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Engineering Construction and Architectural Management Volume 12 Issue 4

Subject Areas: Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited - Emerald Publishing
ISSN: 0969-9988
SJR: 63

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Contextual prerequisites for the application of ILS principles to the building services industry

G.A. John; D.J. Clements‐Croome; V. Fairey; H.M. Loy

2005 Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

doi:10.1108/09699980510608794

Purpose – This paper proposes assessing the context within which integrated logistic support (ILS) can be implemented for whole life performance of building services systems. Design/methodology/approach – The use of ILS within a through‐life business model (TLBM) is a better framework to achieve...
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APRON: an agent‐based specification and procurement system for construction products

Esther Obonyo; Chimay Anumba; Tony Thorpe

2005 Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

doi:10.1108/09699980510608802

Purpose – The successful implementation of an optimal online system for specification and procurement has been impeded by the existence of semi‐structured or non‐structured product information held in catalogues in various formats. Consequently, a significant amount of time is spent in gathering...
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A project control process in pre‐construction phases Focus on effective methodology

Khaled Al‐Reshaid; Nabil Kartam; Narendra Tewari; Haya Al‐Bader

2005 Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

doi:10.1108/09699980510608811

Purpose – It is a well‐known fact that the construction industry always passes through two distinctive problems during the construction stage: slippages of project‐schedules, i.e. time‐frame, and overruns of project‐costs, i.e. budget. However, limited literature is available to solve or dilute...
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Consideration of break in modeling of construction processes

Hong Zhang; C.M. Tam

2005 Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

doi:10.1108/09699980510608820

Purpose – This paper proposes introducing how to consider the break which cyclically happens and has nothing to do with resource availabilities in modeling of a construction process through an activity‐based simulation. Design/methodology/approach – In consideration of the variable...
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An intelligent risk assessment system for distributed construction teams

Huiping Shang; Chimay J. Anumba; Dino M. Bouchlaghem; John C. Miles; Mei Cen; Mark Taylor

2005 Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

doi:10.1108/09699980510608839

Purpose – The paper proposes addressing the design and implementation of a web‐based risk assessment system that enables remote project team members to assess the risks at the conceptual design stage. Design/methodology/approach – The prototype system is based on a client/server architecture and...
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Fostering safe work behaviour in workers at construction sites

Evelyn Ai Lin Teo; Florence Yean Yng Ling; Derrick Sern Yau Ong

2005 Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

doi:10.1108/09699980510608848

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose and test a framework to foster safe work behaviour among workers on construction sites. Design/methodology/approach – The proposed framework identifies two main reasons for unsafe behaviours: “don't know how”, and “don't care”. Technical and...

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