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SELECTING OPTIMUM MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE CONSIDERING PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS

  • Hee-Sung Cha;Ki-Hyun Kim;Young-Jin Ko
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.609-613
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    • 2011
  • The importance of project performance management as an alternative for solving problems is rising, which are followed by the difficulties of managing construction project in the construction industry. This research classifies and applies the potential improvement made by the construction practitioners. In order to apply influential factors for success on the construction project, the research identifies the relationship between the factors and performance management practices. In addition, in order to predict the results reflecting the project characteristics which are un-improvable by the construction managers in the initial stage of construction, the effect of project characteristics to the identified management practices have been drawn by performance area. Finally, in order to improve the predicted performance, this research provides a framework in setting valid best practices according to the performance areas through a statistical analysis between the best practices and project characteristics through the industry survey.

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Development of an Application Prototype for Small-Scale Construction Safety Management (소규모 건축공사 안전관리용 애플리케이션 프로토타입 개발)

  • Kim, Jae-Yeob;Lim, Hyeong-Eun;Kim, Eun-Ho
    • Journal of the Regional Association of Architectural Institute of Korea
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.65-71
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    • 2019
  • In Korea, there is a lack of adequate safety management for small-scale construction work, particularly when compared to large-scale construction projects. The number of construction disasters is also higher on small-scale construction sites. In this regard, this study aimed to develop the application prototype to support the safety management of small-scale construction projects. The major findings of the research are as follows. 1) About 60% of construction disasters and death occurred on small-scale construction sites over the last two years. In addition, institutional support and costs for safety management were found to be insufficient. 2) The items of the application for the small-scale construction safety management were constructed on the basis of the safety management of large-scale construction work. The contents of the application were confirmed based on a survey of small-scale construction project managers. 3) The application algorithm was developed with a focus on the roles of management subjects and information exchange. For transition from the application prototype presented in this study to a commercial product, further research needs to be conducted regarding the reflection of user requirements and application management subjects.

The Concept of Construction Management Showing up the HwaSungSungYoukEuGye in Choson Dynasty (조선시대 화성성역의궤의 건설관리적 의미)

  • Kim, Kyoon-Tai
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.167-171
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    • 2008
  • HwaSungSungYouk was one of the construction project in viewpoint of today's construction management and various information how to build the HwaSung at the last of the eighteen century had been recored in HwaSungSungYoukEuGye. The purpose of this study is to analyse the HwaSungSungYoukEuGye' management technic in viewpoint of today's construction management. In the record, there are a lot of informtion relate to record management, time management, cost management, etc. and the concept of the managements can be applied to today's construction project effectively. The concept and detail of the HwaSungSungYouk's project management should be analysed more.

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Integration of Construction Inspection to Schedule Management (공정관리와 연계한 건설 검측 업무 체계화 방안)

  • Song, Bohyeon;Jeong, Seunghwan;Lee, Jin Gang;Choi, Jaehyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2023.05a
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    • pp.161-162
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    • 2023
  • The construction inspection is conducted by the contractor or construction supervisor after a certain stage of work has been completed. As the consturction inspection task is dependant on construction schedule, however, it is difficult to plan inspection task systematically, resulting in increased supervision costs, delays in construction, and disputes. Therefore, this study aims to integrate inspection work with schedule management to systematize inspection procedures. Firstly, the inspection work is defined based on the construction supervision checklist. Then its relationship with the construction process, required time, and resources for inspection tasks are defined in construction schedule. Lastly, a process management program is used to assess the effects of applying the inspection work and examine changes in the overall construction period and process management. The proposed method in this study can support to plan construction inspection more systematically and to improve the effectiveness of construction quality management.

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The Influence of Organizational External Factors on Construction Risk Management among Nigerian Construction Companies

  • Adeleke, A.Q.;Bahaudin, A.Y.;Kamaruddeen, A.M.;Bamgbade, J.A.;Salimon, Maruf Gbadebo;Khan, Muhammad Waris Ali;Sorooshian, Shahryar
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.115-124
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    • 2018
  • Background: Substantial empirical research has shown conflicting results regarding the influence of organizational external factors on construction risk management, suggesting the necessity to introduce a moderator into the study. The present research confirmed whether rules and regulations matter on the relationships between organizational external factors and construction risk management. Methods: Based on discouragement and organizational control theory, this research examined the effects of organizational external factors and rules and regulations on construction risk management among 238 employees operating in construction companies in Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria. A personally administered questionnaire was used to acquire the data. The data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling. Results: A significant positive relationship between organizational external factors and construction risk management was asserted. This study also found a significant positive relationship between rules and regulations and construction risk management. As anticipated, rules and regulations were found to moderate the relationship between organizational external factors and construction risk management, with a significant positive result. Similarly, a significant interaction effect was also found between rules and regulations and organizational external factors. Implications of the research from a Nigerian point of view have also been discussed. Conclusion: Political, economy, and technology factors helped the construction companies to reduce the chance of risk occurrence during the construction activities. Rules and regulations also helped to lessen the rate of accidents involving construction workers as well as the duration of the projects. Similarly, the influence of the organizational external factors with rules and regulations on construction risk management has proven that most of the construction companies that implement the aforementioned factors have the chance to deliver their projects within the stipulated time, cost, and qualities, which can be used as a yardstick to measure a good project.

The Actions by Enterprise along the Reforming Construction Management Regulations (건설사업관리 제도개편에 따른 기업의 대응방안에 관한 연구 - 건설기술진흥법 시행과 관련하여 -)

  • Shin, Hyun-Jung;Shin, Kyoo-Chul
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2014.05a
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    • pp.54-55
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    • 2014
  • The structure of construction management service in the Construction Technology Management Act has changed recently. The new Construction Technology Promotion Act becomes effective to support and promote the development of related construction industries and construction technology for domestic and overseas markets. The purpose of research is to analyze the main contents of Construction Technology Promotion Act and to investigate corporate status, problems, and issues. The research is conducted to improve as reorganization of the CM service system based on the interviews with experts. Accordingly the research is to derive countermeasures of CM enterprises. The research results are presented in the following categories of contract awarding, project management, human resource management, general administration and staff education management as countermeasures of enterprises.

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Analysis of Business Implementation Strategy and Construction Management Techniques in Spearheading Overseas Expansion

  • Park, Kyungrog;Yi, June-Seong
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.472-476
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study is to fully understand the present state of the domestic construction companies, and to analyze phased business types and construction management techniques in order to initiate overseas expansion. Because of the recession in the domestic construction market, a thorough and strategic perspective to constantly develop inroads into overseas market is required. So we carried out a questionnaire survey targeting the experts of the overseas construction and researcher, and consulted them in depth. The questionnaire survey was divided into three sections. The first section is the necessity of overseas construction and the reason. The second is the overseas business types classified into the way of advance in short-term and long-term phase possibility of expansion. Lastly, the importance of the phased construction management techniques and the current capacity of the domestic and the foreign business trends were scrutinized. On the basis of the consultation and surveys, we analyzed the overseas business types and the construction management types in the short-term and long-term phase.

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SAFETY MANAGEMENT ON CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY REVIEW

  • Eric Chan
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.249-255
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    • 2011
  • Poor safety management in construction management may adversely affect cost, schedule and quality of a project. Heavy fines upon safety offence becomes a burden to the budget; losing working hours as a result of safety incident impacts on the schedule, and compromising quality is always an indirect consequence when workers perform duties in an unsafe site environment. Therefore, promotion of safety management becomes the top priority in any construction manager's agenda. Working safely will benefit construction project and lead to a "real" success. This paper is a case study, based upon "Geller's 10 principles for achieving a total safety culture", reviewing how a Hong Kong leading construction company fosters the safety culture and possesses a pleasant safety record over years. Its safety performance is not only well ahead the local industry, but also ranges top within the Asia Pacific region and comparable to those mature Western industries. The review concluded that safety culture is one of the major components in construction management and collaboration is the essence to realize this positive culture within an organization. Safety management is not merely a "top down" approach, but requires the positive "bottom up" actions from the other end. The successful story of this company can demonstrate the contribution of safety management in construction management.

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A MODEL OF RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN AND SYSTEM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE

  • Seon-Gyoo Kim;Chan-Jeong Park ;Moon-Serk Yang;Jin-Bong Kim ;Hyung-John Shin
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.341-346
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    • 2005
  • After the IMF shock, some major construction companies in Korea have been motivated to avoid and mitigate various risk factors which could be critical and catastrophic events to corporate revenue and organization internally or externally. It means that they are trying to introduce and set up a risk management plan and system suitable to their organization and culture. L construction co. ltd. is one of major construction companies that have been searching methodologies or technologies to manage various risk factors surrounding corporate marketing and project operation. This paper presents an unique approach to develop a model of risk management plan and system suitable to L construction itself focused on the construction phase.

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Development of A Computerized Risk Management System for International EPCS Projects

  • Yoo, Wi Sung;Kim, Woo-young;Sung, Yookyung
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.614-615
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    • 2015
  • In these days, global construction market is speedily increasing and domestic construction companies have a chance of new contracts. In the meantime, international projects have been increasingly forced to cope with potential risks, which seriously impacted achieving the targeted time and cost. In this study, we introduce a computerized risk management system for international EPCS projects, which is constructed on the needs of practitioners and decision makers as an aid to proactively control the potential risks and to monitor continuously their status and variation. The system is called the Project Risk Management System (PRiMS) is useful for furnishing project managers with warning signals as a project is progressing and helpful for producing the total risk score and tracking risk variation.

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