... for clients and contractors. Originality/value The use of the framework in proactive assessment and management of MSRB can lead to effective strategies for construction enterprises to increase the efficiency and quality of projects. Figure 1 Research framework Table 1 Links...

... of its inter-relationships by disentangling their effects on operational performance. Accordingly, this paper aims to identify and assess the inter-dependencies of the risks in the RLSC to improve quality-related operational performance. Design/methodology/approach A sequential exploratory mixed...

...Saad Abdel-Karim El-Hamrawy; Ahmed Ebrahim Abu El-Maaty; Ahmed Yousry Akal Purpose Quality measurement is the trigger for quality improvement. Indeed, what gets measured gets done. The real scope of quality improvement in construction projects is the difficulty and-maybe-lack of quality...

... of operatives process for use by employers in testing and improving competences of prospective employees and to establish their training background. Geraldine John Kikwasi can be contacted at: gkikwasi@aru.ac.tz © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Construction industry Quality Skills...

...Imriyas Kamardeen Purpose The construction industry in Singapore has been recording higher accident rates compared with other industries. As an initiative to reduce occupational accidents, the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore proposed to clients to adopt quality‐fee method (QFM...

... The methodology of evaluation was based on similar evaluations of total quality management frameworks and excellence models in the literature. The developed model was measured via a questionnaire survey. The questionnaire as a measuring instrument was evaluated in terms of reliability and validity using...

... balanced approach to the assessment of construction quality by ensuring THAT consumer expectations are taken into account, as well as the normal emphasis on technical quality standards. Perceptions from each individual purchase experience contribute to the consumer's overall set of future expectations...

... be adequately forecast before operations begin. However, project management purposefully manipulates the project performance that drives the use of options and thereby the value added by options. Therefore project management quality may influence option values. Seeks to address this question. Design...

...STEPHEN FOX; LAURENCE MARSH; GRAHAM COCKERHAM Since the early 1960s, the construction industry has been continually criticized for its low productivity and poor quality. Throughout this period, it has been widely recognized that building design has a significant impact on construction performance...

... design is one method to support such a procedure. This tool was developed for the manufacturing industry but is applied here in the housing sector. Some hypothetical examples are presented. Keywords architecture, axiomatic design theory, design parameters, functional requirements, quality...

... obtained either by prescribing overtime working hours or by procuring additional resources or a combination of both. However, excessively prolonged overtime work can generate quality problems, such as rework, and additional resources. With this in mind, there is a need for a model to assist project...

...ALAN GRIFFITH Over the last 25 years, the construction industry has embraced quality management systems (QMS). More recently, environmental issues and health and safety legislation have introduced additional dedicated control procedures: environmental management systems (EMS) and health and safety...

... to university professors. The Delphi technique was employed to obtain a consensus conclusion on the factors required to improve construction quality in Egypt, together with their relative importance. The respondents generated 16 factors and the relative importance of each factor was determined. For example...

... of explanation are considered to account for these findings. The first accepts as given the existing divisions of responsibility and conventions for specifying quality and looks to identify the reasons for non‐compliance. The second proposes that the present arrangements and conventions are inappropriate...

... Continuous improvement Facilitators Quality Safety workshops and communications Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 1994 1 | 1, 5-16 Project specific partnering ROBERT K. LORAINE Applied Project Research Ltd, Ryecroft, Upper Hartfield, East Sussex, TN7 4DN, UK Paper submitted 22...