The central theme in Construction Management (CM) and CM research is improving the performance of construction industry. Much effort and thought is given to improving project performance. Within CM there is a natural inclination to focus on projects and project management (PM). Companies in the construction industry also see project management as their key competence. Both have little appreciat...

The popularity of low cost, lightweight, and environmentally affable masonry unit in building industry carries the need to investigate more flexible and adaptable brick component as well as to retain the requirements confirmed in building standards. In this study, potential use of local materials used as lightweight building materials in solving the economic problems of housing has been investi...

A quantitative determinants-of-exposure analysis of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) levels in the construction industry was performed using a database compiled from an extensive literature review. Statistical models were developed to predict work-shift exposure levels by trade. Monte Carlo simulation was used to recreate exposures derived from summarized measurements which were combined wit...

Depletion of natural resources has become a major concern in today’s modern industrialized world centering much attention on sustainability of the built environment and sustainable alternatives to current development and construction practices. In the green building community, strong interest lies in natural and renewable building materials that can be used in structural applications. Just such...

To improve competitiveness, construction companies have to reduce cost and time of completion of projects while improving the quality of projects. Knowledge management (KM) is becoming increasingly important for the construction industry. Lessons learnt from the construction industry have proved that by reusing and sharing knowledge among engineers and experts can enhance construction projects ...

In recent years Building information modelling (BIM) has been considered as a means for transforming the building and construction industry by introducing significant changes in the industry for all stages of the construction process. However, when new technologies are promoted they are almost considered as a magic bullet that should transform an industry, or an organization to the better. By d...

The annual production yield of the Taiwanese construction industry has been roughly 16.5 billion USD, representing approximately 5% of total GDP, during the recent decade, indicating that it contributes significantly to overall economic development in Taiwan. It was recognized that by partnerships rather than having traditional adversarial relationships that the industry could lower costs, achi...

ABSTRACT: With the advent of precast construction technology, the construction industry has seen a rapid change in the way structures are built. Precast construction has brought down project costs and durations, increased the predictability and improved the quality of construction. It has also resulted in a shift in construction tasks from the construction site to the factory floor. Precast ele...

In materials science, one of the new concerns in the construction industry, it is well established that mineral dust from rocks (stones) has adverse effects on human health. For instance, it is suspected that some mineral dusts in particular leads to occupational diseases, including lung cancer. The present research concerned the relationship between cancer and those workers who work in Turkish...

Data mining is widely used in business applications including market segmentation, fraud detection, credit risk analysis as well as many other applications. In the construction domain however, the use of data mining has been extremely limited. Data mining usually requires the availability of a large database of previous cases to be analyzed. Therefore applications in the construction industry m...