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alcohol in the morning to elude withdrawal and to steady their nerves (Aertgeerts, et al., 2004). These transitional questions, in spite of missing discriminative value, are beneficial for familiarizing the subject, as well as making the consultation less threatening (Aertgeerts, et al., 2004). Item responses are scored zero to one, with a higher score a suggestion of alcohol problems. The total score can range from zero to four (Aertgeerts, et al., 2004). This screening apparatus

Engineering Construction Management Dep. ΓΰϏ±ΔϴϣϼγϹ΍ΔόϣΎΠϟ΍ ΎϴϠόϟ΍ΕΎγ΍έΪϟ΍ΓΩΎϤϋ ΔγΪϨϬϟ΍ΔϴϠϛ ΪϴϴθΘϟ΍Γέ΍Ω·Ϣδϗ Factors Affecting the Performance of Construction Projects in the Gaza Strip Saleh Samir Abu Shaban B.Sc. Civil Engineering, The Islamic University Supervised by Prof. Dr. Adnan Enshassi Professor of Construction Engineering and Management A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Degree of Master of Science in Construction Management

Introduction The In recent decades Chinese construction firms have become important and influential players in the international market, over last decades, especially in developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America (Zhao, et al., 2009). The Chinese government?s strong support and encourag encouragement es has facilitated Chinese construction firms to explore pursue the overseas markets. The data from the China Statistics Yearbook (2015) displays states that the international turnover

LITERATURE REVIEW Planning and scheduling process of construction sector has been undergoing various research since 1950s. The planning and scheduling processes for construction can be broadly classified into two categories 1. Activity based planning methodologies and 2. Location based planning methodologies. The activity based methodology is further subdivided as deterministic (Critical path method) and probabilistic method (Program Evaluation and Review Technique). While location based methodologies

1. Proposed title: My proposed area of study for my dissertation is to look at 「The governance of family firms and strategic competition in the construction and building industry in Taiwan：A study for C company and D company of small and medium size enterprises （SME’s）」. In my dissertation, I will not only research corporate governance of SME’S in this industry about human resource and organizational culture and structure in these two companies but also compare with other enterprises in China

in construction projects was not important compared to project costs. However, with the new construction environment and its changes such as the high usage of lean, BIM, and LEED, everything has changed. Nowadays, most of the construction contractors are measuring their general overhead costs and trying to control it. To gain profits, they started to allocate their general overhead costs to different construction projects they are working on. In this paper, we investigate how a construction company

1.0 Introduction Construction industry plays an important part as a stimulant in Malaysia’s economy. The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) was established as a government agency to facilitate and act as a catalyst to the development, is generally representing the construction industry to the government and the public. (Chan, 2009). According to Hiap (2012), the CIDB published a ten year Construction Industry Master Plan (CIMP) towards the end of year 2007, the aim is to refocus the

Chapter 1 introduction The construction industry is a major contributor to the UK and the world in general’s economies as a whole. In 2012 in the UK alone the gross value added was £83 Billion accounting for 6% of the total economy for the UK according to the paper produced by Chris Rhodes for the House of Commons titled Construction Industry: statistics and policy. (1) Due to the scale of the contribution the construction industry makes to the economy it has been the focus of various reports and

interpretations of rework within the construction management literature (Love, 2002a, 2002b; Love and Smith, 2003; Love and Sohal, 2003; Love et al., 2004; Sommerville, 2007). Ashford (1992), for example, defines rework as completing or correcting an item so as to conform to the original requirements, as cited by Love (2002a, 2002b), Love and Smith (2003), Love and Sohal (2003), Love et al. (2004), Hwang et al. (2009) and Love et al. (2009). Alternatively, the Construction Industry Development Agency (CIDA)

incorporated into the questionnaire. According to Gould and Joyce (2002) there are a number of risks which can be identified within the construction industry itself and those risks are evident in every construction project regardless of the project size or its scope. Tummala et al. (1999) has argued that oftentimes changes in design and scope in addition to time frames or schedules are considered the most common risks for the construction sector based on the study conducted. As the construction project progresses