The materials found within this topic provide both a primer on basic insurance coverages within the construction industry and an in-depth resource to learn about the details of risk management. Coming off a hard (or sellers) market cycle in the mid-1980@s, the CII Insurance Ta...
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2/7/2016 6:09:20 AM
Capital facility construction projects are extremely complex, typically involve several organizations, and represent significant financial investments.@All parties involved in the construction process; owners, designers, and constructors strive for project success.@This resear...
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6/12/2016 12:59:46 PM
The purpose of this research was to identify ways to improve the efficiency of the piping engineering process.The piping function in the engineering and construction industry frequently is inefficient and problematic. Improving the piping function could amount to an average sa...
/resources/knowledgebase/knowledge-areas/Design-Planning-Optimization/topics/RT-047
2/7/2016 6:20:34 AM
RT-172 focused on using Supply Chain Management (SCM) tools on capital projects and the benefits of employing SCM.@SCM was developed as a result of EPCs/End-Users inability to complete projects on time.@The research argues that by using SCM on capital projects stakeholders thr...
/resources/knowledgebase/knowledge-areas/Procurement-Contracts/topics/RT-172
2/7/2016 6:13:14 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...
/resources/knowledgebase/knowledge-areas/Project-Program-Management/topics/RT-302
2/7/2016 6:18:06 AM
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Several crew scheduling options are available to contractors and owners when they need to complete a project on time or compress or accelerate a schedule. Techniques such as overtime, shift work, rolling or straight four-ten hour days, and other innovative schedules each have ...
/resources/knowledgebase/knowledge-areas/Construction-Execution/topics/RT-185
2/7/2016 6:13:38 AM
This Topic has been superseded by RT-102. Within the construction industry, partnering, or an optimum relationship between a customer and supplier, offers many opportunities to improve the total quality and cost effectiveness of construction projects while developing an atmos...
/resources/knowledgebase/knowledge-areas/Project-Organization-Communication/topics/RT-018
2/7/2016 6:09:18 AM
Project organization is a task that has been disputed and approached in many different ways over@ the years, but through studies it has been found that common practices and core fundamentals can be found in all successful projects. Developing a project should be viewed as mana...
/resources/knowledgebase/knowledge-areas/Project-Organization-Communication/topics/RT-012a
2/7/2016 6:09:01 AM
In the construction industry, disputes are not uncommon. The CII Dispute Prevention and Resolution Research team was formed to review the causes and administrative costs of such claims, recommend procedures for avoiding claims, and investigate alternatives for early, equitable...
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2/7/2016 6:15:30 AM