6 articles in this issue
Fernando Rodríguez,Gonzalo Fernández
Impacts on ecosystem services, due to human activity, are already a fact. The objectives of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the alleviation and adjustment proposals from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their consecutive report... see more
Adnan Enshassi,Mohan Kumaraswamy,Sami Nairab
Both the bid decision and the determination of the bid price are very important to every contractor. The importance of such decisions lies in the fact that, the success or failure of a contractor’s business depends on the outcomes derived from these decis... see more
María Patricia León,Fernando Ramírez
Properties of fresh and hardened concrete are affected by the morphological characteristics of the aggregates. However, there is not an established correlation, between the aggregate shape and the concrete properties, to be taken into account during the m... see more
Abdulaziz M. Jarkas
Buildability is one of the most important factors affecting labor productivity. Nonetheless, an extensive search of the literature revealed a dearth of research into its effects on in situ reinforced concrete construction, especially at the formwork trade... see more
Julio García,José Macías
Business Intelligence Process during recent years have provided a growing number of companies all over the world with the ability to control internal and external environments and to create appropriate know-how for decision making processes; to provide a ... see more
Edgar Muñoz,Federico Núñez,Jorge Rodríguez,Alfonso Ramos,Camilo Otálora
This document presents the analysis of seismic vulnerability and load capacity for Cesar Gaviria Trujilo Viaduct, by means of structural reliability techniques based on instrumentation works. Such study includes: geophysical trial tests, trials tests on m... see more