Construction Essays

Site Investigation And Preparation Construction Essay
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Introduction: Select any industry that you know. Imagine how you prepare the site & the stages you have to go through. Picture the document, the site investigation. Do you have any by-law? Follow your imaginat...

Building Information Modeling In Site Management Construction Essay
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Introduction: The construction industry is ever evolving with increasing performance demand. Project handover deadlines are shorter, costs are tighter, regulation more stringent, project briefs are more complex, co...

Estimating And Pre Contracts Quantity Surveying Construction Essay
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Introduction: The most important stage of any project is Estimating and Pre-Contracts Quantity Surveying. Care has to be taken at this stage, to produce a more accurate and realistic cost of the project so that the...

The High Performance Concrete Construction Essay
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Introduction: Concrete admixtures Construction materials Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Introduction The High-performance concrete (HPC) is a mixture of many materials usually 5-10. The interaction betwe...

Problems That Dry Lining Companies Frequently Encounter Construction Essay
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Introduction: When the air barrier consists of plasterboard dry lining, dry lining companies have to omit the ‘out of sight, out of mind’ approach that may have been implemented prior to the amended Bui...

Different Types Of Portable Buildings Construction Essay
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Introduction: Portable steel buildings are made from different components and are prefabricated at a different location. Portable steel buildings are used in an industrial environment, for various purposes, like st...

Build Operate Transfer Procurement System Construction Essay
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Introduction: Recently, more and more governments in the Southeast Asian countries have been started to allow private participation in some major public investments, particularly for infrastructure projects. A proc...

The History And Future Of Construction Construction Essay
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Introduction: Building construction is an ancient human activity. I t began with the purely functional need to moderate the effects of climate. The construction technology has placed new demands on the building ind...

The Hvac System To Water Cooled Chiller Construction Essay
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Introduction: Many studies, empirical analysis, and energy consultants repeatedly claim that there is a large unexploited economic potential for saving energy. Usually, this potential is estimated to be in the rang...

The Wembley National Stadium Construction Essay
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Introduction: 1.0 Introduction It was built to be the new ‘home of football’; to be one of the largest and magnificent stadiums in the world and designed ......

Project Management Challenges In Construction Of Emirates Stadium Construction Essay
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Introduction: The PMI defines project management as ‘the art of directing and coordinating human and material resources through the life of a project by using modern management techniques to achieve pre-deter...

Management Of Conflict And Dispute Resolution Construction Essay
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Introduction: Introduction: The nature of the construction industry in Hong Kong is such that there is an existing conflict between the major construction project participants, owners, design professionals and cont...

Constructability And The Safe Design Principles Construction Essay
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Introduction: Constructability & Safe Design Principles serves as a preliminary process to provide Parsons Engineers, and the Construction Management Engineers an easy methodology to identify constructability ...

Hazard And Hazard Management Construction Essay
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Introduction: The construction industry is characterized by a relatively high injury and illness rate compared to other industries. In the past two decades more than 26,000 U.S. construction workers have died at wo...

Nominated And Domestic Subcontractor Construction Essay
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Introduction: Chapter 2 Introduction According to C. Gray and R. Flanagan 1989 over ninety percent of construction activities are now subcontracted on the majority of contracts, which leaves the main contractor wit...

Impact On The Natural Environment Construction Essay
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Introduction: The building sector has a significant impact on the natural environment. It consumes almost 33 of the worlds natural resources, including 40 of its energy and up to 12% of its water. These estimates d...

Procurement Strategy In Uk Crossrail Project Construction Essay
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Introduction: This dissertation is about investigating and evaluating the procurement strategy adopted in Crossrail project. A literature review is structured under first four chapters: (1) An Introduction; (2) Cro...

The Role Of The Modern Constrction Project Manager Construction Essay
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Introduction: Construction project manager is the responsible person to handle overall construction of projects from start to end, successfully complete the project within on Time, Cost, and Quality. As the educati...

Risk Management In Construction Industry Of India Construction Essay
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Introduction: Risk management is something related to uncertainty as it is not fixed and it is a part of daily life, or it is something we cannot predict and may result in negative outcome (Helmen and Shen Li, 2001...

Constructing A Multi Storey Commercial Building Construction Essay
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Introduction: Involved clearing, grubbing (removal and disposal of surface vegetation, roots, stumps and underground part of structures to a depth of at least 0.50m below ground level) and stripping (removal of top...

Estimation With Cost Significant Elements In Malaysia Construction Essay
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Introduction: The construction estimation is an important content of the feasibility study of the projects. The accuracy of the cost estimation directly affects the decision of project, scale of construction, desig...

Refurbishment and its advantages
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Introduction: Chapter 1 Introduction In recent years there has been a large increase in the refurbishment of old and vacant properties in preference to constructing new builds. Some of the reasons for this may be: ...

The Impact Of National Building Regulations Construction Essay
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Introduction: Housing is a basic human need, and gaining access to housing is a dream that people of all socio-economic classes in both developed and developing countries may cherish. The principal reason behind th...

What Is The Procurement Method Construction Essay
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Introduction: Procurement is a term which describes the activities of the client or employer who brought about the construction or renovation of buildings. It is a mechanism that provides a solution to the problem:...

Importance Of Site Investigation And Retaining Walls Construction Essay
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Introduction: As a Construction Management Consultant of I-Consult Ltd appointed by I- Build Sdn Bhd, I am required to propose different types of retaining wall system available. My proposal focuses on the site inv...