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CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FAILURE FACTORS

Job Order Contracting

4 Failure to leverage granular construction-based line of granular tasks and associated labor, material, equipment, and productivity information Inconsistency in planning and scope management, poor communication, and failure to address stakeholder engagement can be rectified. References: Atkinson, R. Construction project management.

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Hyundai Construction Names J.Y. Kim President

Construction Equipment

Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas (HCEA) has named J.Y. A 28-year Hyundai veteran, Kim began his career as part of an overseas sales team to support North American Operations, and later worked at HCEA’s Chicago office from 2004 to 2008. Kim president. He was instrumental in establishing a…

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Credible Construction Estimate Core Elements

Job Order Contracting

Locally researched labor, material, equipment, and productivity data is essential in the devlopement of a credible construction cost estimate. OmniClass table 22 is based almost entirely on the CSI MasterFormat tables, although it is noted in OmniClass that “some content of MasterFormat 2004 Edition is not included in table 22.”

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Revit OpEd: Kitchen Equipment - RW Smith BIM Booklet

Revit OpEd

Kitchen Equipment - RW Smith BIM Booklet. 1 comment: Suppliers of Catering Equipment. Kitchen Equipment - RW Smith BIM Booklet. ► 2004. (2). ► December 2004. (1). ► November 2004. (1). ► 2004. (2). ► December 2004. (1). ► November 2004. (1).

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Fourth Quarter Sales Point to U.S. Housing Recovery

Construction Marketing

which makes Carrier heating and cooling equipment, stated a 20% increase in their fourth quarter sales regarding orders of residential air-conditioning and heating products. homes climbed to their highest annual level in five years and reported the largest annual jump since 2004. United Technologies Corp.

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Civil Engineering Marvels- 5 Tallest Skyscrappers

The Constructor

Taipei 101 received the Emporis Skyscraper Award in 2004. They were the world’s tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004 if measured from the level of the main entrance to the structural top, the original height reference used by the US-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat from 1969.

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EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE AND ENERGEY RELEASED

The Constructor

times On 26 December 2004, an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 releases 1000 times more energy than the earthquake of magnitude of 6.2 and 32 times more than the magnitude of 7.2. A table below gives the relation between magnitude change and energy released during earthquake. Magnitude change Energy released 2.0 1000 times 1.0 32 times 0.5

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