Construction

Competent communication among significant project participants has been comprehended as one of the biggest challenges being faced by the construction industry. Mobile technologies have evolved rapidly over the past few years, many of which are affecting construction firms’ typical project management strategies. However, most firms are still at the initial stage of adopting them. This study aims to investigate the current practice of the mobile technologies in firms’ paperless work environment…

I would like to do an international stint in India in the construction Industry. India is a country with more than 1.31 Billion people living in an area of approximately 1,269,346 sq mi compared to the USA where about 304,986,000 people are living in 3,794,066 sq mi . The constantly growing market has huge potential and developers have various opportunities to get a footing in this country. Economic Trends at the Beginning of 2012 has seen slower growth overall in USA, on the other hand the…

Construction engineers fulfill many project duties. They work on many project types and can earn an impressive salary. Those salaries come with matching responsibilities. Therefore, firms may look for construction engineers with special traits. Once employed, there are several career paths that a construction engineer may take, each with increasing responsibilities and salaries. Construction Engineering Day to Day On the job, a construction firm may hold a civil engineer responsible for…

over a decade of construction experience, Dig It Construction is a certified small business that both commercial agencies and residential homeowners trust. Based in Chester, CA, Dig It Construction is locally owned and locally staffed. Their motto, “Local people and local products, supporting our community,” is testament to the kind of high-quality, community-based work they strive to achieve every day. Because they’re a locally owned small business, the team at Dig It Construction know every…

following sections: background of the study, problem statement, research purpose, research objective, research question, scope of the study, significant of the study and the study of operational definitions. 1.1. RESEARCH BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Construction industry sector is every nation’s economic development backbone but they are a mix of very complex processes that seldom go according to the planned schedule. Project implementation is the stage where all the planned activities are put…

into the WTO, the competition among construction enterprises to become more competitive. If many construction companies want to keep an impregnable position in the increasingly fierce competition, managers must strengthen the project quality management. Construction project quality management, which is relation to the social benefit and economic benefit of construction projects, and…

the delivery of a high-quality product has remained the core of Seufert Construction since the beginning (Tretter, Scott 1). The base of this prosperous company began with a business not of construction, but rather monument making. A crafty artist and stone mason, Benedict Seufert went into business in 1870, hand-carving monuments and tombstones (Tretter, Kathy 1). Although this portion of today’s company, Seufert Construction, no longer contains a monument-making branch, it does continue to…

critical factors needed to ensure the success of construction projects. Quality of construction projects, as well as project success, can be regarded as the full filament of expectations (i.e. the satisfaction) of the project participants. Quality management has played a role in the transition from reacting to the outcome of site production activities to become a strategic business function accounting for the raison d’être (reason of being) of construction companies (Harris, McCaffer and…

Project Management is very familiar to the construction industry. It covers five main process such as planning, designing, financing, constructing and operating physical facilities which has a different perspective on project management for construction and specializing knowledge that can be very beneficial, predominantly in large and complex projects as it involves expertise in various specialities to provide valued services. However, it is very crucial to understand the ways of the different…

guest speaker, Cody Whittle, who is a construction project manager for Andres Construction Services located in Dallas, Texas. Andres Construction Services is a Texas based general contractor and has office locations in Dallas, Austin, and Houston. As stated above, Cody came from the Dallas office to speak to our class about the importance of construction scheduling, and how he has been able to successfully schedule projects during his time in the construction industry. Mr. Whittle began by…