School of Civil Engineering, South East University, PR China Abstract The clients of public sector works have an obligation to ensure that the large scale investment in public works is effective and can achieve improvement in social and economic performance. However, construction activity is usually subject to more risk than other business activities because of its complexity particularly in coordinating a wide range of disparate and interrelated skills and activities. This complexity is further compounded
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characteristics of the most common procurement systems and methods are presented. In conjunction with this report the reader should also refer to the material developed by the New South Wales Government (2005) ‘Procurement Methodology Guidelines for Construction’ and the Western Australian Department of Housing and Works ‘Local Government Procurement Guide’ (2006). 2.0 PROCUREMENT STRATEGY New building or renovation/adaptation of an existing building is necessary only when no other building exists or
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MULTI-SKILLING BARRIERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA Nasiru Adamu1, Mohammed Hassan Nensok2 and Adefemi Aka3 Department of Quantity Surveying, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi. Nigeria Department of Building, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria The need to improve productivity and cost effectiveness has made some companies to adopt a multi-skilling labour strategy where workers can work across their traditional occupational boundaries
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Learning legacy Lessons learned from the London 2012 Games construction project Programme Baseline Report Champion Products are examples of tools and formats used by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) in executing its programme. The ODA is publishing these as part of its Learning Legacy in the anticipation that they may be of use to future projects seeking best practice examples of tools and templates that have been used successfully on a large, complex programme. Purpose of the document
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The role of Globalization of Social Construction of Youth Culture Introduction The purpose of this paper is to address the role in which globalization plays in the social construction of youth cultures. The phenomenal impact of communication technology on youth culture has generated a continuous debate since the 1970’s (Andrew, 2003, p. 1). The emergence of youth culture was a result of consumer market, which created diverse styles for young people worldwide (Grixti, 2008). Since the
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provide for all buildings and structures, a framework of minimum standards and requirements to regulate and control their location, site, design, quality of materials, construction, use occupancy, and maintenance. SECTION 103. Scope and Application (a) The provisions of this Code shall apply to the design, location, sitting, construction, alteration, repair, conversion, use, occupancy, maintenance, moving, demolition of, and addition to public and private buildings and structures, except traditional
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The construction of early childhood educators' professional identities are mainly depend upon many features and changes based on their experiences and the emotions (Duncan, 2008). These experiences and emotions are influenced by many factors such as working conditions, pay rates, policies, and relationships with families and other professionals (Dahlberg el., 2007). Early childhood settings are socially constructed and the specific outcomes that the early childhood settings need to create are now
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WORKING DRAWINGS HANDBOOK This page intentionally left blank WORKING DRAWINGS HANDBOOK Fourth Edition Keith Styles and Andrew Bichard Architectural Press An imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 30 Corporate Drive, Burlington, MA 01803 First published 1982 Second edition 1986 Third edition 1995 Reprinted 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003 Fourth edition 2004 Copyright © 2004, Keith Styles and Andrew Bichard. All rights reserved The right of Keith Styles and Andrew Bichard
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Introduction: Role of labour and industrial laws are of paramount importance. We know that the total economy of a country greatly depends upon the industrial sector. In addition, the growth of the industrial sector involves with some major aspect. These major aspects are the local investment policy, foreign direct investment policy, labour management etc. Besides the necessary infrastructure for investment natural resources are also important and it is very clear that if all these essential elements
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Strategic Plan, Part I: Conceptualizing a Business BUS/475 Integrated Business Topics December 15, 2011 Strategic Plan - Part I: Conceptualizing a Business Land Forms Construction is a general engineering and landscape contractor located in Laguna Niguel, California. The company has been in business for over 21 years. The owners Jeff and Anna Tracy started out as a landscape contractor concentrating mainly on commercial projects in Southern California. The company expanded its services
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