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Dowling, Susan J. "Constructing Identity Identity Construction." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/88.
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In this art-based study I will examine the construction of identity creating three life size figures utilizing metaphor and symbolism. I recorded and analyzed the process through reflections. The artist/teacher/researcher will provide conclusions based on art production and self-reflection.
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Sherratt, Felicity Sarah. "Constructing safety on sites : an exploration of the social construction of safety on large UK construction sites." Thesis, University of Bolton, 2012. http://ubir.bolton.ac.uk/593/.
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Significant attempts have been made by large contractors in the UK construction industry to improve safety on their sites. Safety management systems have been put in place, minimum training requirements have been established, and worker engagement initiatives implemented in the quest for a positive safety culture. However accidents and incidents still occur. Grounded in social constructionism, this study sought to explore how people construct safety in and through their interactions at work on the large construction sites of the UK. Data was collected from five UK construction projects, all over £20m in value, and included site safety signage, conversations discussing safety and various safety documents. Discourse analysis of the data revealed considerable variation in the contextual constructions of safety. Safety was found to be inconsistent, incomplete and incidental, relating to a variety of different realities in a variety of different contexts. Relatively straightforward constructs and discourses developed around safety, such as its polarisation, the construction of safety as PPE itself, and the development of safety as un-safety. However these were further developed by more complicated and interrelated discourses of safety as practice, enforcement and engagement. The variation within and between these master discourses has consequences for safety culture in terms of its construction, homogenisation and perpetuation on sites. The study makes recommendations for further academic research to examine the variation in the discourses of safety within the management hierarchy, who seek to develop a safe work environment through the safety culture programmes yet are challenged by the conflicts of safety as engagement and safety as enforcement. The study also suggests industry interventions to facilitate the improvement and development of practices to assist safety management on large UK construction sites.
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Sorokin, Anissa Jane. "Constructing dialogue, constructing identites mixed heritage identity construction in half and half /." Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2009. http://worldcat.org/oclc/456417685/viewonline.
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Palmkvist, Viktor. "Building Programming Languages, Construction by Construction." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231960.
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The task of implementing a programming language is a task that entails a great deal of work. Yet much of this work is similar for different programming languages: most languages require, e.g., parsing, name resolution, type-checking, and optimization. When implementing domain-specific languages (DSLs) the reimplementation of these largely similar tasks seems especially redundant. A number of approaches exist to alleviate this issue, including embedded DSLs, macro-rewriting systems, and more general systems intended for language implementation. However, these tend to have at least one of the following limitations: They present a leaky abstraction, e.g., error messages do not refer to the DSL but rather some other programming language, namely the one used to implement the DSL. They limit the flexibility of the DSL, either to the constructs present in another language, or merely to the syntax of some other language. They see an entire language as the unit of composition. Complete languages are extended with other complete language extensions. Instead, this thesis introduces the concept of a syntax construction, which represents a smaller unit of composition. A syntax construction defines a single language feature, e.g., an if-statement, an anonymous function, or addition. Each syntax construction specifies its own syntax, binding semantics, and runtime semantics, independent of the rest of the language. The runtime semantics are defined using a translation into another target language, similarly to macros. These translations can then be checked to ensure that they preserve binding semantics and introduce no binding errors. This checking ensures that binding errors can be presented in terms of code the programmer wrote, rather than generated code in some underlying language. During evaluation several limitations are encountered. Removing or minimizing these limitations appears possible, but is left for future workAtt implementera ett programmeringsspråk är ett mycket arbetstungt åtagande. Detta trots att mycket av det som behöver göras inte skiljer sig särskilt mycket mellan olika språk, de flesta behöver exempelvis parsning, namnupplösning, typcheckning och optimering. För ett domänspecifikt programmeringsspråk (DSL) är denna upprepning ännu mer tydlig. Det finns ett antal olika metoder för att hantera detta, exempelvis embeddade DSLer, macro-system, och mer generella system för programspråksimplementation. Dessa tenderar dock att ha en eller flera av följande begränsningar: De abstraktioner som introduceras "läcker", felmeddelanden kan exempelvis referera till abstraktioner i ett annat programmeringsspråk, nämligen det som användes för att implementera DSLet. DSLet som implementeras blir begränsat, antingen till vad som finns i implementationsspråket, eller till implementationsspråkets syntax. Ett DSL ses som den minsta hela beståndsdelen i systemet. Om delar av språket ska återanvändas eller inkluderas i ett annat måste hela språket följa med. Denna avhandling introducerar istället syntaxkonstruktioner som minsta beståndsdel. En syntaxkonstruktion representerar en enskild del av ett språk, exempelvis en if-sats, en anonym funktion, eller addition. Varje syntaxkonstruktion definierar sin egen syntax, bindningssemantik och exekveringssemantik, utan referenser till språket som helhet. Exekveringssemantiken liknar en macro, den uttrycks som en översättning till ett implementationsspråk. Tack vare att bindningssemantiken är specifierad kan vi sedan kontrollera översättningen så att den inte kan introducera bindningsfel. Detta medför att felmeddelanden kan referera enbart till kod som programmeraren faktiskt skrev, istället för genererad kod i implementationsspråket. Evalueringen påvisar flera begränsningar med systemet. Begränsningarna tycks lösbara, men detta arbete lämnas till framtiden.
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Fekih, Kabil. "Le parcours sonore : de la construction urbaine aux constructions mentales." Grenoble 2, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006GRE29063.
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Dans ce travail de recherche, au croisement de 1 'urbanisme, de la géographie, de la sociologie, de la psycho-acoustique et de la psychologie cognitive, nous traitons la question du parcours sonore urbain. Notre dessein est de construire et d'élaborer des éléments de réponse à notre principale question : qu'est-ce que la mémoire sonore du parcours urbain ? Notre tâche serait alors de mettre en lumière les modes de construction et de constitution de la carte mentale sonore moyennant l'examen du parcours dans la ville. Pour mettre en valeur la synergie qui s'installe entre l'urbain et le chemin, entre le parcours et la sédimentabilité des évènements sonores. Après la réalisation et l'analyse des enquêtes effectuées à Grenoble, Strasbourg, Québec et Sousse (Tunisie), nous arrivons à la présentation et la définition de cinq nouvelles notions fondamentales dans le traitement de la carte mentale sonore à savoir, le Système sonore, le Coefficient Mnésique Sonore, la Synaptogénèse urbaine, le Spectre mental urbain et la Fractalité sonore. Ces notions sont élaborées à partir de l'étude de toutes les données théoriques et méthodologiques que nous avons abordées tout au long de notre réflexion. Elles nous permettent de comprendre le fonctionnement de la mémoire sonore du parcours urbain et de préciser ses caractéristiques et les modalités de son fonctionnement.
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Mir, Shabana. "Constructing third spaces American Muslim undergraduate women's hybrid identity construction /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3215217.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 2006.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-04, Section: A, page: 1245. Adviser: Bradley A. U. Levinson. "Title from dissertation home page (viewed June 19, 2007)."
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Olivier, Myriam. "Le matériau terre, compactage, comportement, application aux structures en bloc sur terre." Lyon, INSA, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994ISAL0004.
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Le matériau Terre désigne les matériaux meubles argileux que l'on trouve en général sous la terre végétale. Il est utilisé en génie civil pour la construction de remblais ou de couches de chaussées. C'est également un matériau de construction utilisé depuis des millénaires et que l'on redécouvre aujourd'hui. La première partie de cette étude a eu pour objet d'évaluer 1 'influence de la composition du matériau et des conditions de mise en œuvre sur les caractéristiques géotechniques de la terre après compactage pour son utilisation en génie civil et en construction. Ensuite, l'évolution des caractéristiques mécaniques et rhéologiques de ce matériau a été étudiée durant son séchage. Certaines modélisations développées pour les sols non saturés et pour les bétons ont été appliquées aux résultats expérimentaux. Une partie de cette étude a été faite sur les sols traités à la chaux et au ciment. Une autre partie a été consacrée aux structures maçonnées en blocs et mortiers de terre. Un élément de maçonnerie plane, ainsi qu'un arc et une coupole ont été expérimentés. Les modélisations numériques réalisées en prenant en compte un comportement élastique des matériaux et l'ouverture des fissures ont donné des résultats proches des résultats d'essaisEarth means all type of loose soils which can be generally found under humus. It can be used in civil engineering for the building of embankments or for road layers. It is also a building material that has been used for thousands of years and is now being rediscovered. The object of the first part of this study is to evaluate the influence of the composition of the mate rial and of the conditions of its implementation on the geotechnical characteristics of earth, after compaction, for its use in civil engineering and construction. Then, the evolution of the mechanical and rheological characteristics of this mate rial have be en studied during its drying. Some models, developed for non saturated soils and for concrete, have been applied to the experimental results. A part of this study has been performed on lime and cement treated soils. Another part concerns masonry structures made with earth blocks and earth mortars. An element of plane masonry, as well as an arch and a cupola have been tested. Numerical models using an elastic constitutive law and taking cracks into account have given results very close to experiments
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Ciutina, Liviu Adrian. "Assemblages et comportement sismique de portiques en acier et mixtes acier-béton : Expérimentation et simulation numérique." Rennes, INSA, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003ISAR0016.
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Le travail présenté dans ce mémoire concerne la réponse sismique d'ossatures non contreventées en portiques métalliques ou en portiques mixtes acier-béton, influencée par le comportement des assemblages. Les assemblages, de type poutre-poteau, en acier ou la partie en acier des assemblages mixtes sont réalisés par des platines d'extrémités boulonnées, utilisant des boulons H. R. à serrage contrôlé. La première partie de l'étude, à caractère expérimental, relate plusieurs séries d'essais effectués à Rennes et à Timisoara ; son objectif est de rechercher des dispositions constructives appropriées en vue d'obtenir un meilleur comportement ductile des assemblages métalliques et mixtes, soumis à des chargements de types monotone et cyclique, ces chargements pouvant être symétriques ou fortement dissymétriques. Une attention particulière est accordée à certains points de détails des assemblages : partie inférieure de la platine boulonnée au moyen d'essais élémentaires de type " T-stub ", type de chanfrein à exécuter pour le soudage des poutres à la platine, renforcement du panneau d'âme du poteau métallique par des doublures, etc. Cette étude a permis de confronter les résultats de l'expérience aux modèles de calcul des normes actuelles, et de proposer quelques recommandations et formules simples permettant un meilleur comportement dissipatif. Une deuxième partie porte sur le calibrage des modèles numériques à l'aide du logiciel DRAIN 2DX, par rapport aux résultats des essais expérimentaux. En utilisant un modèle à fibres pour les éléments de type poutre-poteau, et en intégrant les caractéristiques mesurées des matériaux, on peut arriver à un bon accord avec les résultats d'essais. Pour les assemblages proprement dits, un modèle sophistiqué, basé sur une courbe enveloppe de réponse multi-linéaire incluant un comportement cyclique dégradable conduit également à une simulation convenable des courbes réelles moment-rotation. Dans la troisième partie, qui s'appuie sur des analyses non linéaires dynamiques et sur des données d'accélérogrammes du sol, on s'efforce de tirer parti des comportements des assemblages métalliques et mixtes expérimentés en laboratoire. Cinq portiques, dont un métallique et quatre mixtes sont analysés, en considérant les poutres reliées aux poteaux par des assemblages ayant des comportements similaires à ceux expérimentaux, donc plus ou moins rigides et/ou plus ou moins résistants. L'emplacement des structures a été supposé dans des zones de nature et d'intensité sismiques différentes, en particulier la France et la Roumanie. Les réponses des structures sont jugées en termes d'exigences portant sur les rotations élasto - plastiques des zones dissipatives et les déplacements relatifs entre étages. La réponse en ductilité globale est traduite en termes de facteur de comportement q et de rendement sismique ηThe work presented in this report concerns the seismic response of moment resisting steel or composite steel-concrete frames, influenced by the behaviour of their joints. The steel of the beam-to-column joints or the steel part in the case of composite joints are realised by bolted end-plate connections, using HSF bolts with controlled preloading. The first part of the study, having an experimental character, relates several series of tests, performed at Rennes and at Timisoara; its objective is to research the appropriate constructive layouts for an improved ductile behaviour of the steel and composite end-plate beam-to-column connections under monotonic and cyclic types of loading, under symmetrical or strongly unsymmetrical conditions. A particular attention is given to some detail points of the connections: the inferior part of the end-plate, by means of basic experimental tests on “T-stub” subassemblies, bevel type used for welding of beams to the end plates, the reinforcing of the column steel panel of the steel column by doubling plates, etc. This study allowed us to compare the experimental results with those of the models proposed by recent codes and to propose some recommendations and simple formulae in order to permit a better dissipative behaviour. A second part concerns the calibration of numerical models, by the help of DRAIN 2DX computer code, according to the results of the experimental tests. In the case of beam-columns type of elements, using a fibre model and including the measured characteristics of the materials it was proved that we can arrive to a good agreement as compared to the experimental results. As for the connections themselves, a sophisticated model, based on a multi-linear envelope curve of response and including a degrading cyclic behaviour, leads also to an adequate simulation of the real moment-rotation response curves. Into the third part, based on the dynamic non-linear analyses and on soil accelerograms, we try to take advantage of the behaviour of the steel and composite connections tested in laboratory. Five moment frames, from which one metallic and four composite are analysed, considering the beams jointed to columns by connections having a similar behaviour of those tested experimentally, so more or less rigid and/or more or less resistant. The location of the structures was supposed in zones having different nature and seismic levels, particularly in France and Romania. The responses are judged in terms of the required élasto-plastic rotation of the dissipative elements and by the required inter-story drifts. The global ductility response is interpreted in terms of the behaviour factor q and of the seismic performance factor η
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Helinski, Mary J. "Construction productivity improvement at a construction battalion unit." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/25785.
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The objective of this study is to improve the OBUs productivity, quality and competitiveness using a combination of OPI, BPl and reengineering techniques. This paper will organize the CBU to conduct this type of program, select, analyze and streamline/reengineer five specific processes, identify ways to measure and control these processes, and recommend future courses of action. (MM)
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Patel, Dhaivat. "E-CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR EFFICIENT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ce_etds/77.
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Over recent years, organizations such as the Federal Highway Administration and Departments of Transportation across the United States have showed interest in automating highway construction processes. The addition of e-Construction and other advanced technologies can significantly improve the efficiency and safety of highway paving operations, specifically paving inspections. Activities such as collecting load tickets, tracking pavement lay-down temperatures, and monitoring roller movement are antiquated practices that DOT inspectors perform during paving operations. E-Ticketing, Paver Mounted Thermal Profiling, and Intelligent Compaction were proposed to automate paving inspections and were recently tested in two resurfacing pilot projects in the state of Kentucky. Findings from the projects indicate that the three technologies display great potential in improving safety and efficiency of paving inspections. The contribution of this thesis is to document the research effort, evaluate the effectiveness of the technologies compared to the traditional practices, and discuss the lessons learned for industry practitioners.
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Gu, Xiaonan. "Structures métalliques a liaisons semi-rigides : algorithmes de calcul et résolution numérique en analyse non linéaire pré et post critique." Lyon, INSA, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992ISAL0076.
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Dans les structures dites « à barres » les propriétés mécaniques des assemblages sont susceptibles d'influence non négligeables sur tous les aspects du compromettante mécanique d'ensembles ? Dans ce contexte, le présent travail propose un ensemble numérique d'analyse par éléments finis du comportement quasi statique non linéaire des structures métalliques planes à histoire de changement arbitraires en présence de liaisons semi-rigides ; L'ensemble procède en description Lagrangienne actualisée actualisé approchée. Le comportement non linéaire est décrit par la méthode de Newton-Raphson en conjonction avec des techniques de pilotage de Crisfield par longueurs d'arc imposées. La formulation associe un élément fini de barre original calculé à partir de le forme non linéaire complète de l'expression du principe des travaux virtuels, une loi d'interaction moment-effort normal multilinéaire, et divers modèles de comportement non linéaire des liaisons. Le couplage noeuds-liaisons-barres utilise une matrice dite « de connexion » qui simplifie l'algorithme d'itération à l'équilibre sans adjonction de variables nodales spécifiques. La validité et l'intérêt des modèles proposés sont montés sur des exemples en analyse élastique et post élastique au premier et second ordreIn framework structures, the mechanical properties of joints can considerably influence the whole mechanical behaviour. In this context, a numerical finite element analysis software package is proposed for the study of the quasi static non linear behaviour of steel plane structure with arbitrary loading condition and semi rigid connection. The approximated and updated Lagrangian description is used. The Newton-Raphson method in conjunction with the Crisfield's arc-length methods allowing limit points to be « passed automatically » is used to describe the whole reponse for problems with geometrical and material non linearity. In the formulation, a special beam-column finite element obtained form the complete non linear form of the virtual work principle is associated with a multi linear moment-axial force interaction low and with some models of non linear connections. A so called connection matrix is built to deal with the coupling effects between nodes connections and beam columns. This matrix simplifies the interactive equilibrium algorithm without any specific addition nodal parameter. The validity and interest of the proposed models are shown using some examples with elastic and post elastic behaviour following first and second order analysis
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Houy, Laurent. "Variabilité des sols et risques liés à l'interaction sol-ouvrage." Bordeaux 1, 2005. http://www.theses.fr/2005BOR13000.
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Les tassements différentiels des sols urbains provoquent des désordres dans les ouvrages. Ces tassements sont à la fois fonction de la variabilité spatiale des propriétés physiques et mécaniques des sols et du mode de transfert des contraintes entre l'ouvrage (bâtiment, ouvrage d'art, réseau. . . ) et le sol. L'objectif de ce mémoire est de mieux estimer et quantifier les désordres aux ouvrages d'origine géotechnique. L'approche repose sur une modélisation combinée de la variabilité spatiale des propriétés des sols et du mode de fonctionnement mécanique du système sol-ouvrage. Le rôle majeur de la variabilité spatiale des sols, et de la rigidité relative sol-ouvrage le fonctionnement de ce dernier et donc sur l'apparition de ses désordres est quantifié. La démarche est validée sur des applications concrètes : réseaux de conduites enterrées, structure à ossature. Elle débouche sur des règles de conception et de conduite des reconnaissances géotechniques.
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Niklasson, Lisa, and Lina Toft. "Construction logistics." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-93585.
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There is often talk about the construction industry and its reluctant to change. The industry also lags behind in productivity and cost reduction compared to other industries. Statistics from SCB shows that the costs of producing buildings have risen sharply over time, although the construction companies continue to build. We will therefore in this thesis examine the application of logistics in the construction industry and the problems involved. This is because a non-functioning logistics leads to higher costs. With the help of a literature review and interviews with people in the construction industry we will try to answer the following questions: o Are there any unique conditions for the construction industry, which explains its loweffectiveness? o Why hasn’t the construction industry improved its logistics at the same pace as other sectors? An explanation of the construction industry's slow pace of change may be that the urge from the market aren’t strong enough. The final customer has a weak position in the construction market and therefore customers demand doesn’t work as a good enough instruments. Wastage and embedded uncertainty is a common problem in a building project. Wasting is an activity that consumes resources but doesn’t create any value. Construction firms have thus created a tradition of working in high risk and uncertainties. The consequences of these risks and uncertainties are often negative, such as variations in process and variation outcome. Another common problem is fault in the construction, arising out of negligence, carelessness, ignorance or lack of clarity. The implications of these faults are high costs and poor quality of rectification. Many of these construction faults could be avoided by a deliberate planning, clear orders and good timing. The interaction between different actors is a major success factor in the manufacturing process. With good co-operation you save both time and money. Lean Construction is an application of Lean Production in the construction industry. The construction industry has in recent years realized that cooperation between building owners, contractors and suppliers are valuable. The construction industry has largely remained problems that previously existed in the automotive industry such as losses on the value of coordination problems, waiting times and information-related problems. If the construction process will be more influenced by Lean, there is great potential for streamlining. Since Sweden is very high in the pulp and paper industry, we have chosen to compare the construction industry with this industry. The technological processes in the pulp and paper industry have been intensified considerably in recent decades, which is the opposite of what the construction industry has made. One reason for is that the competition in the construction industry is low and therefore there is no need and desire to streamline themselves to oust their opponents. The construction industry has some unique conditions, the projects carries out in new places every time which makes it difficult to know the conditions for each new project. However, the construction industry would be more efficient and much waste could be reduced by better planning and better cooperation among the different actors.Det talas ofta om att byggbranschen är obenägen till förändringar samt att den släpar efter vad gäller produktivitetsutveckling och kostnadsreducering jämfört med andra branscher. Statistik från SCB visar att kostnaderna för att producera byggnader har stigit kraftigt över tiden, trots detta får byggföretagen fortsätta bygga . I detta examensarbete kommer det att undersökas hur logistiken tillämpas inom byggbranschen samt vilka problem som finns. Detta eftersom en icke fungerande logistik leder till högre kostnader. Med hjälp av en litteraturstudie och intervjuer med personer inom byggbranschen ska följande frågeställningar försöka besvaras: o Finns det unika förutsättningar för byggbranschen som förklarar dess låga effektivitet? o Varför har byggbranschen inte förbättrat sin logistik i samma takt som andra sektorer? En förklaring till byggbranschens långsamma förändringstakt kan vara att drivkrafterna från marknaden inte är tillräckligt starka. Slutkunden har en svag ställning på byggmarknaden och slutkundens efterfrågan fungerar inte som ett tillräckligt bra styrmedel. Slöseri och inbyggda osäkerheter är ett vanligt problem i ett byggprojekt. Slöseri är en aktivitet som förbrukar resurser men som inte skapar något värde. Byggföretagen har alltså skapat en tradition av att arbeta under stora risker och osäkerheter. Konsekvenserna av dessa risker och osäkerheter är ofta negativa, t ex variation i processen och variation i slutresultatet. Ett annat vanligt problem är byggfel, som uppstår på grund av slarv, nonchalans, okunskap eller otydlighet. Konsekvenserna av dessa byggfel är höga kostnader och bristande kvalitet vid åtgärdande. Många av dessa byggfel hade kunna motverkas med en genomtänkt projektering, tydliga beställningar och en bra tidsplanering. Inom tillverkningsindustrin är samverkan mellan processens olika aktörer en stor framgångsfaktor. Genom ett bra samarbete sparar man både tid och pengar. Lean Construction är en tillämpning av Lean Production inom byggindustrin. För att effektivisera byggprocesser bör man förbättra samverkansklimatet. Inom byggbranschen har man de senaste åren insett att samarbete mellan byggherrar, entreprenörer och leverantörer är värdefullt. Byggindustrin har i stor utsträckning kvar problem som tidigare fanns inom bilindustrin såsom värdeförluster vid samordningsproblem, väntetider och informationsrelaterade problem. Om byggprocessen blir mer influerad av Lean finns det stora möjligheter för effektivisering. Då Sverige är väldigt stora inom massa- och pappersindustrin kommer det att göras en jämförelse mellan byggindustrin och denna industri. De teknologiska processerna i massa- och pappersindustrin har effektiverats kraftigt under de senaste decennierna vilket är motsatsen till vad byggindustrin har gjort. En av anledningarna till detta tros vara att konkurrensen inom byggindustrin är låg och därför finns inte behov och vilja att effektivisera sig för att konkurrera ut sina motståndare. Byggbranschen har till viss del unika förutsättningar, projekten utförs på nya platser varje gång vilket gör det svårt att veta vilka förutsättningar som finns för varje nytt projekt. Dock skulle byggbranschen kunna effektiviseras och mycket slöseri skulle kunna minskas med bättre planering och bättre samarbete mellan projektets olika aktörer.
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Wang, Zhongkui. "Cooperative Construction." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1247238427.
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Dorday, Paul R. "Constructing Nabokov : construction and the early English novels of Vladimir Nabokov." Thesis, University of Kent, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322806.
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Vogel, Sarah K. Vogel. "Constructing Life: The Resultative Construction and Social Cognition in Moral Argumentation." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1534242803827082.
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Fraser, Merri Lee. "Communication theory and the construction of meaning : a constructive developmental approach." Scholarly Commons, 1987. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/500.
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In recent years the field of communication has been experiencing a movement toward newer non-tradtional approaches to the study of communication and information. Among these newer approaches is a growing body of research that focuses on interpretive behavior in the communication process.
Brenda Dervin's Sense-Making model of communication/information has been the most widely used interpretive theory of information to date. Sense-Making focuses primarily upon the role of the receiver in the communication process and how individuals construct meaning in specific situations. As a result, Sense-Making has not attended adequately to larger shared frameworks of meaning and the effects that they have upon information seeking and use.
It is the purpose of this thesis to strengthen Dervin's theory of Sense-Making by gaining a deeper view of the individual in the construction process and yet broadening the meaning making context to include structural concerns. The work of William Perry on cognitive and ethical development will be examined and applied to Sense-Making theory and data to provide a more in-depth understanding of how individuals construct meaning and use information. As a framework for examining shared structures of meaning, James Fowler's theory of faith development has also been applied to Sense-Making theory and data with particular emphasis on relational aspects. These theories are applied to Sense-Making in an effort to develop a more complete view of the individual in the communication process.
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Bölin, Johan, and Jacob Sundbom. "Construction power - systematic energy initiatives at the construction site." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-147654.
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Recent studies have suggested that an increasingly large proportion of a building's energy cost consists of energy consumption during the building process, before the building becomes operational. A large part of this "early energy" consists of indirect energy that has been used to manufacture building materials and components and to transport material to the construction site. Furthermore, there is the more direct energy used in construction projects such as construction electricity, district heating, LPG and diesel fuel used on-site. These costs are in a more direct and comprehensible way linked to the construction site and can be influenced by the developer and / or contractor. Therefore, this report focuses primarily on the direct energy involved during a building’s constructions phase. The problems that exist today are several. For example, both clients and contractors have very poor means of monitoring energy consumption on construction sites thus making it difficult to optimize the costs. There are no reliable statistics regarding energy usage, which makes it difficult to analyze problems and to suggest improvements. One of the reasons is that the cost of construction energy, or at least the monetary value of the potential savings, is considered to be negligible in the context of a major construction project and the subject has therefore rather low priority. Furthermore, the clients rely heavily on the contractor’s expertise and have big faith in the contractor’s ability to optimize energy usage. On the other hand, contractors assume that the customers are fully informed and aware of their own needs and that the contractor should only offer what the customer asks for, as cheaply as possible. However, it would be possible for both parties to make substantial savings by adopting a more efficient energy management. In order to achieve this, construction energy issues have to be considered early in the planning process and throughout the entire project. The best results are achieved when the developer and contractor share a common vision and there is open exchange of knowledge and experience. To facilitate this dialogue and to create a tool to address the issue early in the project, this exam-work has led to a prototype for a template that is intended to be used as a letter of intent between the parties, by which they can jointly or individually clarify and specify their energy goals within a specific projectNya utredningar tyder på att en allt större andel av en byggnads energiåtgång återfinns i de tidiga skedena, innan huset ännu tagits i drift, det vill säga under produktionsfasen. En stor del av denna "tidiga energi" består av indirekt energi som har använts i framställningen av byggmaterial och byggnadskomponenter samt till transporter för att få materialet på plats. Därtill finns den mer direkta energin, i form av byggström, fjärrvärme, gasol och diesel som används på byggena. Dessa kostnader är på ett mer direkt och lättöverskådligt sätt knutna till byggarbetsplatsen och bakomliggande processer är något som beställare och entreprenör har inflytande över och kan förbättra. Följaktligen kommer denna rapport främst behandla den direkta energin som används under en byggnads uppförandefas. Problemen som finns idag är flera. Delvis har många aktörer, både på beställar- och utförarsidan, bristfälligt statistiskt underlag angående byggenergin. Detta resulterar i en undermålig eller obefintlig uppföljning och identifiering av förbättringsmöjligheter gällande energianvändningen. En bidragande anledning till problemet är att kostnaden för byggenergi, eller åtminstone det monetära värdet av en potentiell besparing, av många anses som en försumbar del av ett stort byggprojekt och frågan blir därför nedprioriterad. Vidare verkar det inom beställarleden finnas en viss överdriven tilltro till entreprenörernas expertis och vilja att utveckla branschen i energihänseende medan det omvända förhållandet delvis råder bland entreprenörerna, där man utgår från att kunderna är aktiva beställare som vet vad de vill ha. Entreprenörerna föreslår sällan alternativa lösningar utan försöker snarare uppfylla kundernas kravspecifikationer till ett så billigt pris som möjligt. Det skulle dock kunna vara möjligt för bägge parter att spara både pengar och koldioxid genom en effektivare energihantering. Dessa åtgärder kräver att byggenergifrågan finns med tidigt i projekten och i planeringsprocessen. Allra bäst resultat uppnås när beställare och entreprenör har en gemensam målbild och ett öppet utbyte av kunskaper och erfarenheter. För att underlätta denna dialog har vi tagit fram ett förslag till en mall som är tänkt att fungera som en intentionsförklaring mellan parterna varigenom man gemensamt eller individuellt kan tydliggöra och konkretisera energimålen i byggprojekten. Vi har även tagit fram förslag till formuleringar gällande energieffektivitet som kan inkluderas vid upphandlingar.
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Sugimoto, Fumio. "Potential of U.S. construction market for Japanese construction firms." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44655.
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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1986.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING
Bibliography: leaves 299-306.
by Fumio Sugimoto.
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Barnes, Jaime L. "Perceptions of sustainable construction in large U.S. construction companies." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0011647.
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Ouvrier-Buffet, Cécile. "Construction de définitions / construction de concept : vers une situation fondamentale pour la construction de définitions en mathématiques." Phd thesis, Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), 2003. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00005515.
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Construire des définitions est essentiel dans l'activité de recherche mathématique et interagit dialectiquement avec la formation de concepts. La recherche présentée dans cette thèse s'est intéressée à la double question : est-il possible de faire émerger un concept, auprès d'étudiants, par des problèmes de construction de définitions, et quels sont les apprentissages en jeu ? La complexité des SCD et l'absence de l'étude de telles situations jusqu'alors nous a conduit au développement d'outils théoriques (du triple point de vue : mathématique, épistémologique et didactique) en vue de les construire, de les réaliser en classe et de les analyser. Ces outils théoriques nous ont permis d'établir une typologie des SCD, d'étudier les conceptions sur la définition chez des philosophes et des mathématiciens, d'analyser la place et le rôle des définitions dans les institutions didactiques, et d'extraire de possibles SCD de quelques travaux didactiques existants relatifs au concept de définition. Nous avons ainsi pu mener une étude des conditions pour la dévolution de telles situations, fondée sur des résultats d'expérimentations menées avec des étudiants de 1ère année d'université. Le choix des situations expérimentées relève de la typologie des SCD établie. Les concepts mathématiques en jeu ont été choisis pour leur accessibilité et leur position institutionnelle particulière : le concept d'arbre (qui vient d'entrer dans les programmes de lycée), les concepts de "générateur" et "libre" dans le plan discret (qui peuvent être considérés comme étant "en amont" des ceux des espaces vectoriels), et l'objet géométrique "droite discrète" (que l'on peut référer à la droite réelle). La variété des situations et concepts mathématiques étudiés nous permet, d'une part, de mieux cerner les conceptions sur la définition les plus répandues chez les enseignants et les étudiants et, d'autre part, d'attester la mise en oeuvre de processus de construction de définitions et de concepts. L'ensemble des résultats développés dans cette thèse devrait permettre d'élaborer des SCD, pour l'enseignement secondaire ou supérieur.
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Delemontey, Yvan. "Le béton assemblé : préfabriquer la France de l’après-guerre (1940-1955)." Paris 8, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009PA083273.
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Au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la reconstruction inaugure en France la prise en compte d’une nouvelle échelle d’intervention urbaine et la naissance d’une forme inédite et centralisatrice de maîtrise d’ouvrage. Face aux besoins immenses de logements, l’Etat engage le bâtiment dans la voie de l’industrialisation de ses moyens de production, bouleversant de manière irréversible les habitudes d’un secteur ancestral. On assiste alors à l’émergence d’une solution bien française : le béton préfabriqué. Croisement entre l’hégémonie d’un matériau et l’engouement pour un mode de production récent, il place dorénavant le processus constructif au centre des préoccupations des concepteurs. Après avoir replacé la préfabrication dans le contexte discursif de l’immédiat après-guerre, la thèse tente de prendre la mesure de l’influence étrangère, en particulier la « scène » américaine, sur la modernisation des méthodes et des techniques de construction. Puis, de manière diachronique, elle démontre dans une première période (1940-1949), comment la pénurie favorise un développement fulgurant de la préfabrication qui, auparavant liée à l’industrie métallurgique, est désormais indissociable de la maçonnerie. Enfin, dans une seconde période (1949-1955), marquée par l’amélioration des conditions économiques et matérielles du pays, elle met en exergue le rôle de la préfabrication dans le changement de paradigme structurel qui s’opère dans le logement, au tournant des années 1950In French cities after the Second World War, reconstruction heralded a rethink in the scale of building along with the rise of a novel, state-run form of construction management. The State, requiring vast numbers of homes to be built, set about industrialising the means of production, transforming irrevocably a building sector long wedded to ancestral habits. The result was a particularly French solution: prefabricated concrete. A cross between the hegemony of material and an infatuation with new production methods, this solution made the construction process the designer's central preoccupation. This thesis begins by looking at the position of prefabrication within the discourse of the immediate post-war era. It then considers the impact of foreign influences, especially those of the American "scene", on the modernisation of building methods and techniques. It then considers prefab development diachronically: it shows how, in an early phase (1940-49), a lack of resources stimulated astonishing progress as prefabrication broke away from the metals industry - its traditional partner - and became instead inseparable from the masonry sector; and it highlights the role of prefabrication, during a later phase marked by growing improvement in the nation's economic and material welfare (1949-1955), in the structural paradigm shift that occurred in housing at the turn of the decade
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Karray, M'Hamed-Ali. "Etude de l'efficacité d'un système d'isolation à la base avec amortissement par plasticité." Aix-Marseille 2, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987AIX22033.
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Etude theorique et experimentale, sur table vibrante, du systeme d'appui parasismique "gapec" (couches d'elastomeres et plaques d'acier), complete par des dispositifs de dissipation de l'energie, pour reduire les deplacements (barreaux verticaux en acier doux travaillant en flexion dans le domaine plastique). Essais avec et sans barreaux, pour excitation sismique horizontale ou bidimensionnelle
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Cummings, James Joseph. "Professional construction management for the United States Naval Construction Force." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/26179.
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Garnett, Naomi A. "Changing construction performance using lean construction : an action research approach." Thesis, University of Reading, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.394430.
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Onsbring, Gustafsson Lovisa. "Housing Construction in Stockholm : Fundamental Factors’ Impact on Construction Volume." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-225119.
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Housing availability plays a central role for the mobility in the labour market and for the economic growth in a country. Housing construction in Sweden is now increasing strongly after a period of low construction during and after the financial crisis in 2008. Despite this, many of the Swedish municipalities indicate that there is a housing shortage, especially in the metropolitan regions. The main reason for this is that the population has grown at a faster pace compared to the number of homes. This thesis uses a regression analysis to analyse what fundamental economic factors that affected housing construction in Stockholm County between 1992 and 2016. The result from the regression analysis shows that the repo rate, inflation, GDP, population, unemployment, housing prices, and construction cost, with a lag of seven, seven, zero, one, six, two, and three quarters respectively, have a significant effect on housing construction. Furthermore, the regression model showed a low significance level for income, thus this variable was excluded from the model. Moreover, a time trend was included in the regression model. The time trend shows statistically significance, and its β coefficient implies an approximate 3% increase in housing construction per year, on average. Moreover, the regression model, presented in this thesis, has an R-squared value of 0.73, which indicates that the model can explain 73% of the variation in housing construction in Stockholm County between 1992 and 2016.Tillgängligheten av bostäder spelar en central roll för rörligheten på arbetsmarknaden och för den ekonomiska tillväxten i ett land. Bostadsbyggandet i Sverige ökar nu kraftigt efter en period av lågkonjunktur, under och efter finanskrisen 2008. Trots detta anser många kommuner i Sverige att bostadsbristen är stor, särskilt i storstadsregionerna. Den främsta orsaken till detta är att befolkningen har vuxit i en högre takt än antalet bostäder. Denna uppsats använder en regressionsanalys för att analysera vilka fundamentala ekonomiska faktorer som påverkat bostadsbyggandet i Stockholms län mellan 1992 och 2016. Resultatet av regressionsanalysen visar att reporäntan, inflationen, BNP, befolkningsmängd, arbetslöshet, bostadspriser och byggkostnader, med sju, sju, noll, en, sex, två, respektive tre kvartals förskjutning, hade en signifikant inverkan på bostadsbyggandet. Vidare visade regressionsmodellen en låg signifikansnivå för variabeln inkomst, vilket medförde att denna variabel uteslöts från modellen. Dessutom inkluderades en tidsvariabel i regressionsmodellen. Tidsvariabeln visar statistisk signifikans och dess koefficient indikerar att bostadsbyggandet i genomsnitt ökade med ca 3% per år. Regressionsmodellen som presenteras i denna uppsats har ett R2-värde på 0,73 vilket indikerar att modellen förklarar 73% av variationen i bostadsbyggande i Stockholms län mellan 1992 och 2016.
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Austerlitz, Claude. "Le discours de la presse quotidienne : construction ou co-construction ?" Paris 8, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1991PA080559.
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Kim, Keesoo. "Application of construction management system in the Korean construction industry /." May be available electronically:, 1997. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1MTUmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=12498.
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Palaoro, Stefania. "Arch bridges: Design - Construction - Perception." Doctoral thesis, University of Trento, 2011. http://eprints-phd.biblio.unitn.it/504/1/Stefania_Palaoro_Arch_bridges%2Cdesign-construction-perception.pdf.
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The arch bridges have an historical development, that is rooted in their ancient tradition, yet are also very successful to this day, a rediscovery of the earliest arched forms can be seen in the most recent innovations. After millennia of masonry arch bridges and almost two centuries of relentless development of iron, steel and concrete arch bridges, with different structural schemes and constructive shapes, there was a moment that this type of structure was bound to disappear.
The scope of traditional arch bridges, which refers mainly to the ones of small and medium span, was to become the uncontested role of the girder bridges. The reuse and the assertion of the arch bridge has been accompanied by a strong architectural emphasis on their structural design and constructive details. This relation, increasingly important during the design phase between the concept of FORM and of STRUCTURE, has ensured that many new projects link the strong relationship between TRADITION and technological and constructive INNOVATION.
I ponti ad arco sono quelli che presentano un’evoluzione storica che fonda le sue radici nella tradizione più antica, ma anche quelli che ricevono all’oggi il maggior successo, una riscoperta delle prime forme arcuate che ritornano quasi come una moda ma con l’impiego delle recenti innovazioni: dopo millenni di ponti ad arco in muratura e quasi due secoli di inarrestabile sviluppo di ponti ad arco in ghisa, di ferro, acciaio e di cemento armato, accompagnato da diversi schemi strutturali e di forme costruttive, sembrava che questa tipologia fosse destinata a scomparire. Infatti il campo tradizionale dei ponti ad arco che si riferiva soprattutto ai ponti di media luce era divenuto oramai dominio incontrastato dei soli ponti a travata. Il riuso e il riaffermarsi del ponte ad arco è stato accompagnato da una forte accentuazione architettonica della loro concezione strutturale e dei loro dettagli costruttivi. Il rapporto sempre più importante in fase progettuale di correlare il concetto di FORMA con quello di STRUTTURA ha fatto in modo che molte nuove opere d’arte di nuova realizzazione unissero in sé il forte rapporto tra TRADIZIONE e INNOVAZIONE tecnologica e costruttiva.
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Younis, G. E. "Minimizing construction disputes." Thesis, University of Salford, 2010. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26982/.
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The continuing incidence of costly disputes in the construction industry has led to a common interest of researchers in different countries to identify the generic aspects of conflicts, claims, disputes and their resolution. This thesis undertakes an extensive review of literature in the field of construction disputes examining the current understanding of the causes of disputes, as identified by other researchers in the field, and attempts made to minimize them. An analysis of the literature helps identify important themes for particular investigation: procurement methods, risk allocation, claims management and dispute resolution methods. A preliminary examination of 20 projects in Lebanon confirmed the existence and revealed the extent of disputes on Lebanese projects. Twenty-four semi-structured interviews with practitioners actively involved in construction projects in Lebanon at the project management level are conducted, from which a set of dispute influencing areas emerge. Fifty cases of disputes occurring on four live case study projects in Lebanon are also analysed to examine the risk allocation and occurrence, the behavioural attitudes of key stakeholders, and the factors which lead to disputes between the parties. The findings demonstrate the relationship between those risks which are addressed in the contract and their interaction (when they eventuate) with the behavioural traits of the project participants involved. Furthermore, the dispute factors encountered in these fifty cases are categorized into dispute influencing areas to establish any correlation with the areas raised in the twenty-four interviews. Following comparison of the evidence gained from the literature, the interviews and the case studies, a set of provisional recommendations to minimize disputes is proposed and organized under three themes: a pre-contract award workshop; the drafting of general and particular conditions of contract; and the potential for improvement based behavioural on compliance of project participants. The validity of the provisional recommendations is tested by the reviews of five experts in the field of construction disputes, in accordance with which the recommendations are amended.
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Landau, Cole Joseph. "Transportation construction administration." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2007.
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Kovacs, Barbara Jean. "Order and construction." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23382.
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Au, Siu-man Michael, and 區兆文. "Construction IT Centre." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31984988.
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Van, Vleck Mark E. "Construction workforce 2000." Thesis, Springfield, Virginia: Available from National Technical Information Service, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28068.
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MacLeod, Stefan Scott. "Reengineering construction operations." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12127.
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Bachas, Marie-Noelle 1979. "Innovations in construction." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84256.
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Westerhoff, Kevin M. (Kevin Matthew) 1978. "Construction based design." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84827.
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Le, Thuy T. M. Arch(Thuy Thanh)Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "falsework : staging construction." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129868.
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Thesis: M. Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, February, 2020Cataloged from student-submitted thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-158).
In a reality at once distant and imminent, the Lost Languages and Other Voices exhibit features stories of stone, tree, and jig. Suspended between a zero-waste utopia where out-of-commission buildings are efficiently stripped for parts, pulverized, and recast into new buildings and a preserved world where the size of climate-controlled wunderkammers get ever larger, these material narratives pull one into perspectives vastly distinct from one's own. At times longer-lived, other times more slowly developed, and oftentimes involving subtle sensibilities, the tales of these matter characters enumerate the point that mass can neither be created nor destroyed, although it may be rearranged in space, or its associations may be changed in form. This thesis proposes falsework as a support structure for architectural transformations that renders un-building a lot more kindred to unfurling than demolishing. Designed as a process governed by both material and notional instructions, falsework selectively subtracts and reconfigures parts of built form to reveal indeterminate spaces that had always been (possible) there, thereby enabling reflective, mournful, or prospective activities. "Staging" refers to both the performance itself and the act of setting the stage for what comes next, prioritizing the procedure of construction over or adjacent to its resulting artifacts. This expanded notion of "construction" challenges the supremacy of architectural objects as well as the obsession with their creation and relative indifference towards their life and ultimate demise. In a world filled with perpetually moving matters, falsework sustains possibilities open, for things to collapse or for an eventual repair.
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Bodnar, О. V., and P. A. Yashchuk. "The Predicative Construction." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2016. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/46622.
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Aim of investigation. The aim of the study is to investigate, to learn and improve the state
of the studied problem of the Predicative construction.
Object of investigation. The object of study is the Predicative construction itself.
Methods of investigaton. For implementation of the tasks during the investigation of the
given subject such methods are used: the analysis and systematization of the material and
sources, the content analysis of the literary texts, generalization and comparison of the given
theoretical material.
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Rosenberg, Ryan Michael. "Nature Conquers Construction." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33872.
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This project began as a critique of the current notions of â greenâ architecture. It grew into the creation of a system for integrating nature with structure, the organic with the constructed. A grand entry for the Highline Park on the lower Westside of Manhattan is used as a means for generating a domain which plants, specifically hanging ivy, could thrive. Simple elements such as columns, cables, stairs and ramps, can become a means for creating immersive living volumes, fostering instances where nature can conquer construction.Master of Architecture
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Crompton, Richard E. "Tilt-up construction." Thesis, Gainesville, Florida : University of Florida, 1992. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA250778.
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Thesis (Master of Engineering)--University of Florida, 1992."Spring 1992." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 7, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 64). Also available in print.
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Au, Siu-man Michael. "Construction IT Centre." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25945932.
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Nurhayani, Ika. "Javanese Applicative Construction." University of Arizona Linguistics Circle, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/231151.
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Javanese has an applicative suffix –ake, which serves to license a benefactive, instrumental or theme suffix as a core object. Each of them has a thematic paraphrase in which the applicative argument is contained in a PP. The multiplicity of –ake poses problems for Marantz (1993) with his single applicative head. First, the uses of the applicative morpheme –ake must be lumped together in a single applicative head. Second, there is no attempt at all to account for the relation between the applicative constructions and their thematic paraphrases. I argue that Bowers’s (2010) framework can solve the problems with multiple argument heads merged in accordance with a fixed Universal Order of Merge (UOM). There are three primary argument-types, Ag(ent), Th(eme) and Aff(ectee) and secondary argument-types of various kinds, including Instr(ument), Ben(eficiary), Source, Goal, and others. Any head can potentially host an applicative morpheme. In Javanese, the morpheme -ake can be associated with an Aff-head, an Inst-head or a Th-head. Furthermore, in each case, applicative construction and its thematic paraphrase are derived from virtually identical structures because the argument head may have more than one selectional possibility for a DP with unvalued case feature or a PP.
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Issa, Omar, and Hadi Issa. "Logistiksamordningsprogrammet Myloc Construction." Thesis, KTH, Byggteknik och design, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-260325.
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En av de största utmaningarna i dagens byggbransch är logistikfrågan, fler och fler projekt påverkas av logistikutmaningar och det är av stor vikt att dessa utmaningar granskas och åtgärdas. Allt fler företag har börjat hantera dessa utmaningar med hjälp av olika logistiksamordningsverktyg för att spara tid, få bättre överblick och planering över materialflödet, minska skador med flera. Syftet på detta examensarbete är att undersöka om logistiksamordningsprogrammet Myloc Construction är ett effektivt samordningssystem att använda vid logistikhantering genom att undersöka hur programmet upplevs på tre olika projekt. Författarna har genom denna undersökning som mål kommit fram till om rätt val av logistikmetod gjorts för de tre projekten, vid vilka sorts projekt Myloc Construction ska användas och om Myloc Construction är ett system som Veidekke ska använda för framtida projekt. I dagsläget så pågår ett till- och ombyggnadsprojekt på tre olika huskroppar av Sergelhuset på Sergels torg där Veidekke, NCC och Zengun genomför projektet i en totalentreprenad i samverkan. Alla tre entreprenader använder sig utav Myloc Construction för sina respektive delar i projektet. Undersökningen har baserats på en kombination av olika vetenskapliga metoder såsom intervjuer, enkäter, litteraturstudier, observationer samt elektroniska källor. För att få en djupare förståelse om Myloc Construction har nio personer som använder programmet intervjuats. Enkätundersökningen delades ut till olika användare av programmet för att få en större helhetsbild. På grund av projektets storlek, placering och komplexitet där flera entreprenader samverkar med varandra så är ett logistikprogram nödvändigt. Programmet kan användas till alla typer projekt men är mest nödvändigt till större och mer komplexa projekt. Förutsatt att Myloc fortsätter att uppdatera sin tjänst både på webben och i mobilen så är det något som kan effektivisera logistiken.One of the biggest challenges in today's construction industry is the logistics issue, at an increasing, projects are being affected by logistic challenges and it is of great importance that these challenges are reviewed and addressed. More and more companies have started to address these challenges with the help of various logistics coordination tools to save time, get a better overall image and planning over the flow of materials, reduce damage to materials and more. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether the logistics coordination program Myloc Construction is an effective system to use in logistics management by examining how the program is perceived on three different projects. Through this study, the authors have reached the goal of whether the right choice of logistics method has been made for the three projects, at which kind of project Myloc construction will be used and whether it is a system that Veidekke should use for future projects. At present, a construction and renovation project is under way on three different housing bodies by Sergelhuset at Sergel's square where Veidekke, NCC and Zengun carry out the project in a turnkey contract in collaboration. All three contracts utilize the logistics coordination tool Myloc construction for their respective parts of the project. The study has been based on a combination of various research methods such as interviews, questionnaires, literature studies, observations and electronic sources. To get a deeper understanding of Myloc construction, nine people using the software have been interviewed. The survey was distributed to different users of the program to get a larger overall picture. Due to the size, location and complexity of the project, where several contracts work together, a logistics program is necessary. The program can be used for all types of projects but is most necessary for larger and more complex projects. Provided that Myloc continues to update its service both on the web and on the mobile phone, it is something that Veidekke should use in the future.
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Ayus, Abdul Mohaimin Bin Noordin. "Building contract claims a comparative study (Scotland, England and Malaysia) /." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 1992. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=59638.
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Duprat, Didier. "Contribution à l'amélioration des méthodes de calcul en fatigue et tolérance aux dommages pour la conception, la justification et la maintenance des avions civils." Toulouse 3, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996TOU30268.
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La presente etude s'inscrit dans le cadre des travaux sur la fatigue des structures metalliques des avions civils. La conception, la justification, et la maintenance des structures aeronautiques necessitent l'utilisation de moyens de calculs parfaitement adaptes et fiables pour assurer la securite d'exploitation des avions. Les objectifs sont, d'une part, d'exposer de maniere synthetique et claire les differents modeles et approches utilises, et d'autre part, de proposer des ameliorations portant sur les outils de prevision en fatigue et mecanique de la rupture. Trois themes principaux, choisis pour leur interet industriel, servent de fil conducteur a ce travail de recherche: - concernant la tolerance aux dommages, un programme de maintenance est realise pour les elements structuraux de l'avion susceptibles de poser des problemes en fatigue. Ce programme est caracterise par une date de premiere inspection (seuil de premiere inspection) et des intervalles d'inspection. La reglementation actuelle, guidee par l'advisory circular 25. 571 1a, tolere une determination du seuil sur la base d'une analyse fatigue. Or, l'a. C. 25. 571 1b, en cours de finalisation, demande un calcul en propagation du seuil a partir d'un defaut initial pour certaines configurations geometriques. Apres avoir quantifie les repercussions de ce changement, l'etude propose des perfectionnements des modeles de propagation (prise en compte du comportement petites fissures, integration d'un seuil de non fissuration, propagation dans des zones expansee ou avec interference) et apporte des precisions sur la taille de defaut initial a considerer. - traditionnellement, le calcul en fatigue a l'aerospatiale repose sur l'exploitation de courbes de wohler. L'inconvenient majeur de cette approche (dite globale) est qu'elle necessite pour chaque type de structure et de materiau un nombre important d'essais. En outre, les resultats experimentaux obtenus pour une structure sont difficilement extrapolables a une autre. L'auteur propose une methode de calcul local de l'endommagement sous sollicitation variable uniaxiale. - l'estimation d'une duree de vie en fatigue est actuellement possible pour la plupart des applications rencontrees en aeronautique car elles peuvent etre assimilees le plus souvent a un etat simple de contrainte (traction uniaxiale par exemple). Cependant, le calcul s'avere beaucoup plus complexe si l'etat des contraintes est multiaxial. Il est alors possible de faire appel a des methodes de calcul simplifiees, en ne gardant par exemple que la contrainte principale maximale. Toutefois, ces methodes ne prennent pas en compte la totalite du chargement et ne peuvent predire de maniere fiable une duree de vie. De plus, elles ne sont pas systematiquement conservatives. Un formalisme adapte aux applications aeronautiques, pouvant traiter des sollicitations multiaxiales, est propose dans cette etude. Des essais sous chargement biaxial confirment les estimations de duree de vie
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Tomas, Lindholm. "Lean in Construction Projects : Is lean suitable for all construction projects?" Thesis, KTH, Byggnadsteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-146653.
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Due to the low productivity growth in the construction industry, there are discussions about theories and tools that could support an increased productivity in construction projects. One such ‘theory’ or package of tools is lean. Lean has been used successfully for decades in the car manufacturing industry, Toyota for example, and in other industries as the shipbuilding industry. In the construction industry, the use of the word lean is not frequently used and construction projects could might implement lean concepts and tools in a greater extent than today. The purpose of this thesis is to increase the productivity in construction projects by evaluating if and in which types of construction projects different lean concepts and tools could be used and when it is worth to implement different lean concepts and tools. The research questions are about if there are any obstacles to implement lean and which lean concepts and tools that are most suitable for different types of construction projects. The findings, that will answer the research questions, are based on a theoretical view from an extensive literature review including prior case studies about lean in general as well as about lean in construction projects. The findings are also based on interviews, about the construction process and lean in construction projects, with managers at different types of projects, constructed by Skanska. Even though lean is already used in some extent in construction projects, the finding is that lean concepts and tools could be used in a greater extent in construction projects without obstacles. In addition to concepts and tools used in the car manufacturing industry, e.g. just-in-time, other concepts and tools have to be added. For example production control and planning are important to support lean in construction projects. In general, lean concepts and tools could be used in all types of construction projects. Some concepts or tools are more preferable in certain types of projects. Lean could be used only by the main contractor, however, to optimize the process by lean concepts and tool, it is preferable if the whole chain is adopting lean thinking. As a final comment, construction projects are not like car manufacturing facilities with repetitive work and products. But the construction industry has to take impact from it and the future will be more like the car industry, if the quality and the architectural creativity could retained in the projects.
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Cho, Kab Rae. "U.S. construction as a potential market for Korean international construction industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44653.
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Ajayi, Saheed O. "Design, procurement and construction strategies for minimizing waste in construction projects." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2017. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/30123/.
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The construction industry contributes the largest portion of waste to landfill, and it consumes a significant proportion of mineral resources excavated from nature. Due to adverse environmental impacts of waste generation, as well as financial gains associated with its minimization, waste intensiveness of the industry has remained a major concern across nations. This study investigates the design, procurement and construction strategies for waste minimization, using a dynamic approach. Apart from an investigation of the key and underlying measures for construction waste mitigation, the study considers the interrelationship between stages of projects' lifecycle. This is as activities carried out at an earlier stage are capable of engendering occurrences at later stages of the dynamic project delivery processes. Following the tenets of critical realism philosophy and exploratory sequential mixed method, the study combined qualitative and quantitative approaches at intensive and extensive stages respectively. At the early stage of the study, data were collected through literature review and focus group discussions with industry experts. Results of the qualitative study were used to develop a questionnaire, which was analysed using statistical approach and structural equation modelling. As a means of investigating the key drivers of waste minimization at a holistic level, a system dynamic model was developed to simulate the interplay and effects of different strategies that were confirmed through the previous process. The study suggests that design stage has the most decisive impacts on construction waste minimization. At this stage, the key dimensions for designing out waste include design for modern methods of construction, collaborative design process, design for standardisation and waste-efficient design documentation. Error-free design and involvement of contractors at early design stage are part of the critical success factors for designing out waste. With design being much important for waste minimization, competencies of design in terms of waste behavioural competency, design task proficiency, construction-related knowledge and inter-professional collaborative competency are essential for designing out waste. Materials procurement process could enhance waste minimization by considering its key dimensions for driving waste-efficient projects, which includes waste-efficient materials purchase management, suppliers' alliance and waste-efficient bill of quantity. Efficient materials take-off and take back scheme are confirmed as critical success factors for driving waste minimization through materials procurement processes. During construction activities, waste could be reduced through prefabrication and offsite technology, contractual requirements, maximisation of materials reuse and improved collaboration, among others. Prefabrication, supply chain alliance and collaborative procurement routes are confirmed as the critical success factors for reducing waste during construction process. Dynamic interplay among these sets of strategies suggests that notwithstanding the significance of the different measures during design, procurement and construction processes, prefabrication technology and collaborative procurement route are the holistic drivers of construction waste minimisation. The study implies that designers could effectively drive waste minimization through dimensional coordination and standardisation of design in line with standard materials supplies. In addition to the need for prefabrication and offsite technologies, increasing collaboration among project team is requisite to reducing waste generated by construction activities. By implementing the strategies suggested in the study, substantial proportion of construction waste would be diverted from landfill.
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Hadjimichael, Evagelia. "Constructing education: Newtown's construction training centre." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/7031.
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