Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 10 Issue 1

Learning to see work flow: an application of lean concepts to precast concrete fabrication

Glenn Ballard, Nigel Harper, Todd Zabelle

Reducing the lead time for engineered‐to‐order products can allow more time for exploration and testing of design alternatives, reduction of project durations, or some combination…

The effects of the variability of project planning on cost commitment curves: a case study

A.P. Kaka, J. Lewis, H. Petros

Standard value/cost flow models (often referred to as S‐curves) are widely used in cash flow forecasting, particularly at the tender stage. A substantial amount of research has…

Hong Kong construction foremen’s safety responsibilities: a case study of management oversight

Steve Rowlinson, Sherif Mohamed, Sum‐Wah Lam

In total, 69 foremen from 13 Hong Kong construction companies were invited to participate in a study designed to investigate foremen’s opinions regarding 27 safety supervisory…

The analysis of pre‐tender building price forecasting performance: a case study

Martin Skitmore, Derek Drew

The financial management of the construction procurement process is dependent on the performance of the managers involved. This paper describes an analysis of pre‐tender building…

Assessment of risks in high rise building construction in Jakarta

Djoen San Santoso, Stephen O. Ogunlana, Takayuki Minato

Risk is inherent in every construction project, especially complex projects like high rise buildings. It is helpful to understand the significant risks in order to anticipate…

Geometric verification of design

Ihsan Faraj

This paper discusses an approach for constructing product models in terms of features. In particular, the work focused on features verification and their accessibility using the…

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