Construction-related programs face a significant challenge of providing students with knowledge that works in industry. One of the simulation techniques, 4D virtual construction technology, has gained recognition as an effective management tool. This technology allows users to present a complex construction process in an easy-to-understand format through the use of...
The widespread use of project management standards for professional competence assessment and development is based on a rationalistic approach, whereby competence is seen as constituted by a pre-defined set of attributes in the form of knowledge topics. Yet little is known about whether and how these attributes are used by...
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Looking for ways to increase visibility within and across construction projects? Want to learn how you can complete projects within budget and on schedule for improved customer satisfaction? Need better ways to coordinate subcontractors and communicate with your workforce? This paper explains the SAP for Engineering, Construction & Operations set...
Described in this paper is an approach that addresses the unresolved challenge of how best to design Decision Support Systems DSS of sufficient breadth and depth that construction management personnel will find them responsive to the broad range of functions that they must perform. The authors hypothesize that the development...
Projects in the building industry are extremely dynamic and affected by several constraints. Therefore, common principles should be established throughout the construction industry that allow for flexibly specifying and combining construction project information. The need to rapidly set up new organisational structures and effectively manage this virtual organisation places high...
The author transferred one of the courses he teaches at Eastern Illinois University, School of Technology, into a web course for Internet delivery on-line. The course is entitled "Construction Project Management." This paper compares on-line delivery mode to the traditional F2F (Face-To-Face) and summarizes the steps taken by the author...
This paper presents a conceptual model of metadata-based information system for data exchange among Web-based documents for construction project management. The system extracts useful data from the original documents, re-organizes the information according to specific tasks or users, and displays in an integrated web page. The study identifies the comprehensive...
This paper provides the results of a questionnaire opinion survey of the extent to which human and cultural influences impact on international project management in Samoa. It focuses on the particular factors within the categories of culture, human resource management, leadership and communication skills. Furthermore it highlights the practical experience...
This paper briefly sets out the evolution of construction project management, the challenges, and problems facing the current construction project management practices. It then discusses the impact of the latest advances in technology on construction project management and the emerging paradigm of performing construction project management over the web. Further,...
Many of the project management practices being applied in business and administrative projects are still based on traditional engineering and construction project management concepts unchanged from the 1960's. While, the underlying concepts of project management such as estimating and scheduling of tasks are still valid, many of the traditional project...
In the past voluntary groups proposing construction work at the smaller end of the market has encountered problems managing construction projects due to lack of current technical knowledge and to pressures of time. This document examines some of the important issues that will arise during the course of a project,...
Construction Project Management CPM and Facility Management FM are both very important disciplines for advanced study by building professionals. Both disciplines attempt to meet/ resolve built-asset stakeholders' need for an effective means to meet their objectives short or long term. In the context of Corporate Real Estate CRE or Asset...
Strategically positioning assets is one of the most daunting tasks confronting a company looking to grow, move or start-up. Adopting a location strategy that incorporates important business issues, financial considerations, and management vision is critical to answering these questions correctly and ultimately choosing the right location for a facility. This...
The article provides the summaries of new and changed laws, constitutional amendment and regulations affecting contractors, architects and engineers in California. Legislature specifies procedures for determining lowest responsible bidders when alternates are included in the bid. Legislature revises procedures to be used by state agencies for employing consultants. It states...
This study addressed career transitions in view of new environments along with the mobility of individuals across cultural territories. It paid attention to various adjustments individuals can make in their career in relation to their new environment and analysed those adjustment modes in relation to Nicholson's theory...
University student outcome data in Australia is collected via the Graduate Destination Survey component of the Australian Graduate Survey at the referent date three months post-graduation. This timeline gives consideration to graduates to enter directly into traditional vocations. For graduates from non-traditional areas and/or with non-traditional career...
Key New Hire Brings National Project Management Experience to New Senior Leadership Position TYSONS CORNER, Va. -- Cubellis, an international architecture, interior design and engineering firm, is pleased to announce that Mark Drake, AIA, has joined the firm as Principal, Multi-Family Business Unit Leader. In this newly created...
With the Marquette Interchange project wrapping up, the three contractors that joined to form Marquette Constructors LLC are putting their partnership on hiatus and are again competing for projects. Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc., Plain; Lunda Construction Co., Black River Falls; and Zenith Tech Inc., Waukesha, combined...
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