For an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management contract, collaboration between the different actors is essential from very beginning of project to consider all constraints. Working upstream reduces occurrence problems that could lead claims. As long as trust dialogue are present, disputes can be settled by agreement, but if cut off, negotiation phases over. The solution then move a...

This study presents an investigation into the extent to which emerging building information modelling (BIM) can be applied construction logistics management (CLM). Given specialist nature of domains, employed in-depth qualitative interview, whereby six experts were interrogated about their experiences BIM for CLM. The found main applications on CLM creation three-dimensional (3D) site layout pl...

The quick growth of the population and the increasing need of the demands for developing caused the construction and production process formed with increasing technology than the past, this speeding in construction process caused the construction quality and executing engineering points and the lack of accommodation of construction to the plans increase more.  So the purpose of this article is ...

information on the productivity, costs and applications of the logging system is a key component in the evaluation of management plans for the rehabilitation and utilization of caspian forests. skidding and road construction costs are expensive forest operations. determining the optimum forest road network density is one of the most important factors in sustainable forest management. logging me...

The growing competitions among companies intensified by the rapid changes in business environments are forcing them to adopt a new managerial paradigm. The traditional production-oriented management focusing on higher productivity has transformed into the customer-oriented management aiming at achieving customer satisfaction. Under these circumstances, quality management is one of the critical ...

Construction project control attempts to effectively obtain real-time information and enhance dynamic control and management via information sharing and analysis from involved participants of the projects to reduce construction conflicts and project delay. However, extending the construction project control system to job sites is considered inefficient since construction sites are unconventiona...

The role and importance of knowledge as a key source of potential advantage for construction organisations have been addressed by several authors (Egbu, 2000; Kululanga et al., 1998; Quintas et al., 1997). During the design, construction and operation of any facility knowledge is gained and lessons are learned. Over time, organisations involved in the construction process have the opportunity t...