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Unfair Payment Issues in Construction: Re-Thinking Alternative Payment Method For Tier-1 Contractors to Subcontractors
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Recent statistics reveal substantial increase in late payments cases from 18% to 27%; with over £30 billion unpaid invoices to UK contractors. Furthermore, 82% of overdue invoices are monies owed to subcontractor by tier-1 ...
Derivation of the Governing Differential Equation of Vibrating Host Plate with Two Piezoelectric Patches
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
One of the most difficult challenges facing researchers these days is making industrial
applications (e.g. engines, automobiles, and aircraft) run on renewable energy and
reducing the use of fuel as much as possible. One ...
Instruments of energy subsidy reforms in Arab countries — The case of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
© 2019 Energy subsidies can account for a large share of government expenditures in some GCC countries. In light of fiscal imbalances since 2014, these countries have reiterated their intention to decrease subsidies and ...
' Pay-as-you-go City ': New Forms of Domesticity in a Technological Society
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2021 , Conference Paper)
Ongoing urbanization, combined with market fundamentalism as the prevailing mode of political management, is leading to the spatial and social segregation of economic classes in cities. The housing market, being driven by ...
Strategies for Communicating Health and Safety Information on Construction Sites in Nigeria
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The construction industry (CI) has earned the notoriety of being a risky or profoundly
unsafe industry. Studies have credited the majority of the mishap on construction sites
to poor communication of health and safety (H&S) ...
Accelerated Corrosion Tests on Lapped Spliced Joints in Concrete
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents a new test setup of experiments to investigate corrosion at lapped
spliced joints using accelerated corrosion test. The experiments were carried out on two
set of samples: cylinders and beam blocks. ...
Novel Method for Assessing Moisture Damage in Asphalt Mixtures
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Moisture damage is a major cause of early pavement deterioration and often accelerates
other distresses such as rutting, fatigue cracking, and raveling. Water infiltrates into the
pavement structure through the cracks and ...
Using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) to Evaluate Air Voids Content in Hot Mix Asphalt
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
"Air voids content is one of the most important characteristics of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA).
Air voids content that is either too high or too low can negatively impact pavement
life and lead to deteriorations such as fatigue ...
Cut Carbon, Cut Cost - Feasibility of Applying PAS 2080
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
State of Qatar is committed to delivering its Intended Nationally Determined
Contributions (INDC) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat. (Ministry of Environment, 2015). ...
The New Construction Approach Adapted by Ashghal for the Public Projects in Qatar
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
"The purpose of this paper is to review the new strategy adapted by Ashghal to implement
lean construction in Qatar to improve project performance and predictability of delivery.
This is a significant change programme ...