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Six-sigma as a strategy for process improvement on construction projects: a case study

Stewart, Rodney; Spencer, Clinton - In: Construction Management and Economics 24 (2006) 4, pp. 339-348

determine the success factors, barriers, suitability and advantages of the six-sigma approach compared with other TQM techniqes …

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Prioritizing barriers to successful business process re-engineering (BPR) efforts in Saudi Arabian construction industry

Abdul-Hadi, Nader; Al-Sudairi, Abdulsalam; Alqahtani, Saleh - In: Construction Management and Economics 23 (2005) 3, pp. 305-315

and increase success chances, thorough investigation of barriers is essential. This study presents 29 barriers, with their … influence (strength) on the success of BPR initiatives. Additionally, these barriers are ranked according to the ease of … influential (strongest), yet easiest to overcome barriers. Following inadequate approach, affected people not informed, culture of …

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Women in construction: the untapped resource

Fielden, Sandra; Davidson, Marilyn; Gale, Andrew; … - In: Construction Management and Economics 18 (2000) 1, pp. 113-121

identifies and examines the barriers preventing women's entry into the industry, the subsequent barriers faced by those working … barriers arise from a number of sources including: the construction industry's image; career knowledge amongst children and …

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Attitudes towards auto-ID technologies within the UK construction industry

Marsh, Laurence; Finch, Eddy - In: Construction Management and Economics 16 (1998) 4, pp. 383-388

construction organizations, designed to ascertain key factors which attract firms to use auto-ID, the barriers which have prevented …

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Critical success factors for PPP/PFI projects in the UK construction industry

Li, Bing; Akintoye, A.; Edwards, P. J.; Hardcastle, C. - In: Construction Management and Economics 23 (2005) 5, pp. 459-471

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly used in the United Kingdom's public facilities and services provision through the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Despite some casualties, PPP/PFI projects have been undertaken successfully, but the reasons for success are not entirely clear....

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An efficient search procedure for the resource-constrained multi-project scheduling problem with discounted cash flows

Chiu, Huan Neng; Tsai, Deng Maw - In: Construction Management and Economics 20 (2002) 1, pp. 55-66

The main purposes of this study are to incorporate both the project delay penalty and early completion bonus into the objective function of the resource-constrained multi-project scheduling problem with discounted cash flows (RCMPSP-DCF) and to develop an efficient heuristic search scheduling...

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Measuring construction project participant satisfaction

Leung, Mei-Yung; Ng, S. Thomas; Cheung, Sai-On - In: Construction Management and Economics 22 (2004) 3, pp. 319-331

Construction projects involve numerous stakeholders, and their satisfaction could directly influence the performance of subsequent projects. Driven by a desire to improve project success, the critical satisfaction factors pertinent to the construction management process should be identified. In...

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The financial risks in build-operate-transfer projects

Xenidis, Yiannis; Angelides, Demos - In: Construction Management and Economics 23 (2005) 4, pp. 431-441

The build-operate-transfer (BOT) approach for developing infrastructure projects is a technique that allows fast realization of public works in cases of a shortage of public funds. This process is full of risks, due mainly to the complexity and extend of the disciplines, public agencies and...

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Scheduling system with focus on practical concerns in repetitive projects

Yang, I-Tung; Ioannou, Photios - In: Construction Management and Economics 22 (2004) 6, pp. 619-630

The line of balance (LOB) method has long been used to model construction projects with repetitive units. Critics, however, indicate two major shortcomings of applying LOB in the construction industry: (1) it has not yet been adapted to numerical computation as readily as network methods; and...

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Is construction different? A comparison of perceptions of project management performance and practices by business sector and project type

Bryde, David James - In: Construction Management and Economics 26 (2008) 3, pp. 315-327

Although poor project management (PM) performance on construction projects and limitations in PM practices continue to be reported, there has been little research specifically focused on comparing perceptions of PM performance and practices of the construction business sector with other sectors...

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