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Volume 13 Number 4 Year 2013

8 articles in this issue 

Ilsa Kuiper, Dominik Holzer

Building Information Modelling (BIM) can be defined as a process of generating and managing information of a building or infrastructure during its life cycle. Whilst the 3D visualisation or dimensional functions of BIM are not necessarily new, it is the u... see more

Pags. 1 - 17  

Adel Abdi, Hans Lind, Björn Birgisson

In countries with severe winters a major part of the annual budget for road maintenance is allocated on performance of winter road maintenance tasks. Finding appropriate remuneration forms to compensate entrepreneurs for performed road measures during win... see more

Pags. 18 - 31  

Jantanee Dumrak, Sherif Mostafa, Imriyas Kamardeen, Raufdeen Rameezdeen

While the causes of accidents in the construction industry have been extensively studied, severity remains an understudied area. In order to provide more evidence for the currently limited number of empirical investigations on severity, this study analyse... see more

Pags. 32 - 49  

John Spillane, Lukumon O. Oyedele

Purpose: The overall aim of this research is to identify and catalogue the numerous managerial strategies for effective management of health and safety on a confined, urban, construction site. Design/Methodology/Approach: This is achieved by utilising ind... see more

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Malcolm Abbott, Chris Carson

In recent years there has been increasing interest in the productivity and efficiency of the construction industry in New Zealand.  In part this interest has manifested itself in the increased use of numerous statistical techniques to determine the p... see more

Pags. 65 - 77  

Craig Langston

Since Martin Barnes’ so-called ‘iron triangle’ circa 1969, much debate has occurred over how best to describe the fundamental constraints that underpin project success. This paper develops a 3D project integration model for PMBOK® comprising core constrai... see more

Pags. 78 - 91  

Terry Aulich

The construction industry operates primarily as a system of sub-contracting and purpose built alliances. There is a wide spread of stakeholders involved in conceiving a building project through typical stages such as design, finance, build,  manage, ... see more

Pags. 92 - 101  

Göran Runeson

Graham Squires, Routledge, London, 2013, 214 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-61991-2 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-415-61990-5 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-203-82599-0 (ebk), GBP29.99 (pbk) GBP 105.00 (hbk), USD49.95 (pbk), USD170.00 (hbk).

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