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    Introduction Cost accounting is an integral part of estimating a new construction project and estimating a project’s cost is the most important step of all. Estimating project costs is even mentioned in the Holy Bible: "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Don ’t you sit down and estimate the cost‚ to see if you have enough capital to complete it? If you don ’t‚ then when you have laid the foundation but can ’t finish‚ all the onlookers start making fun of you and say‚ `This is the man

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    Introduction This report is regarding about Sri Lankan Construction Industry. And a analysis about the industry. Due to massive development endevours by the government and private sector in 2012 the construction industry has recorded a massive growth of over 17.3%‚11% in 2011.The construction industry only second to the tourism industry. The key entities that undertake construction work are as follows : * Registered contractors if ICATD * International Contractors * Unregistered informal

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    DELAYS FACTORS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF KLANG VALLEY‚ MALAYSIA ABDELNASER OMRAN School of Housing‚ Building and Planning‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Pulau Pinang Email: naser_elamroni@yahoo.co.uk OOI AI LING School of Housing‚ Building and Planning‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Pulau Pinang ABDUL HAMID KADIR PAKIR School of Housing‚ Building and Planning‚ Universiti Sains Malaysia‚ Pulau Pinang MAHYUDDIN RAMLI School of Housing‚ Building and Planning‚ Universiti

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    com/0969-9988.htm Organizational culture: the case of Turkish construction industry Ela Oney-Yazıcı‚ Heyecan Giritli‚ Gulfer Topcu-Oraz and Emrah Acar Department of Architecture‚ Division of Project and Construction Management‚ Istanbul Technical University‚ Istanbul‚ Turkey Abstract Purpose – The main stimulus of this study is to examine the cultural profile of construction organizations within the context of Turkish construction industry. Design/methodology/approach – This study is a part of a cross-cultural

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    Culture really plays an important factor for an individual in making decision especially for individual that involves in construction industry. In construction industry‚ focusing on the payment process‚ involves a lot of culture and attitude that will give impact to the progress of the project. Yitmen and Taneri (2005) viewed culture as a really strong element that can determine the overall effectiveness and success of a firm because it can affects all aspects of life from the way of the interaction

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    this in turn affects productivity and output of the economy. Even after production has taken place‚ the task of distribution is also affected greatly by the planning of a township. Distribution costs‚ which include cost of fuel‚ rises because of things like traffic jams that make vehicles spend more time than they should in getting to their destination which translates to an increase in the price of the product ( for a normal good case ). If businesses (factories‚ warehouses‚ shops‚ retail joints

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    Construction Report WHS At Work By Chris Mclean 1. What is work health and safety? Explain the importance of WHS in the workplace Answer: Workplace‚ health and safety is a set of rules and guidelines that everyone has to follow‚ If these regulations are not executed there can be fines issued to whoever is responsible. WHS is important because these laws prevent injury’s and possibly death‚ they teach workers to pay attention to there surroundings and to protect companies from law suits

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    Bello Adria Bello Period 1 12 English Mrs. Miller Has Reality TV Overrun Television? Thirteen years ago‚ the most popular television shows were Frasier‚ Friends‚ and E.R: fun loving sitcoms. The top rating shows currently on primetime television are American Idol and The Voice: reality shows (Fahner‚ par. 3). Television has become overrun by reality television‚ pushing sitcoms and other programs to the side. Reality television is infamous for its questionable depictions of life‚ and it

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    Artificial Intelligence. Are we being overrun? Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI) has progressed through the years branching into several different fields including medicine‚ robotics‚ music‚ education and even law. Safe to say AI is now a part of our everyday life. This paper aims to discuss in-depth the progression of Artificial Intelligence and the constraints it might pose on the society as we continually rely on expert computer systems to plan our day‚ to watch out for us and even do small

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    SUB: Construction Management Total Marks: 80 1. Explain the dealing with owners’ supplies. (5 marks) 2. Write short notes in the following. (20 marks) a. Guarantee Tests b. Demobilization c. Environmental case d. Testing commissioning and Trial Run. 3. Describe the purchase

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