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- Data Warehousing in the Construction Industry: Organizing and Processing Data for Decision-Making
- Construction organizations are critically dependent on data. But data must be available in suitable forms for use. Timely access to useful and meaningful information can enable construction companies gain competitive edge, increase client satisfaction, expand market share and enhance profitability. Vast amounts of construction operational data are scattered across multiple,...
- White papers 2003-01-13
- Demonstrating The Benefits Of Construction Innovation
- The construction industry needs to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness. However, change is not readily embraced by the industry. This resistance to change compromises innovation performance, and negatively impacts client and industry goals. One of the key reasons for relatively poor construction industry performance is scepticism about the potential benefits...
- White papers 2005-09-23
- Extending Knowledge Management Across The Supply Chains In The Construction Industry
- Supply chain management and knowledge management have emerged as two distinct business philosophies in the last decade. Both are making rapid inroads into the construction industry. The premise of this paper is that knowledge management would make it possible for all the trading partners in a supply chain to reap...
- White papers 2003-12-10
- Knowledge Management for the Construction Industry: The E-Cognos Project
- The paper focuses upon the contribution which adequate use of the latest development in Information and Communication Technologies can make to the enhancement, development and improvement of professional expertise in the Construction domain. The paper is based on the e-COGNOS project, which aims at specifying and developing an open model-based...
- White papers 2002-08-01
- The Industry Needs a Common Langauge
- The need for the construction industry to share a common vocabulary is essential to start capturing best practices at an industry-wide level. Information technology will help improve productivity, and interoperability eventually will force the fragmented industry's technology solutions to work together. If the construction industry is going to keep pace...
- White papers 2005-02-28
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- The Construction Industry And Emergency Management: Towards An Integrated Strategic Framework
- Although most emergency events are not entirely unexpected and therefore can, to varying degrees, be mitigated for, the construction industry in the UK does not appear to play a sufficiently integrated role in emergency management. This paper reports on research that is developing a knowledge database and decision support framework...
- White papers 2006-05-11
- Evaluation of implementing ISO 9001:2000 standard in the construction industry of China
- In December 2000, the new series of ISO 9000 standard was issued. This new quality management series carries some significant changes and modifications, bringing some impact and requiring adaptation for the current ISO 9000-certified organizations. This paper aims at investigating the problems in applying the new standard, with particular reference...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- Benchmarking Management Practices in the Construction Industry
- This paper presents the results of the first application of a management evaluation system for benchmarking management practices in the construction industry. The system supports a National Benchmarking System recently established in the Chilean Construction Industry by incorporating qualitative management aspects in addition to quantative performance indicators. Different analysis were...
- White papers 2003-06-29
- Source Of Construction Industry Instability And Performance Problems
- A few year study of construction performance has resulted in a conclusion that construction industry performance problems are being caused by the client's delivery process. The hypothesis of the research is that the client has created a price-based environment which forces a technical solution to construction issues. Modeling has been...
- White papers 2006-04-18
- The Management Of Risks Within The Virtual Construction Project Environment
- Innovations in the Information and Communication Technology ICT sector, have led to the emergence of the so-called concepts of the 'Virtual' organizations and 'Virtual' management in the construction industry and other economic sectors. Collaboration and lateral communication among geographically dispersed skilled individuals, firms and teams (e.g. environmental experts) is enabled...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Document Transfer And Communication Between Distinct Construction Professionals
- Successful communication between construction parties is critical to the overall success of a construction project. Cross discipline communication between the distinct professionals of the construction industry is however very problematic and maybe seen to be a major contributory factor in poor project performance. Coupled together with a lack of integration...
- White papers 2004-09-07
- Construction industry slow to build on infrastructure change.
- Feb 1, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts that many businesses will require reorganisation in future months. The changes will be necessitated by new public-private infrastructure partnerships. The consultancy said that despite the fact that British construction ...
- Research articles 2002-01-31
- Corporate Culture and Integrated Management Systems: A Case Study of the UK Construction Industry
- The subject of Integrated Management Systems in terms of quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management has become of increasing interest to researchers and business alike during the last many years or so. This research was based on a review of the various models of integration found in the...
- White papers 2003-08-01
- Siemens Building Technologies to Install Synygy's IC Expert Software for Variable Pay Plan Management
- Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 12, 2001 [pilcrow paragraph sign] Construction Industry Leader Chooses Synygy's IC Expert Enterprise Software Solution for Its Functionality and Ease of Implementation. Synygy Inc., the largest provider of Enterprise Incentive Management EIM software and services, today announced that Siemens Building...
- Research articles 2001-03-12
- Maxwell Systems, Inc.--Maxwell Management Suite.(Construction)
- 800-688-8226 www.maxwellmanagementsuite.com Maxwell Management Suite--Version 6.2 is the latest release of the product from Maxwell Systems, Inc. Designed for larger companies in the construction industry, Maxwell Management Suite also provides an excellent solution to industries such as heavy highway,...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- Internet Based Construction Project Quality Management System
- Quality Management QM systems have been developed and used by many in the construction industry to ensure right things are done and things are done right the first time. However, current quality systems are designed to monitor and control the "Production process" of a specific organization, with the QM data...
- White papers 2005-07-01
- Web Based Project Management Systems
- The main reason why the construction sector has entered in Internet is the own potential of this market. In fact, the proportion of GNP of the construction market is one of the biggest. In Europe, the construction sector presents a great fragmentation partly due to the absence of normalization. Internet...
- White papers 2005-05-18
- construction.com and F.W. Dodge Introduce eProject Lead Manager
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 31, 2000 Building Product Manufacturers, Suppliers and Distributors Can Now Integrate F.W. Dodge Content into their Sales Efforts and Enhance Customer Relationship Management- from any Internet Browser Today construction.com, the commercial construction industry's leading Web destination, and F.W. Dodge,...
- Research articles 2000-10-31
- Builders take their partners for Europe. (European construction industry)
- IF THERE were a law against incest in business, many of Europe's leading builders would end up in court. The evidence: a growing number of stakes that firms are taking in each other in order to grab a bigger slice of the EC's 460 billion ecus ($500...
- Research articles 1990-07-14
- Supporting Collaborative Virtual Organisations In The Construction Industry Via The Grid
- A typical AEC (Architecture/ Engineering/ Construction) industry project involves many individuals and companies forming a consortium for the duration of a project. These projects are usually unique, very complex and involve many participants from a number of organizations acting collaboratively, and forming Virtual Organisations to enable this collaboration. This paper...
- White papers 2004-07-24
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