...Nana Kwame Obeng-Ahenkora; Humphrey Danso; Nongiba Alkanam Kheni Purpose Procurement and supply of construction materials are crucial aspects of the construction sector and therefore require attention for their development. Project objectives are fulfilled through the appropriate selection...

... Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Quality management Surveys Construction Construction materials Optimization techniques Quality assessment In response to shrinking budgets and reductions in both the number and experience level of inspectors...

... provides a better understanding of the factors that are preventing the successful implementation of user-based innovative construction technologies in small firms. Australia Innovation Construction works Construction systems Construction materials Construction operations The following...

... estimates of CO₂‐e. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Environmental management Life cycle Carbon footprint Construction materials Recycling Concretes Carbon Carbonation For each fuel type, values of EC and GWP were obtained from the Australian NGA factors...

... of these components. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Construction operations Simulation Process analysis Construction industry Construction materials Resource allocation has been widely studied in various applications from business to manufacturing. In construction operations...

...S. Thomas Ng; Jonathan Shi; Yuan Fang Purpose Many planners and managers prefer to maintain more than enough construction materials on site to avoid valuable labour and plant resources staying idle. Despite the fact that minimising the buffer stock would improve the productivity of a construction...

..., and by the early mobilisation of specialist contractors to resolve uncertainties and reduce rework. Sammy K.M. Wan can be contacted at: sammywan@atal.com.hk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Barcodes Building services Construction materials Waste management Hong Kong Modern...

...., 2005 ; Nilsson, 2006). There is, therefore, need to examine relationships with suppliers for cheaper, faster and better delivery of construction materials (Cartlidge, 2002 ; Harrison and van Hoek, 2002). Effective logistics should also encompass component and materials management by integrating...

... but utilising different approaches in the solution; and projects address a generally similar theme with significant variations in the selected domain but the modelled solution is based on the use of the software agent paradigm. Control systems Construction materials Worldwide web Information...