWORKINGCOMMISSIONTG65‐SMALLFIRMSINCONSTRUCTION&W065‐ORGANISATIONANDMANAGEMENTINCONSTRUCTIONPAPERSANDPOSTGRADUATEPAPERSFROMTHESPECIALTRACKHELDATTHECIBWORLDBUILDINGCONGRESS2010,10‐13MAY2010THELOWRY,SALFORDQUAYS,UNITEDKINGDOMSelectedpapersfromtheProceedingsofthe18 th CIBWorldBuildingCongress.Proceedingseditedby:ProfessorPeterBarrett,ProfessorDilanthiAmaratunga,Dr.RichardHaigh,Dr.KaushalKeraminiyageandDr.ChamindaPathirageTG65SpecialTrackPapers(excludingPostgraduatePapers)reviewedby:ProfessorAndrewDainty,Dr.ChunChinKao,ProfessorChristianKoch,ProfessorFranciscoF.Cardoso,Dr.FrédéricBougrain,Dr.GraemeD.Larsen,Dr.JianZuo,ProfessorKähkönenKalle,AssistantProfessorMartineBuser,Mr.LudwigMartin,Dr.MohammedDulaimi,Dr.Shu‐LingLu,Mr.SihleDlungwana,Mr.TorbenTamboandMs.VeronicaJonesW065SpecialTrackPapers(excludingPostgraduatePapers)reviewedby:CarlAbbott,Dr.ChrisHarty,ProfessorChrisFortune,ProfessorDavidLangford,Prof.Dr.FrankSchultmann,GabrielLefebvre,Dr.JenniferWhyte,Dr.LauriPalojarvi,Prof.MarizaKatavia,Prof.RobertoPietroforte,Dr.StephenGruneberg,Dr.SepaniSenaratneandProf.TeuvoTolonenCIBPublication360
TG65‐SMALLFIRMSINCONSTRUCTION&W065‐ORGANISATIONANDMANAGEMENTINCONSTRUCTIONPAPERSANDPOSTGRADUATEPAPERSFROMTHESPECIALTRACKTG65Small construction firms play an increasingly important part in improving the overallperformanceoftheconstructionindustry.Asconstructionprojectstypicallydrawtogetherbothsmallandlargefirmsinvaryingcollaborationsisacknowledgedthatalsolargefirms'performances are impacted by their small supply chain partners' performance. Thesuccessfulmanagementofsmallfirmsisoftennegativelyinfluencedbytheircharacteristics:limited staff capacity and capability, scarce time and resources for innovation, excessiveinfluencebyowner‐managers,difficultyinraisingfinancesandmaintaininggoodcashflows.Achallengetotheindustryisthedevelopmentofbusinessstrategies,organizationofwork,technologies and human resources that are appropriate to the characteristics and specialneedsofsmallconstructionfirmsindifferentcountrycontexts.AgainstthisbackgroundtheTask Group aims: to bring together the experience and expertise of both researchers andpractitioners who not have otherwise interacted, to develop, share and disseminateappropriateresearchmethodologiesandmanagementandorganizationtheoryandpracticewithregardtothesuccessfulmanagementofsmallconstructionfirmsandtoencourageandenable new collaborative, multi‐disciplinary research in this area. Specific researchobjectivesfortheTaskGrouparetoidentifytheconceptandscaleofsmallconstructionfirmactivity in various country contexts, to identify generic antecedents to the successfulmanagement of small construction firms, as well as discern country specific drivers andconstraintsandtodevelopingappropriatemethodologiesforthestudyofmanagementofsmallconstructionfirms.
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Page 5 and 6: CONTENTSTG65PapersStrategyDevelopme
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Page 11 and 12: 1. Strategy in the construction ind
Page 13 and 14: The main part of orders is achieved
Page 15: and the public that shapes the mark
Page 18 and 19: Figure 3: Development in liquidityF
Page 20 and 21: industry in general. Also a special
Page 22 and 23: 1. IntroductionThe construction ind
Page 24 and 25: comprises several components: one p
Page 26 and 27: Pries and Dorée (2005) indicate th
Page 28 and 29: Table 2: Distribution of innovation
Page 30 and 31: 7. Innovation and collaborationTo i
Page 32 and 33: understand better the link between
Page 34 and 35: Reichstein T., Salter A. J. and Gan
Page 36 and 37: 1. IntroductionAccording to the U.S
Page 38 and 39: 50+ Employees11-50 Employees5-10 Em
Page 40 and 41: in respect to the corresponding cat
Page 42: make an educated decision when deci
Page 45 and 46: 1. Accelerate and maximize cash inf
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Page 51 and 52: 3. Research methodologyThis researc
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4.3 Developing luminaire prototypeT
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It is this collective effort which
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Once They Were Heroes: What Happene
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Figure 1: The shells under construc
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client and the general contractor i
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Figure 3: Geographical distribution
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Table 5 (left): World distribution
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subsequent industrial fortune and/o
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Do Projects Matter? Tracing Firms
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study on how to measure whether and
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those produced within or for the co
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Figure 4a (left): State distributio
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3. Reading variations in the indust
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lost fewer companies (25%) than the
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Learning from Collective Action: Le
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subdivisions and suburbs, to confro
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1.2 Demand patterns and cyclesDurin
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eaching 47 stories in 1978, confron
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1.7 Human resources and productivit
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Bateman A (1969) Desarrollo de las
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Small and Medium Size Contractors i
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compulsory site inspections/briefin
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5. Skills related barriers to const
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22%MaleFemale78%Figure 1: Gender in
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ReferencesCheetam, T. and Mabuntana
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Between Fit and Misfit -Small Contr
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Another way to approach the dilemma
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and intrinsic / absent information;
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ERP. It supports a large range of t
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icklayers found the system intuitiv
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a mobile element encompasses a comm
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Wang L. (2008) Enhancing constructi
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1. IntroductionSustainable developm
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69.3% of the workforce in the indus
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Summarizing, the application of PS
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Subcontractor and Specialtycontract
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ReferencesAbiko A K, Marques F S, C
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Oviedo Haito R J J, Cardoso F F e S
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1. IntroductionNumerous attempts by
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3. Structuring of an integrated eme
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the management team with a wealth o
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7. Quantitative measured data: CSIR
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emerging contractors felt they gain
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their ability to manage their busin
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ReferencesBuilding Industries Feder
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1. IntroductionSmall and medium-siz
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Unlike in Hong Kong, NetRegs (2003a
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esources needed for the implementat
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3. Conclusions and recommendationsT
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ReferencesAnglada, L M. 2000. Small
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Revel, A., David, S. and Chen, H. 2
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1. IntroductionSmall and Medium Ent
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3. Sharma et al. (1995) Waste Manag
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1. Government Role (Regulation & Le
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3. If (i, j) entry in the SSIM is X
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Figure 2: MICMAC MatrixThe MICMAC M
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Mandal and Deshmukh (1994) claim th
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policies. Thus, ISM and SMEs Models
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Competitive Stakes in the “Credit
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3. MethodsThe period between 1993 a
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ut the Swedes retain a sizeable pre
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Table 4: Profit margin by national
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in this initiative has been stepped
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In times of national crisis and sta
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Siehler B A (1998) “Different app
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The Move to Nighttime Construction
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working at night will affect the wo
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under construction will be less con
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of the dangers in the work zone, bu
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Connecticut Yes Yes Yes (Crash Truc
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Nevada Yes No No No All the traffic
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to night work are projectspecific.W
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Cottrell Jr., B. H. "Final Report:
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1. IntroductionThe integrated desig
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systems. The viability of the 1 st
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2.4 Recursive, 1st-order BE system
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INTERACTION WITH 1 ST -ORDER PRACTI
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(8) A subsystem of foresight-specif
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4. ConclusionsIt is herein repeated
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1. IntroductionWork-life balance is
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elevance for the employees in the c
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2.3 Meeting the needs of the employ
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One engineer mentioned a “look bu
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employment strategies were used ext
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Felstead, A., Jewson, N., Phizackle
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1. IntroductionProduction quantitie
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ConstructionmethodType ofconstructi
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3.2.1 Calculation of the maximum nu
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4.3 Calculation Mode 3 - Applicatio
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Figure 5: Floor plan - standard flo
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A realistic construction time can b
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1. IntroductionComplexity silently
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That lack of actual relating in sys
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deliveries, such as those stemming
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5. Coping with complexity and learn
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alone. Management attention has to
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Luhmann N (1995) Social Systems, St
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Keywords: building product supplier
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In the same vein, the roots of the
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other hand, the conduct of a set of
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Figure 2. Timeline schedule of the
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(2000) for managing crises in const
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potential consequences. Complexity
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Palojärvi L, Huovinen P and Kiiras
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1. Introduction“The absence of se
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the context of the specific organiz
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Management functions (Management)Or
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Figure 3: Shared sense - identity -
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teamwork and I think the keyword on
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Luhmann N (1971) Sinn als Grundbegr
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1. IntroductionThe development of a
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sensitivity. (e.g. OGC 2004) Someti
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Office face rents grew through the
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At the time of signing the Developm
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contractor mitigated some of this d
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Byrne, P., & Cadman, D. (1984). Ris
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1. IntroductionStudent drop rate of
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profit of staying and cost of leavi
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etween value commitment and stress
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construction professionals may indi
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AcknowledgementThis paper is partly
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Meyer, J. P., Allen, N., J. & Smith
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1. IntroductionDigital information
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SharedDocumentationWork inprogressA
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CAD manager and other key members o
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of others to deliver the project, b
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There are also some limitations of
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ReferencesAbbott, A. (1988) The Sys
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Risks Shared and Allocated by Const
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2. Methodology & aimThe aim of this
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efficient relational contracting”
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Davies J (2007) “Preliminary resu
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1. BackgroundConstruction project i
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Figure 3: Framework of Public Const
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Pre-constructionContractor`sconstru
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also makes the fails of product’s
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(3) Site Inspection System of Priva
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Implementing a System for Achieving
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aimed to generate innovation projec
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2.3. SWOT analysisThe firm under st
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Figure 1: Process of technological
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the project manager must prepare a
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the evaluation of R&D projects; ide
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Heuristic Repetitive Activity Sched
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the inability to satisfy work conti
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esearchers and practitioners to be
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Idle time of crew, due to work inte
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PFij-k’ = EFij-k’ + Sij-k’the
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The proposed method has also been t
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The Innovation Value Chain Analysis
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2. Innovation value chainInnovation
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comprehensive programme of over 50
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) Conversion of ideas into practice
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Taken together, the project team ha
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understanding of these stages of in
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Supply Chain Management:A Critique
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terms of volume is carried out by a
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Open : Selective : Restrictive : Cl
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competitive client / contractor / s
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learning agenda, otherwise future i
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GREEN, S. D. & MAY, S. C. (2005) Le
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WOLSTENHOLME, A. (2009) Never waste
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1. IntroductionThe external backgro
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opportunities in private sectors an
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A delivery system of a VCMSC is bas
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In addition, the IIS provides a lea
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and positions (versus other SSCs) i
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Bauer R and Köszegi S (2003) “Me
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1. IntroductionWe live at a time wh
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3. Reengineering of the constructio
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Table 1: Five elements that enable
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Ballard G, Howell G (2003) "Lean pr
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1. Introduction“New industrializa
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and control mechanisms encompassing
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…Strategic component and systems
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case of nice to have.” A result o
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optimized to result in minimal wast
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Lindgreen A., Balazs Revezs and M.
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Qualifications in Croatian Construc
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2. History and Current State of Voc
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By craft school standards, semi-ski
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4. The New Croatian Qualification F
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5. Challenges of the New FrameworkC
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European Communities (EC) (2008) Th
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5.2..After finishingprofessionalstu
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1. IntroductionIn Australia, around
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groups (95.6 per cent). Nevertheles
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While the majority of supervisors i
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create business case incentives for
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Success Factors in Large Constructi
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Cooke-Davies (2002) defines 12 diff
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2.2 Prerequisites / delimitationsTh
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An overview of the most important c
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Table 2. Comprehensive comparison o
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ReferencesChan, A.P.C and Scott, Da
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1. IntroductionInnovation has becom
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co-workers, leaders among others is
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management in the construction indu
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project outcomes to be measured wil
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what is the relationship between tr
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Lim, J.N. & Ofori, G. (2007), "Clas
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Multidisciplinary Integrated Tools
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Figure 1: Qualitative expression of
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subjects and scope (local, regional
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Figure 3: The hierarchical structur
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Table 1: A comparison matrix for co
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Cardona, O.D. et al (2008) "Earthqu
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Appropriate Time and Costs Estimate
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• Wrong time estimates cost money
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FocusPeople involvedMethods ofimple
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Organizational culture also influen
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Moylan W A (2002) Planning and Sche
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1. IntroductionThe general theme fo
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2.3 Methods of trade-off decisions
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4.2 The aspect of trade-off ‘elem
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limiting the trade-offs to time, co
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Nokes, S., Major, I., Greenwood, A.
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Exploring the Potential Contributio
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2007). Little discussion is focused
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following session, a brief discussi
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According to Reiss et al. (2006) be
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ealisation is an approach has also
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Community Development Resource Asso
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Turner, J.R. and Cochrane, R.A., 19
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1. IntroductionThis paper is part o
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3. Insights in modern, enlarged RM
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and management and assesses it with
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According to Ralls et al. (1999), t
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iskmanagementroughly half of 1980's
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Lehtiranta L and Huovinen P (2010)
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1. IntroductionIn general, literatu
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7 Overall validity protection3 Defi
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3.3 Conduct of the review of enlarg
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(7) The high validity of the review
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(3) The focal contexts could be gro
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ReferencesAhonen L (2007) Managing
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Critical Success Factors of Sustain
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2004), (Fortune and White, 2006) an
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For practical reasons, the numbers
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Table 4: the rotated Component Matr
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the project manager needs LCA tools
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Nguyen, L.D., Ogunlana, S.O., & Lan
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Sustainable Development in Construc
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Strategic management thus refers to
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construction anddevelopment (Charte
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The third part of the study include
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Figure 1 Diagram of the TMO of the
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The principles of SD include social
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Glasson, J., Therivel, R., & Chadwi
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Stead, J., & Stead, W. (2008). Sust
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1. Introduction1.1 BackgroundDue to
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In this frontier study, the overlap
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3. Comparative of Shanghai project
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IVRGCMMIVR: InvestorM: M companyGC:
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Chinese GC is not relied on a long-
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1. IntroductionToday, there are met
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improve performance in the on-site
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form-altering material parameters f
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Cost4.1 ConsequencesAll nine respon
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(Roy et al. 2005). Designers in the
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Höök M. and Stehn L. (2008), “A
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Performance Indicators of the Compa
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products.A system of indicators can
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In general it was possible to ident
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e-mailing the results;weekly issue
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Chart 1: Objectives, goals and indi
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elating to the performance indicato
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Management Processes Standardizatio
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following stages, as most frequentl
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3.3 Best practicesProject life cycl
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Integrated process map is a matrix
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ReferencesPMI (2008) A Guide to the
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Improving Construction Design and P
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Problems in project delivery often
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By analogy with manufacturing conce
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2.3. Design of the production syste
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vious experience of joint work. It
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Ronen, B. 1992, "The complete kit c
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1. IntroductionIn the second part o
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In the realization of the total inc
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Furthermore, this paper will presen
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89Our company is investingenough in
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Design-Bid-Build versus Design-Buil
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Kumaraswamy and Dissanayaka (Kumara
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2.5 Selection methodologiesIf a cli
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2. Procurement system4. The project
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questions in which experts were ask
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5.1.13 Product complexity10 experts
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ReferencesChan, A.P.C. et al. (2002
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1. InstructionUnlike the majority o
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2.2.1 The dimension of timeThe time
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slightly higher. The most common ex
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HRMFinanceRiskSafetySchedulingQuali
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Success of0.99ConstructionCOmpanyeT
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The dimension of time is comparativ
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Cooperation in Project Alliancing:
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2003).Project alliancing is used to
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main contractor relationship in the
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In the context of construction, pro
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In construction management, the per
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The Delphi method may also be used
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Ross J, (1999) “Project Alliancin
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1. IntroductionIt is becoming incre
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4. Seven wastesAccording to Ohno se
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4.5 Waste of unnecessary inventoryT
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In the Lean concept these inspectio
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health and safety of the work. Thes
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8.2.4 StandardiseThe establishment
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its design supports workflows and v
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Investigating the Adaptability of R
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2004). Many government organisation
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3.3.3 Mutually agreed risk-reward p
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Table 1 gives the years of experien
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degrees of agreement to the stateme
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All project parties are held jointl
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International Council for Research
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