...Abdulaziz Jarkas Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects and relative influence of: surface floor area; number of trowelling machines used in the operation; machine floating ring diameter size; and operative employment mode, on power‐trowelling productivity of concrete...

...S. Ghanbarpour; H. Mazaheripour; S.H. Mirmoradi; A. Barari Purpose Self‐compacting concrete (SCC) offers several economic and technical benefits; the use of steel fibers extends its possibilities. Steel fibers bridge cracks, retard their propagation, and improve several characteristics...

.../implications Further research into the effects of buildability factors on formwork, and other related trades of in situ reinforced concrete material, i.e. rebar fixing/installation and concreting, labour productivity, which are common to other structural elements and activities such as, grade/ground...