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Finding Construction Jobs In Fields Other Than New Construction
If you are considering a career in construction you may want to think twice construction jobs are in very short supply. The unemployment for construction related jobs is ...
Company: DiscoveryArticles.com
Date: September 2008 |
DiscoveryArticles.com |
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Careers In Construction Sales Job
Construction sales work is definitely one of the fastest growing industries nowadays. This is mainly because construction supplies such as cement, wood and tiles and cons...
Company: contentdig.com
Date: January 2008 |
contentdig.com |
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Selling In The Construction Industry
The U.S. construction industry is very vast and diverse. It includes a cross section of activities and people who ranges from electricians, plumbers etc. working all by t...
Company: Associated Content
Date: November 2006 |
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Construction Contract
Contracts are an essential part of the construction industry. Since construction is an index of any nation's progress, it is necessary that every citizen must be equipped...
Company: FreeBusinessForms.com
Date: December 2007 |
FreeBusinessForms.com |
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Optimization of the Waste Management for Construction Projects Using Simulation
Growth in construction activities increases the amount of construction waste generated. Recycling of construction waste is an important component of environmentally respo...
Company: University of Calgary
Date: November 2002 |
University of Calgary |
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Lean Construction and Simulation
This paper explores the relationship between simulation and the emerging topics of lean Thinking and lean construction. The ideas which have motivated the evolution of le...
Company: Purdue University
Date: November 2002 |
Purdue University |
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Heavy Timber Construction
Heavy timber construction is one of the oldest types of buildings used in the development of this country. This publication defines the minimum requirements for heavy tim...
Company: American Wood Council
Date: February 2004 |
American Wood Council |
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Complexity - Construction in a New Perspective
The general view of the construction process is that it is an ordered, linear phenomenon, which can be organized, planned and managed top down. The frequent failures to c...
Company: Byggeriets Evaluerings Center
Date: September 2002 |
Byggeriets Evaluerings Center |
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Electronic Networking Technologies in Construction
Electronic Networking Technologies (ENT) has already made inroads into the construction industry as communication and information retrieval tools. Even though considered ...
Company: World Scientific Publishing
Date: December 2003 |
World Scientific Publishing |
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Construction Crane
One of the most vital and useful tools in construction - especially large scale construction - is the large construction crane. There are a lot of different cranes out th...
Company: Interaction Media Group
Date: January 2008 |
Interaction Media Group |
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Facilitating Construction Briefing - From The Client's Perspective
The call for improvement to conventional design and construction process in the construction industry is well reported. Essentially, the need for development is associate...
Company: Chalmers University of Technology
Date: February 2005 |
Chalmers University of Technology |
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Leeds Nuffield Hospital, West Yorkshire Hospitals increasingly use steel-intensive construction for reasons familiar to designers and owners of commercial buildings: speed of construction, and flexibility of in... Company: Corus Group | Corus Group |
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Partnering White Paper
Partnering is not a term invented by construction's spin doctors to paper over the industry's problems. Neither is it a new form of construction contract. In fact, Partne...
Company: Alcoa
Date: July 2002 |
Alcoa |
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Using Multiple Views To Model Construction CIB T6S7
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 c...
Company: University of British Columbia
Date: November 2005 |
University of British Columbia |
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Project Risk Simulation Under Uncertain Construction Duration
This paper establishes a two-phase model to explore the financial risk of construction project under uncertain construction duration. An illustration of BOT project under...
Company: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Date: November 2004 |
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences |
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A Guide to Contracting for Residential Construction
Most homeowners have a limited knowledge about the construction business. Contracting is a business that should be approached with the same attitude of "Buyer Beware" tha...
Company: Arizona Registrar of Contractors
Date: August 2002 |
Arizona Registrar of Contractors |
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Comparative Analysis Between Manufacturing And Construction Enterprises On The Use Of Formalized Quality Management Systems
This paper seeks to discover the current state-of-practice for quality initiatives in both the manufacturing and construction industries in the Midwestern United States. ...
Company: Missouri State University
Date: July 2006 |
Missouri State University |
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Rubble Masonry Concrete Arch Bridge Construction Technology
Whilst Rubble Masonry Concrete (RMC) Arch bridges have been constructed for around 3000 years, the technology has, to a large extent been replaced by steel and concrete c...
Company: Construction Industry Development Board
Date: April 2004 |
Construction Industry Development Board |
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The Building Owner as a Catalyst for Change in the Construction Industry
Building owners are at the very core of the construction industry. Ultimately it is the building owner who pays every dollar for a project to be realized - be it designs ...
Company: Newforma
Date: October 2004 |
Newforma |
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Opportunity of a Lifetime
House buyers are demanding higher quality than ever before, but fewer new homes are being built each year. This paper predicts an imminent construction boom and describes...
Company: The Royal Society
Date: February 2004 |
The Royal Society |
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Exploring Mental Models Of Construction Managers
Experience is a critical component of expertise for construction managers. Time allows them to inductively construct and organize knowledge about the construction managem...
Company: University of Washington
Date: December 2004 |
University of Washington |
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2004 Construction Forecast: 2004 OK, 2005 Better This paper gives a brief forecast along with statistical analysis about Residential construction. Economists appear to agree that residential construction is going to mai... Company: Lighting Controls Association | Lighting Controls Association |
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A Survey on the Impact of the Internet on Scientific Publishing in Construction IT and Construction Management
The World Wide Web provides the opportunity for a radically changed and much more efficient communication process for scientific results. A survey in the closely related ...
Company: International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction
Date: July 2000 |
International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction |
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Cost and Benefits of Insulating Concrete Forms for Residential Construction
Through several studies of ICF construction costs, it has been determined that using ICF wall construction generally adds about 3 to 5 percent to the total purchase price...
Company: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Date: November 2001 |
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
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Dynamic Change Management For Fast-tracking Construction Projects
Uncertainties make construction dynamic and unstable, mostly by creating non value-adding change iterations among construction processes. Particularly, when a project is ...
Company: National University of Singapore
Date: February 2003 |
National University of Singapore |
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A Framework of Information Management System for Construction Projects
This paper discusses a comprehensive framework of information management system for construction projects, which utilizes the potential information technologies and cover...
Company: Tsinghua University
Date: April 2004 |
Tsinghua University |
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Investment In New Residential Building Construction
The investment in new residential building construction may be divided into two major categories. The first one being the work put in place, which represents the value of...
Company: Statistics Canada
Date: November 2005 |
Statistics Canada |
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Industrializing the Residential Construction Site Phase II: Information Mapping
Researchers had laid out five areas that best contained the possibility of transforming the construction site: production integration, operations integration, performance...
Company: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Date: June 2001 |
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
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Safety Training For Your Construction Team
Does your construction team require safety training? Construction safety training is sometimes left up to the safety manager, who either takes over the job of training th...
Company: Articles Universe
Date: December 2007 |
Articles Universe |
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Structural Building Guidelines
These guidelines apply to all student construction, and especially to activities relating to special functions (e.g. Spring Carnival, Homecoming, International Festival, ...
Company: Carnegie Mellon University
Date: January 2002 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
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Telematics In The Construction Equipment Arena
Nowadays' North American construction equipment business environment appears daunting at best. Construction equipment manufacturers are experiencing flat revenue growth a...
Company: Accenture
Date: March 2004 |
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The Scope And Role Of Information Technology In Construction
To set the stage for the points this paper first summarize current use of Information Technology (IT) in construction. The last few years have seen dramatic improvements ...
Company: Stanford University
Date: February 2004 |
Stanford University |
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Engineered Wood Construction Guide: Roof Construction
This paper is designed as a reference manual for both residential and commercial construction. It contains up-to-date information on Performance Rated Panels, glulam, I-j...
Company: APA - The Engineered Wood Association
Date: June 2003 |
APA - The Engineered Wood Association |
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Using A Construction Crane
Though all of us have seen construction cranes before, few of us know how they actually work. This is useful base knowledge to have when you're looking at buying or renti...
Company: Interaction Media Group
Date: January 2008 |
Interaction Media Group |
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Owner's Responsibility To Construction
This paper describes about residential construction. Safety on the construction project has always been a debatable subject. Most owners would probably leave it to the co...
Company: Hartford Financial Services
Date: April 2002 |
Hartford Financial Services |
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Poor Construction
Legal rulings in construction defect cases threaten fundamental insurance principles. Insurers who write construction risks are accustomed to the volatility of insuring a...
Company: American Association of Insurance Services
Date: July 2001 |
American Association of Insurance Services |
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Engineered Wood Construction Guide: Floor Construction
This paper is designed as a reference manual for both residential and commercial construction. It contains up-to-date information on APA Performance Rated Panels, glulam,...
Company: APA - The Engineered Wood Association
Date: June 2003 |
APA - The Engineered Wood Association |
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HeadsUp Technologies' Integrated Construction Profit Manager Highlights Daily Actions
This article describes a web-based collaborative software application for the construction industry. The integrated Construction Profit Manager (iCPM) integrates scheduli...
Company: Associated Builders And Contractors
Date: December 2004 |
Associated Builders And Contractors |
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Evaluating IT Applications For Innovative Construction Management
The construction management has been under pressure to reduce operating costs and to improve productivity using innovative Information Technology (IT) solutions conformed...
Company: Massey University
Date: March 2004 |
Massey University |
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Ten Ways to Help Avoid Legal Problems in School Construction
Just as no one builds a school without floor plans, no one should build a school without a legal plan. Litigating construction disputes is expensive, time consuming, disr...
Company: National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
Date: September 2003 |
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities |
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