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Journal of Engineering, 2022 The enhancement of concrete structures’ performance can easily be achieved. However, the main challenge is how to achieve this performance with respect to the economy and sustainability.
Omar Fazaa Rajab +3 more
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High-Capacity Cells and Batteries for Electric Vehicles
Energies, 2021 The automotive sector is rapidly accelerating its transformation towards electric mobility, and electric vehicle (EV) sales have been increasing year after year since the beginning of the decade [...]
Lluc Canals Casals +2 more
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Building Information Modeling in Steel Building Projects Following BIM-DFE Methodology: A Case Study
Buildings, 2023 Construction is a key industry that significantly contributes to the global gross domestic product and generates substantial revenues. However, it faces challenges such as errors and high costs.
José Ignacio Avendaño +2 more
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Estimating the Basal Heave Stability of Narrow Braced Excavations
Shock and Vibration, 2021 Engineering practices indicate that narrow braced excavation exhibits a clear size effect. However, the slip circle method in the design codes fails to consider the effect of excavation width on basal heave stability, causing waste for narrow excavation.
Taoli Xiao +4 more
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Project Managers’ Competencies in Collaborative Construction Projects [PDF]
Buildings, 2020 Collaborative delivery methods in construction projects provide a new operational environment, which can foster effective interaction and cooperation between different project stakeholders. Project managers are one of the most important players in this environment, who therefore need to possess appropriate competencies.
Sina Moradi +2 more
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Critical success factors for subway construction projects–main contractors’ perspectives [PDF]
, 2020 Successful subway construction projects involve many socio-economic, cultural and environmental challenges. These projects enhance public convenience, and are complex and uncertain, involving multiple governmental organizations.
Ghanbaripour, Amir Naser +2 more
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Quality management in construction projects [PDF]
, 2011 [Quality Management in Construction Projects by Abdul Razzak Rumane, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2011, 434 pp, ISBN 9781439838716] Issues of quality management, quality control and performance against specification have long been the focus of various ...
Coffey, Vaughan
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Predicting Optimum Content of Eggshell Ash for Best Mechanical and Structural Properties of Concrete [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 Through an optimization procedure using Minitab software, the optimum waste eggshells-ash powder (WESP) content is used in reinforced concrete. The following percentages of WESP, 0%, 2.5%, 5%, 7.5%, 10%, 12.5%, and 15%, have partially replaced natural ...
Hama Shaho M. +2 more
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A rework reduction model for construction projects [PDF]
, 2004 Rework is an endemic problem in building construction projects and is an area of research that has received limited attention. Recent research has shown that rework is the primary cause of time and schedule overruns in projects and that rework levels do ...
Edwards, DJ, Irani, Z, Love, PED
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Advances in Civil Engineering, 2023 Growing traffic loads, soaring summer temperatures, and moisture damage will render conventional asphalt binder insufficient to maintain the performance standards of asphalt concrete pavement.
Estabraq N. Ezzat +2 more
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