Proceedings of the 5th Asia-Pacific Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (APSEC 2003) 26 – 28 August 2003 Johor Bahru‚ MALAYSIA HAZARDS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES Abdul Rahim Abdul Hamid1‚ Wan Zulkifli Wan Yusuf2 and Bachan Singh3 1‚2 &3 Department of Structures and Materials‚ Faculty of Civil Engineering‚Universiti Teknologi Malaysia‚ 81310 UTM Skudai‚ Johor‚ Malaysia. rahimhamid@utm.my‚wanzul@fka.utm.my and bachans@utm.my Abstract. Statistic has shown that the number of fatality
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Portfolio construction models The project that we have done based on the Markowitz and Sharp methodologies that allow investors to build an efficient portfolio. An efficient portfolio is defined as the portfolio that maximizes the expected return for a given amount of risk (standard deviation)‚ or the portfolio that minimizes the risk subject to a given expected return. Markowitz method determines the asset allocation that produces the highest expected return for each unit of risk. The calculation
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There are three particular foundations sustaining any process that concerns nation building: government representing political leadership; civil society or the citizens of the country; and business or the economic sector. These three concepts must work together and as much as possible‚ work together harmoniously to drive the said nation-building process forward because they serve as the hands and feet of the nation. Business is the cornerstone of prosperity in society: companies create the resources
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BRE 533 Value Management in Construction and Property Final Report Propose Development of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Phase 8 Development 30 April 2010 Content Executive Summary | | Introduction | Background to the value management study | Function of the value management workshop | Project objectives | Value management workshop objectives | | Information Phase | Overview of presentations | Q&A of the presentation | | Function Analysis Phase |
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Contents FACTORS OF CONFLICT AND DISPUTE IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 1.0 MAIN RESEARCH TITLE Factors of Conflict and Dispute in Construction Industry ABSTRACT Today‘s construction projects become more complex in nature. The complex‚ relational and lengthy process of designing and building makes construction a process in which disputes are virtually ensured. Furthermore‚ the involvement of multidisciplinary in the construction project also leads to conflicts among the parties. It
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Pilgrim Assurance Case Pilgrim Assurance is a case that involves a sealed bid auction. Therefore‚ the auctioneers will need to sell the building to the highest bidder involved at a minimum bid of $15 million. David Bailey is given the decision to decide on how much to bid for an office building. Furthermore‚ he needs to make the decision whether to lease it as office space or to convert this office space into condominiums. In this case‚ I will analyze the goals and objectives of Bailey as well
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The “Social Construction of Reality” is a work of hypothetical reasoning to the redefine the task and to broaden its range to understand the redefining of sociological knowledge. Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann both argue that reality is socially constructed by the knowledge of the people for social reality is produced and communicated amongst others. They emphasize on the fact that human is a part of a product of society and vice versa: society is a product of human. Berger and Luckmann follow
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Fire 73: Construction Types & Occupancy Classifications Fire 73: Fire Prevention Technology Learning Outcomes Following instruction the student shall: Understand fire resistive construction‚ noncombustible construction‚ combustible construction‚ and what constitutes fire-resistance. Identify and describe each of the five construction types and the construction features and fire dangers that are common to each construction type. Chapter 4: Construction Types & Occupancy Classifications
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investments (Balfour Beatty‚ 2012). Economic * The recent financial crisis slowed the market growth in major markets USA and UK. The infrastructure industry is capital-intensive and it suffered significantly from the crisis: both volume of construction works and investments decreased (Nistorescu and Ploscaru‚ 2010). The possible default of Greece is also dangerous for the UK since its total exposure to Greek debt is
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from accidents‚ natural causes and disasters as well as deliberate attacks from an adversary. Risk management applied in the field of construction currently‚ has been on the agenda for about 25 years. It has focused in the main on large-scale School of technology and business 8 projects with different kinds of complexity related to them‚ such as Technology‚ international collaboration‚ geography or finance. (Hintze et al.‚ 2004; Jaafari‚ 2001). More recently‚ risk management has started to
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