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Publikováno v:
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 131:772-778
Construction productivity has been a cause of great concern in both the construction industry and academia. Even though many companies have developed their own productivity tracking systems based on their experiences and accounting systems, none have
Autor:
Inho Kim, Robert E. Chapman, Sanghoon Lee, Richard L. Tucker, Stephen R. Thomas, Candace L. Macken
Publikováno v:
Journal of Management in Engineering. 21:118-124
This paper measures the value of best practices based on data taken from the Construction Industry Institute Benchmarking and Metrics database. A three-step process provides the basis for measuring the potential benefits of increased best practice us
Publikováno v:
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 131:790-798
The construction industry has been slow to adopt competitive benchmarking as a tool for continuous improvement. The nature of the industry, its projects, participants, and methods of execution differ widely from the manufacturing sectors making tradi
Publikováno v:
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 131:799-807
Several diverse factors have contributed to the construction industry’s shortages of skilled workers; these factors include decreased real wages, transient nature of work, poor industry image, lack of training, and lack of a worker-oriented career
Publikováno v:
Construction Management and Economics. 23:545-553
Many studies reveal the positive impact of practices use on overall project performance, resulting in a consensus opinion in the industry that implementation of certain practices leads to improvement; yet there have been no definitive studies reporti
Publikováno v:
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 130:576-585
A successful capital facility project requires effective usage of practices to satisfy the expected high level of project objectives. To provide an effective practice usage plan, the impacts of implementing practices need to be quantified and better
Publikováno v:
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 130:586-597
This paper describes a collaborative effort by industry, government, and academia to evaluate the use of design/information technology (D/IT) and to relate the degree of use to project performance. A detailed statistical analysis of 297 projects in t
Publikováno v:
Journal of Infrastructure Systems. 6:73-79
Partnering traditionally refers to strategic alliances or agreements between private sector owners and construction contractors to work together for extended periods of time to deliver completed facilities. Private sector partnering typically begins
Publikováno v:
Project Management Journal. 30:15-24
Research from the Construction Industry Institute (CII) confirms the importance of effective communications to project success. As part of its research into the potential for enhanced project success through improvement in team communications, a CII
Publikováno v:
Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 124:480-489
Construction industry craft divisions in the United States are currently based on narrowly defined skill groupings. The steady demand for improved productivity and the shortage of skilled craft workers call into question this traditionally accepted