How Do We Execute Our Construction Projects?

Sustainable Design Construction projects use a significant amount of materials and supplies. When these materials are used in a socially and environmentally responsible way, it improves your personal relationship with the environment and reduces your impact on the earth.

How Dumpster Rentals Make Your Cleanup Easier When you are overseeing a renovation or demolition, time is of the essence. Any hiccup that delays your project costs you time and money, especially when it comes to hauling of waste. In situations such as these, renting a dumpster can be a lifesaver

The Construction Industry Institute estimates that there is up to 57% non-value added effort or outright waste in previous construction business models. That translates to over $600 Billion in waste and costly delays in the construction industry each year.

Project Control Methods used in Construction Project Management The scope of this assignment is to study, compare and analyze the most commonly used Project control methods used in the Construction Projects management and to select the best method for efficient project control to be used in construction project management. In this assignment three different project control methods such as 1) Earned Value Management 2) Location Based Management 3) Building Information Modeling are studied and compared.

How to be successful in the industry QUESTION 1 Could you please enlighten me about some of the qualification you feel will help an aspiring construction graduate to become a successful project manager in future? ANSWER The construction industry is regarded as being inherently uncertain and complex in its structure. The complex nature of

Introduction In the last few decades, the quest for continuous improvement and innovation has led to the discovery of new approaches to best practice by different players in the construction industry in the United Kingdom. These efforts have been initiated with the view to increase understanding of the needs of key business areas as well as increase client, users and stakeholders ' value. In this regard experts in the field of construction have proposed "rethinking of construction" (Egan 1998) by strategically rethinking operational stages in order to decrease cost and improve performance. One of these strategic operational stages, called the briefing process has perked the interests of the researcher in the course of producing a report

Background A substantial majority of projects in the United States construction industry fail to meet their cost and schedule objectives, in line with Construction Industry Institute (CII) research.

Project delivery methods allow for distinct allocation of risk and responsibilities within a construction contract. Each unique construction project calls for a defined delivery method and a written contract in order to ensure the success of the venture. “A project delivery option is defined as a method for procurement which

INTEGRATED PROJECT DELIVERY IN CONSTRUCTION Saveesna Pricella Baskaran, M.Eng. Construction Engineering and Management, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840. Email: sbaskaran90@tamu.edu Phone: 480.438.2721 Abstract: The productivity decline in the construction industry in recent years is mainly due to the schedule and cost overruns, poor coordination between the project participants and ineffective planning. Integrated project delivery (IPD) solves these issues by integrating project participants, processes, practices, systems, business and work structures into a process that collaboratively harnesses the talents, ideas and insights of everyone involved in the project. This method

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT Chapter 4 Construction contracts. Author: Paweł Kotas, Polska Construction as a service activity having many dimensions. Starting from ideas, thru find funds, investor, design construction, find contractor, phase of construction, meet the requirements which investment needs to be in use and complete facility. All these aspects are associated with large amounts of documents,

Introduction The construction industry in Australia has over the recent three years provided increased employment thereby improving the economic financial performance. This has been fueled primarily by middle market construction firms. However, forecast shows that the total non-residential construction would fall between 2014 and 2016 due to falling levels of investment

Keeping all this in mind, builders have to work alongside clients to satisfy their project needs. Projects are also being built quicker because of the demand to occupy them instantly.

The construction industry is a major contributor to the world wide. The long term objectives of any

When thinking about the big picture of a construction project and what all goes into the development of a construction project, the environment is a big factor. There are many different regulating associations such as the USGB (United States Green Building Council), BMRA (Building Material Reuse Association), AEES (The American Ecological Engineering Society), and many more that give and set good examples. Hong Kong has found a way to measure construction waste and develop a way to reuse a prominent part of typical construction waste. The effects of the environment from construction projects and the ways to reduce these effects.

Waste Management No one enjoys throwing materials away. But with all of the aspects of construction that require management today, why do we need to add waste? Construction waste management can enhance a builder's operation, as well as the image of the entire building industry.