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A 10-step safety management framework for construction small and medium-sized enterprises
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
It is of great importance to develop an occupational health and safety management system (OHS MS) to form a systemized approach to improve health and safety. It is a known fact that thousands of accidents and injuries occur ...
Fuzzy Structural Equation Model to Assess Construction Site Safety Performance
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2017 , Article)
The main goal of this study is to examine the relationships between determinants of safety performance of construction sites. To achieve this goal, 168 observable variables and 16 latent dimensions that affect safety ...
Mapping the Industrial Perception of Delay Data Through Importance Rating
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Springer Verlag
, 2017 , Article)
The construction industry is struggling with several recorded incidents of delay due to improper planning and/or implementation of required construction measures. The common conclusion by many researchers worldwide is that ...
Assessment of delay factors in construction of sport facilities through multi criteria decision making
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
The construction of sports facilities widened drastically as the number of sport events gradually increased during the last two decades in the global environment. The requirements of International Federations to host these ...
Assessment of abnormally low tenders: a multinomial logistic regression approach
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
This study was performed in order to reveal factors affecting abnormally low tenders (ALTs) and to minimize negative effects of them. A thorough literature review was carried out to observe past research about the reasons ...
Analysis of change orders in Qatari construction projects
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
Change orders affect the performance of construction projects and may induce significant cost overruns. The paper identifies the main causes/factors that lead to change orders in Qatari construction projects. It also ...
Cost based Value Stream Mapping as a sustainable construction tool for undergraound pipeline construction projects
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MDPI AG
, 2017 , Article)
This paper deals with application of Value Stream Mapping (VSM) as a sustainable construction tool on a real construction project of installation of underground pipelines. VSM was adapted to reduce the high percentage of ...
Duality of Lean Construction and Building Information Modeling into Digital Collaborative Scheduling in Qatar: A Conceptual Framework
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Qatar University Press
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
Long has the construction industry been chastised for its low production performance. Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean Construction (LC) are two of the most widely adopted concepts in the construction industry ...
Practical Implementation of Campus Facility Management Performance Measurement in Qatar
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Qatar University Press
, 2023 , Conference Paper)
Effective facility management is crucial to overall firm performance and is becoming a core competency for organizations seeking to gain a competitive advantage and attain their goals. Recent research on facility management ...
A framework for evaluating campus facility management performance in light of project critical success factors using a multidimensional fuzzy logic approach
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Emerald Publishing
, 2023 , Article)
Purpose: This paper aims to present the development of a holistic campus facility management (CFM) performance assessment framework that incorporates a fuzzy logic approach and integrates a comprehensive set of key factors ...