BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

CHAPTER ONE                                                   INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF STUDY In recent years, intensive research and development has been done in the area of project risk management. It is widely recognised as one of the most critical procedures and capability areas in the field of project management. Voetsch, Cioffi, and Anbari found a statistically significant relationship between management […]

Chapter one Introduction Background of the study Hospitals and health care buildings are regarded as the most complex indoor facilities with numerous end users of indoor spaces and functions. Hospitals are considered as one of the most difficult indoor facilities among public sector buildings to maintain, partly because of their complex engineering services. Since poor

CHAPTER ONE 1.0    INTRODUCTION         A tile is a manufactured pieces of hard wearing materials such as ceramic, stone, metal used as a finishing floor and walls or other object such as table top used as ornamentals that add beauty to the surface applied either in buildings, offices and so on. Another category is the

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY E-procurement is the transition from traditional paper-based procurement to a more integrated and digital process. This process encompasses various aspects of contract purchasing and awarding in both the private and public sectors. The construction industry is a large and complex industry with a wide range of professionals,

INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY         Housing (Shelter) is unarguably one of the basic necessities of man. It used to be ranked second after food in the hierarchy of man’s needs but according to Ebie (2009) it is the first and most important of all rights. According to him, because of the importance attached

CHAPTER ONE Introduction An overview of construction quality and safety reveals many striking similarities for these two management concept. In some cases safety is considered a part of total quality management (TQM). In the international construction scene, the inclusion of both the traditional qualities and safety efforts within a TQM system is advocated by Dias