John R. South, Jr. Keller Graduate School of Management PM 595 Project Risk Management Professor Bill Ketterman February 11, 2011 Table of Contents Catastrophic Failure Title Page 1 Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 Sources of Construction Risks 4 Systems to Address Project Risk 8 Discussion of Fault Trees 10 Conclusion 13 References 15 Appendix I - III 16 Introduction As the contractor that will construct the largest building during this time period, we must first
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senior member is an Insurance Adjuster and our youth member is a full time student. 3M2KV, the name of our group, consists of two females and four males of various backgrounds. Mark Schroth, White male, brought to the group his expertise in the construction industry. Mark displays many functional roles within the structure. Michelle Gardner, White female, has years of experience in the management field and can convey this knowledge into the groups leadership role. Matt Rodgers, White male, having
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Background The NOVA Award was created by the Construction Innovation Forum in 1989 to recognize and encourage advancement and improvement in all areas of the construction industry. The Construction Innovation Forum, founded in 1987 is an international, non-profit organization formed to recognize innovations in the industry that improve quality, efficiency and most importantly, cost. It defines innovation as having a positive, important effective on construction or service, improving quality and reducing
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PARTNERING IN LEAN CONSTRUCTION Per Erik Eriksson Management and Business Administration, Luleå University of Technology ABSTRACT Lean construction is a relatively immature literature field in need of unbiased theoretical reasoning and case studies in order to investigate how lean thinking can be applied in a construction project context. The purpose of this paper is to increase the understanding of how various measures of lean thinking can be implemented in a construction project and how these
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excitement for him comes from dealing with the multiple engineers and construction workers as well as the multiple problems that come with constructing a work of such magnitude and scale. As the artist, Christo obviously appreciates the product and process, though his emphasis is that he cannot be in absolute control of the outcome due to many reasons, therefor the artwork almost takes on a shape of its own in his eyes. The construction workers themselves see the process itself as a pain, though when
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Chapter 12 Case Study Dennis P. Furey, Jr. ML 5313 Project Management March 28th, 2014 Communication Errors According to the Case Study 2 identified as International Communications (Clements & Gido, 2012, pp. 426-428) in Chapter 12 of the text, the project manager, Samuel, appeared to make numerous errors with his communication process or his lack thereof. Angelique, the plant manager in charge of the newly developed Ireland facility that Samuel’s company was designing and constructing, was
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NUSSERWANJEE BUILDING INTRODUCTION: This is the new building on the site of the Nusserwanjee building which was relocated to Clifton as a new wing of Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. The old building was marked for demolition but was saved by concerned citizens and architects as a cultural heritage. Shahid Abdulla, one of the founders of the Indus Valley School, excitedly called to say he had found a beautiful old building, right in the heart of Kharadar, which was for sale and about
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TITLE PAGE Company: “Malik Construction & Builders” Project: “Road Construction” TABLE OF CONTENTS Members and Contributions Asad Saleh Hayat: Project Manager Contribution: Planning, Managing and Controlling Project Fahad Mehmood: Project Administrator Contribution: Facilitator
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Project Objective & Scope There are three reasons why project objectives are so important. The number one concern is to make sure there is an agreement between the project manager, project sponsor, stakeholder and the customer before any project is started. The project should be written in an easy to read language for everyone to be able to understand the objective and what needs to be accomplished to satisfy the needs of the customer. The next step, as long as the objectives
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Timeline of Architecture in Texas BY: SM Early settlers brought to Texas their cultural values and traditions. These values and historical civilization features were reflected through the settlers’ survived architectural achievements. Texas architecture compromises diverse structures and legacy from the Spanish colonies to the European expenditures to the Anglo pioneers’ log cabins. The architecture of Texas through the centuries has indeed outlined the cultural history and gave the state a
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