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Benchmarking for Action & Satisfaction in Facility Operations & Maintenance
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Author
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Dodd, Justin
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, Industrial management
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Description
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While benchmarking is a well-established strategy that organizations have been using to manage performance and seek continual improvement for almost 4 decades, the field of facility management has only started using benchmarking in the last 20 yea...
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Evaluating Organizational Readiness to Implement Change Within the Workplace
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Author
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Kasana, Dipin
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Management
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Description
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Organizational change is an initiative to transition from a current state to a desired future state, where the initiatives can be either planned or unplanned, based on motivational factors. This study evaluates the impact of organizational charact...
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INCORPORATING COLLABORATIVE LEARNING METHODS IN CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION
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Author
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Carter, Mikkea
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Curriculum planning
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Description
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Architecture, engineering and construction industries are advancing in collaborative methods for completing projects. Consequently, institutions of education are investigating methods of teaching students how to effectively function in teams in or...
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Predictive Maintenance Optimization Framework For Pavement Management
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Author
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Kumar, Amit
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, Transportation
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Description
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The development of a progressive modern highway system is essential for the enhancement of the road capacity, safety, efficiency, commerce, and national defences of a country. These highway systems consist of various integrated individual asset co...
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Quantifying Fire Hazards of Sustainable Initiatives in the Built Environment
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Author
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Saunders, Christina
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Engineering, Sustainability
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Description
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We are now challenged with design-oriented goals of sustainability initiatives requiring energy efficiency in the built environment. Stricter energy codes have added more potential fuel load to a structure and its building envelope. However, these...
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SCAN-BIM-FEA A STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY INVESTIGATION IN A CURTAIN WALL
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Author
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Patil, Gouree Prakash
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil engineering, Computer engineering, Agricultural engineering
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Description
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Evaluating the structural integrity of curtain walls during the life cycle of a building project can assist architects in developing better designs, inform manufacturers on the needs to produce stronger building elements, help contractors establis...