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Adnan Enshassi, Bernd Kochendoerfer, Ehsan Rizq
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Construction sector is considered as one of the main sources of environmental pollution in the world. It has massive direct and indirect effects on the environment. Gaza Strip is witnessing widespread construction projects which increase the pressure on ...
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Rosalie Singerman Ray
Recent court cases and news reports have focused on the effects of transit construction on business revenue and survival, yet the topic is underexplored in the scholarly literature. This paper examines whether transit construction negatively affected the...
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Feng Ma, Aimin Sha, Ruiyu Lin, Yue Huang and Chao Wang
In China, the construction of asphalt pavement has a significant impact on the environment, and energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from asphalt pavement construction have been receiving increasing attention in recent years. At present, there i...
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Omar Elrefaey, Salma Ahmed, Irtishad Ahmad and Sameh El-Sayegh
The construction industry has been incorporating digital technology over the last two decades, albeit gradually, as ?technology-push? continues to overcome customary and traditional passivity typical in the sector. The objective of the study presented in...
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Krishna Chauhan, Antti Peltokorpi, Rita Lavikka and Olli Seppänen
Prefabrication is rapidly increasing in construction, and previous research has identified various impacts of prefabrication on projects. Modular product architecture is a great enabler for prefabrication; however, practitioners would benefit from more e...
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Juan Camilo Paz, David Rozenboim, Álvaro Cuadros, Sandra Cano, John Escobar
Pág. 41 - 69
This paper tackles the problem of scheduling construction projects considering the influence of delay risks. In the actual body of knowledge, several methods have been proposed to handle this problem, starting from the Project Evaluation and Review Techn...
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Juan Camilo Paz, David Rozenboim, Álvaro Cuadros, Sandra Cano, John Escobar
Pág. 41 - 69
This paper tackles the problem of scheduling construction projects considering the influence of delay risks. In the actual body of knowledge, several methods have been proposed to handle this problem, starting from the Project Evaluation and Review Techn...
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Arman Hashemi, Heather Cruickshank and Ali Cheshmehzangi
This paper evaluates the current conditions of Ugandan low-income tropical housing with a focus on construction methods and materials in order to identify the key areas for improvement. Literature review, site visits and photographic surveys are carried ...
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Roger Birchmore, Andy Pivac and Robert Tait
New Zealand houses are known for producing sub-optimal internal thermal conditions and unacceptably high internal moisture levels. These contribute to poor levels of health, mould and can coincide with the decay of structural timber frames. A proposed so...
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Roger Birchmore, Andy Pivac and Robert Tait
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Luis Fernando Alarcón, Sven Diethelm, Oscar Rojo, Rodrigo Calderón
Pág. Page 26 - 33
Over the last 10 years an increasing number of companies have implemented lean construction practices in an attempt to improve performance in construction projects. Most companies, and also some researchers, have reported satisfactory results from their ...
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Martina Zelenáková, Rastislav Fijko, Daniel Constantin Diaconu and Iveta Remenáková
Currently an international topic?not only among the members of the European Union?is the use of renewable energy, such as hydro power. The subject of this paper is the environmental impact assessment of the small hydropower (SHP) plant. The paper identif...
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Peter Uchenna Okoye, Kevin Chuks Okolie, Isaac Abiodun Odesola
This study assessed the risks level associated with implementation of sustainable construction practices through a questionnaire survey distributed to 256 building professionals in Nigeria. It identified 47 risk factors with different likelihood of occur...
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A.K. Mishra,Madan Sharma,Janani Selvam
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Timely complementation of project is highly focused. With an aim to assess the consequences of time extension in terms of project?s performance i.e time and cost based on cases of Nepal. The questionnaire contained statements on practices adopted of Eot ...
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Peter Uchenna Okoye, Kevin Chuks Okolie, Isaac Abiodun Odesola
This study assessed the risks level associated with implementation of sustainable construction practices through a questionnaire survey distributed to 256 building professionals in Nigeria. It identified 47 risk factors with different likelihood of occur...
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Dengqiu Li, Dengsheng Lu, Emilio Moran and Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva
Two recently constructed run-of-the-river dams (Santo Antônio and Jirau), along the Madeira River in Brazil, have been controversial due to their large unquantified impacts on (1) land use and land cover (LULC) and (2) on the area that would be flooded. ...
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Mark Hostetler
Green developments are becoming a popular land use planning concept that attempts to accommodate growth while minimizing impacts on natural resources. Various policies encourage conservation designs that usually translate into the clustering of homes and...
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Qiang Du, Yanan Dong, Jingtao Li, Yuelin Zhao and Libiao Bai
The rapid development of energy consumption and carbon emissions in the construction industry poses an enormous and negative challenge for China?s energy and environment. While maintaining moderate economic growth, it is particularly important to realize...
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Jingfeng Yuan, Wen Yi, Mengyi Miao and Lei Zhang
The construction industry has been recognized, for many years, as among those having a high likelihood of accidents, injuries and occupational illnesses. Such risks of construction workers can lead to low productivity and social problems. As a result, co...
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Eric Forcael, Vicente González, Alexander Opazo, Francisco Orozco, Richard Araya
Pág. 215 - 228
Natural disasters affect the construction industry in many ways other than the direct damages. This paper presents a model that evaluates the performance impacts caused by an earthquake to the construction industry by using the 2010 Chilean earthquake as...
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