The PDRI is a powerful, easy-to-use tool for measuring the degree of scope development.The Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) is a powerful, easy-to-use tool that identifies and precisely describes each critical element in a scope definition package. It also enables projec...
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Changes and the resulting contract change orders are a source of concern to owners and contractors alike. Changes are an important contributor to cost overruns, schedule extensions, and contract acceleration. This research examines the quantitative effect of changes on labor p...
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6/6/2016 1:14:22 PM
As the Baby Boomer generation nears the traditional retirement age of 65, organizations in most industries are finding themselves facing a potential mass exodus of their most senior and experienced employees; the situation in the capital projects industry is no exception.@As o...
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4/25/2016 1:42:55 PM
The steep rise of global construction market and declining domestic market is forcing U.S. construction companies to become global, simultaneously opening a vast field for study. RT-263 tries to comprehensively explain, synthesize, and prioritize the key drivers and critical s...
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2/7/2016 6:17:14 AM
RT-32 was formed to continue research into the area of worker safety. Specifically, it sought to show owners and contractors how to achieve zero accidents on construction projects, and to convince management of the value of an effective safety program by identifying techniques...
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2/7/2016 6:18:53 AM
The emerging discipline of Interface Management (IM) for managing communications, relationships, and deliverables has become more and more critical with the proliferation of increasingly larger, more complex, global capital projects. In an effort to establish a coherent indust...
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2/7/2016 6:18:06 AM
A learning organization is skilled at creating, acquiring, sharing, and applying knowledge, and embracing change and innovation at all levels, resulting in optimum performance and maximum competitive advantage.@The EPC industry has a definite need for knowledge-based services ...
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4/25/2016 8:33:32 AM
Knowledge Area DefinitionSafety is the identification and control of workplace hazards in order to eliminate fatalities, injuries and illness. Safety takes the form both of preventing events from occurring in the first place, and of protecting people from being exposed to or n...
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2/15/2016 10:23:03 PM
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This research is a collaborative effort between the Construction Industry Institute (CII) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that has identified practices for project security of industrial projects during the planning and execution phases of projects to...
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4/8/2016 4:40:55 PM