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Challenges of attracting construction workers to skill development and training programmes
Sparsh Johari, Kumar Neeraj JhaThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that discourage construction workers from undergoing skill development training, and to suggest steps for making the…
A domain-specific measure of centrality for water distribution networks
Seyed Ashkan Zarghami, Indra GunawanIn recent years, centrality measures have been extensively used to analyze real-world complex networks. Water distribution networks (WDNs), as a good example of complex networks…
The application of an ANP-Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model to assess lean construction management performance
X.K. Li, X.M. Wang, L. LeiThe purpose of this paper is to propose a method for assessing the lean construction management performance (LCMP) of engineering projects using the analytic network process-fuzzy…
Review of global mental health research in the construction industry: A science mapping approach
Janet M. Nwaogu, Albert P.C. Chan, Carol K.H. Hon, Amos DarkoThe demanding nature of the construction industry poses strain that affects the health of construction personnel. Research shows that mental ill health in this industry is…
The ecosystem of drivers for electronic procurement adoption for construction project procurement: A systematic review and future research directions
Sitsofe Kwame Yevu, Ann Tit Wan YuThe purpose of this paper is to present a review of research developments on the ecosystem of driving forces for electronic procurement (e-procurement) on project procurement and…
Aligning financial and functional equivalent depreciations rates of building assets
Filipa Salvado, Nuno Almeida, Alvaro Vale e AzevedoBoth financial and non-financial functions are imbedded in the life-cycle management activities of building assets. These functions provide relevant information for the…
A domain knowledge incorporated text mining approach for capturing user needs on BIM applications
Shenghua Zhou, S. Thomas Ng, Sang Hoon Lee, Frank J. Xu, Yifan YangIn the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, technology developers have difficulties in fully understanding user needs due to the high domain knowledge…
A method to evaluate credit risk for banks under PPP project finance
Xiuqin Wang, Lanmin Shi, Bing Wang, Mengying KanThe purpose of this paper is to provide a method that can better evaluate the credit risk (CR) under PPP project finance.
A reconfigurable model for implementation in the closing phase of a wind turbines project construction
Shakib Zohrehvandi, Mario Vanhoucke, Roya Soltani, Mehrdad JavadiThe purpose of this paper is to introduce a reconfigurable model that is a combination of a schedule model and a queuing system M/M/m/K to reduce the duration of the wind turbine…
Site planning and design of green residential building projects: case studies in China
Xiaosen Huo, Ann Tit Wan Yu, Wu Zezhou, Wadu Mesthrige JayanthaThe purpose of this paper is to present site planning and design (SPD) relevant variables and items in practice for practitioners to better understand and implement SPD in green…
PPP projects: improvements in stakeholder management
Chika Amadi, Pat Carrillo, Martin TuuliThe implementation of public–private partnerships (PPPs), particularly in low- and middle-income countries, has been hampered by external stakeholders’ opposition leading to the…
Improved similarity measure in case-based reasoning: a case study of construction cost estimation
Won-Gil Hyung, Sangyong Kim, Jung-Kyu JoApplied a hybrid approach using genetic algorithms (GAs) for a case-based retrieval process in order to increase the overall improved cost accuracy for a case-based library. The…
Synthesising performance in the construction industry: An analysis of performance indicators to promote project improvement
Felipe Mellado, Eric C.W. Lou, Christian L. Correa BecerraThere is a long-standing interest in performance improvement within the construction industry. Approaches based upon cost, time and quality (often called the Iron Triangle), have…
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