Over recent years there has been a substantial growth in the number of industries employing project management methods (Chaffey, 1997), construction being one of the recognised first users of these techniques. Following the Latham (1994) and Egan (1998) reports in the UK, there appears to be a consensus that the construction industry could benefit by an examination of certain sectors of manufac...

hoosing the appropriate site is important in the construction of units such as agricultural processing industries. In this study, we try to determine the factors affecting the exploitation of the agricultural processing industries and measure the share of location as one of the important issues in locating research. The 2572 data were collected from the Agricultural Jihad Organization of Mazand...

We examine the relationship between large infrastructure spending, of the type implied by interstate highway construction, and the level of economic activity. By collecting historical data on interstate highway construction and economic activity in the United States at the county level we find that highways have a differential impact across industries: certain industries grow as a result of red...

conclusions path analysis of occupational injuries based on the sem reveals that individual and organizational factors and their indicator variables are very influential on the severity of traumatic occupational injuries. so, these should be considered to reduce occupational accidents’ severity in large construction industries. materials and methods the present cross-sectional analytical study ...

Purpose Practitioners have reported a minimal and non-use of building information modelling (BIM), especially in small medium-sized organisations BIM infant construction industries. This development calls for reappraisal organisations’ strength capabilities required uptake towards the target global digitalisation. study aims to assess Level 2 capability industry identify underlying interactions...

INTRODUCTION The highest proportions of fatal occupational electrocutions have occurred among those employed in the electrical trades and in the construction and manufacturing industries. METHODS Data from 1992 through 1999 were obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. RESULTS Occupational electrocution deaths occurred almost entirely among males, ...

Construction projects are one of the most important economic sectors in the world. At the same time, these projects are one of the hazardous industries that cause many accidents resulting from injuries and deaths, occupational diseases, delay in time, environmental problems and other direct and indirect damages. While in many industries, the issue of health, safety and environment is meticulous...

Energy consumption share in construction part and dependent industries is about 40 percent of total energy consuming in Iran which is significant compared to other industries such as transportation, agriculture and therefore is of important. As energy consumption reduction and material durability improvement leads to cost reduction from one hand and environment pollution reduction on the othe...