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Market Structure and Energy Efficiency: The Case of New Commercial Buildings [PDF]

, 2000
This is a report on why commercial office buildings aren’t more energy efficient. Several decades of energy efficiency programs have resulted in some gains, but overall increases in the energy efficiency of buildings have fallen far short of the 30 to 50
Beamish, Thomas D, Burr, Thomas, Kunkle, Richard, Lutzenhiser, Loren, Woolsey Biggart, Nicole   +4 more
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Efficient and Effective Execution of Recurrent Construction Projects [PDF]

, 2015
This study examines increasing efficiency and effectiveness of construction projects by reducing non-value adding activities from the contracting process and benefiting from repetitive nature of projects. The construction industry in general suffers from
Pihko, Kati
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Modelo de aprendizaje para la selección de un proyecto diseño-construcción (llave en mano) en el sector público A learning model for design-build project selection in the public sector

Revista Ingeniería de Construcción, 2010
El método primario de ejecución de proyectos en el sector público en los Estados Unidos (U.S.), tradicionalmente ha sido la ejecución diseño-licitación-construcción. El sector público históricamente ha separado los contratos de diseño y construcción.
Alfonso Bastias, Keith R Molenaar
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An Empirical Analysis of Air Force Military Construction Project Delivery Method Performance in the United States [PDF]

, 2017
The objective of this study is to investigate the performance of the design-bid-build and design-build project delivery methods in Air Force military construction (MILCON). Project delivery performance is measured through quantitative cost, schedule, and
Kramer, Erich C.
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Aplicación de la GTC-34 y GTC-45 en una S.A.S de servicios en HSEQ: Estudio de caso

Suma de Negocios, 2013
The goal of the project was the development of the Occupational Health Program and Risk Factor Outlook based on the Colombian Technical Standards GTC 34 and 45, for a SAS company working on HSEQ solutions.
Olga Lucia Díaz Villamizar, Carlos Mario Muñoz Maya   +1 more
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Model (At Least) Twice, Build Once: Experiences With the Design-Bid-Build Process for Solar Photovoltaic Arrays. [PDF]

J Sol Energy Eng, 2017
Dougherty B, Boyd M.
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Public-private Partnerships for Government Financing, Controlling Risk, and Value-for--money: The UK Experience [PDF]

, 2006
Sponsored Report (for Acquisition Research Program)One of the key requirements to a successful Public-private Partnership (PPP) is the transfer of risk from the government to the private sector.
Miguel, Joseph G. San, Summers, Donald E.   +1 more
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Quasi-firms for real innovations [PDF]

, 1997
The construction industry is notorious for its (lack of) innovativeness. Many papers, reports\ud and articles have been written on this subject already for more than three decades.\ud The explanations presented can be summarized by such terms as ...
Dorée, A.G., Tongeren, H. van
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Critical Risk Factors of Stakeholder Collaboration Impacting BIM Implementation in High-Rise Residential Building Projects Under the DBB System: A Delphi Survey

Advances in Civil Engineering
Although the design-bid-build (DBB) system has poor stakeholder collaboration due to the separation between architects, engineers, and contractors in its linear process, resulting in longer schedules and cost overruns, DBB remains the most widely used ...
Dang Huy Ly, Hyosoo Moon, Hyunkyu Shin, Yonghan Ahn   +3 more
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Improving design workflow with the Last Planner System: two action research studies [PDF]

Variability in workflow during the design stage of building projects has been widely acknowledged as a problem related to poor planning and control of design tasks and has been identified as a major cause of delay in building projects.
Khan, Sheriz, Tzortzopoulos, Patricia
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