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Insolvency of small civil engineering firms: Critical strategic factors (2016)
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© 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers. Construction industry insolvency studies have failed to stem the industry's high insolvency tide because many focus on big civil engineering firms (CEF) when over 90% of firms in the industry are small or m... Read More about Insolvency of small civil engineering firms: Critical strategic factors.

Critical management practices influencing on-site waste minimization in construction projects (2016)
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© 2016 Elsevier Ltd As a result of increasing recognition of effective site management as the strategic approach for achieving the required performance in construction projects, this study seeks to identify the key site management practices that are... Read More about Critical management practices influencing on-site waste minimization in construction projects.

Design for Deconstruction (DfD): Critical success factors for diverting end-of-life waste from landfills (2016)
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© 2016 Elsevier Ltd The aim of this paper is to identify Critical Success Factors (CSF) needed for effective material recovery through Design for Deconstruction (DfD). The research approach employed in this paper is based on a sequential exploratory... Read More about Design for Deconstruction (DfD): Critical success factors for diverting end-of-life waste from landfills.

Emotional intelligence and British expatriates’ cross-cultural adjustment in international construction projects (2016)
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© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Today’s internationalized business demands global mindset, intercultural sensitivity and the ability to skilfully negotiate through cross-cultural interactions. Therefore, the overall ai... Read More about Emotional intelligence and British expatriates’ cross-cultural adjustment in international construction projects.

Methodological approach of construction business failure prediction studies: a review (2016)
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© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Performance of bankruptcy prediction models (BPM), which partly depends on the methodological approach used to develop it, has virtually stagnated over the years. The methodological posi... Read More about Methodological approach of construction business failure prediction studies: a review.

Big Data in the construction industry: A review of present status, opportunities, and future trends (2016)
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© 2016 Elsevier Ltd The ability to process large amounts of data and to extract useful insights from data has revolutionised society. This phenomenon—dubbed as Big Data—has applications for a wide assortment of industries, including the construction... Read More about Big Data in the construction industry: A review of present status, opportunities, and future trends.

Competency-based measures for designing out construction waste: Task and contextual attributes (2016)
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© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - Competency-based measure is increasingly evident as an effective approach to tailoring training and development for organisational change and development. With design stage widely reckoned as being decisi... Read More about Competency-based measures for designing out construction waste: Task and contextual attributes.

Critical factors for insolvency prediction: Towards a theoretical model for the construction industry (2016)
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© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Many construction industry insolvency prediction model (CI-IPM) studies have arbitrarily employed or simply adopted from previous studies different insolvency factors, without justificat... Read More about Critical factors for insolvency prediction: Towards a theoretical model for the construction industry.

Big data architecture for construction waste analytics (CWA): A conceptual framework (2016)
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© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. In recent times, construction industry is enduring pressure to take drastic steps to minimise waste. Waste intelligence advocates retrospective measures to manage waste after it is produced. Existing waste in... Read More about Big data architecture for construction waste analytics (CWA): A conceptual framework.

Reducing waste to landfill: A need for cultural change in the UK construction industry (2016)
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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Owing to its contribution of largest portion of landfill wastes and consumption of about half of mineral resources excavated from nature, construction industry has been pressed to improve its sustainability.... Read More about Reducing waste to landfill: A need for cultural change in the UK construction industry.

Evaluation criteria for construction waste management tools: Towards a holistic BIM framework (2016)
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© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study identifies evaluation criteria with the goal of appraising the performance of existing construction waste management tools and employing the results in the development of a ho... Read More about Evaluation criteria for construction waste management tools: Towards a holistic BIM framework.

Waste minimisation through deconstruction: A BIM based Deconstructability Assessment Score (BIM-DAS) (2015)
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© 2015 Elsevier B.V. The overall aim of this study is to develop a Building Information Modelling based Deconstructability Assessment Score (BIM-DAS) for determining the extent to which a building could be deconstructed right from the design stage. T... Read More about Waste minimisation through deconstruction: A BIM based Deconstructability Assessment Score (BIM-DAS).

Analysis of critical features and evaluation of BIM software: towards a plug-in for construction waste minimization using big data (2015)
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© 2016 Taylor & Francis. The overall aim of this study is to investigate the potential of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for construction waste minimization. We evaluated the leading BIM design software products and concluded that none of the... Read More about Analysis of critical features and evaluation of BIM software: towards a plug-in for construction waste minimization using big data.

Waste effectiveness of the construction industry: Understanding the impediments and requisites for improvements (2015)
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© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Construction industry contributes a large portion of waste to landfill, which in turns results in environmental pollution and CO2 emission. Despite the adoption of several waste management strategies, waste r... Read More about Waste effectiveness of the construction industry: Understanding the impediments and requisites for improvements.

Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvement (2014)
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© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Construction industry consumes about half of all material resources taken from nature, and generates a large portion of waste to landfill. A way of tackling negative environmental impacts impending from conti... Read More about Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvement.

Avoiding performance failure payment deductions in PFI/PPP projects: Model of critical success factors (2013)
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The overall aim of this paper is to identify critical success factors that would help Private Finance Initiative/facility management (PFI/FM) contractors to avoid performance failure payment deductions in Public Private Partnership/PFI (PPP/PFI) proj... Read More about Avoiding performance failure payment deductions in PFI/PPP projects: Model of critical success factors.

Analysis of architects' demotivating factors in design firms (2013)
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The overall aim of this study is to identify factors that influence architects' demotivation in design firms. After a review of extant literatures in design management, project management, and organisational behaviour, a list of 43 demotivating crite... Read More about Analysis of architects' demotivating factors in design firms.

Confined site construction: An empirical analysis of factors impacting health and safety management (2012)
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify, clarify and tabulate the various managerial issues encountered, to aid in the management of the complex health and safety concerns which occur within a confined construction site environment. Design/... Read More about Confined site construction: An empirical analysis of factors impacting health and safety management.

Sustaining architects' and engineers' motivation in design firms: An investigation of critical success factors (2010)
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Purpose - The overall intent of this research is to identify critical factors influencing architects' and design engineers' (AE) motivational level in design firms. Design/methodology/approach - Motivational theories from the literature on organizati... Read More about Sustaining architects' and engineers' motivation in design firms: An investigation of critical success factors.