The aviation industry and in particular air carriers, are faced with the task of complying with numerous standards and regulations required by the state regulatory/authorities such as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) as well as International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The Quality is paramount, the authorities require aviation organizations to implement and maintain a Quality Sys...
A good manager can sense a problem before it actually becomes apparent, this type of manager have more success in business than managers who are prepared to sit there and judge it on income and outgoings. Successful management needs control, many people have different ideas of control. There are a lot of qualities in the control of a business, in the construction business there are probably three that stand out more than any others, Money, Time and Resources. Regular visits to a site ensure a...
ABP was the third World Bank funded project to support the National Highway Development Program (NHDP). This project along with two other projects - Third National Highway Project (TNHP) and Grand Trunk Road Improvement Project (GTRIP) - was aimed at upgrading the National Highway 2 (NH2) between Delhi and Kolkata. Key Performance Indicators Following were the KPIs to measure the achievement of the development objective by End of Project (EOP): (i) truck operating costs reduction by at least ...
INTRODUCTION The Malaysian construction industry is undergoing a transitional change from an industry employing conventional technology to a more systematic and mechanized system. This new system is now known as the Industrialized Building System (IBS). This new method of construction can increase productivity and quality of work through the use of better construction machinery, equipment, materials and extensive pre-project planning. This study becomes very necessary since there is yet no or...
Public transportation is an essential service that must be provided by the government to its citizen. Yet, it still an issue faced by most of developing countries all over the world including Malaysia. As it begins to transform itself to become a developed country in 2020, it is a crucial to have comfortable, reliable and affordable world-class public transportation system to meet the target. According to Ministry of Transportation (2012), by having efficient transport network, several main t...
We currently rely on 'green' building rating tools to assess building performances. In the case of residential building assessments, there are the Code for Sustainable Homes, LEED for Homes and CASBEE for Home (Detached House) which are the most prominent. Environmental potential is the key green building performance indicator for these tools, with much less emphasis for indicators that focus on social and economic aspects of sustainability. The assessment frameworks are also incapable of exp...
Respective to the Cinnamon Grand hotel new three buildings reconstruction project, though analysis the key issues as time, cost, quality and risk allocation arising in project process. Introduce 4 standard procurement routes: Traditional Procurement Route, Design and Build Procurement Route, the Management Contracting Procurement Route and the Construction Management Procurement Route, according to client profie to choose an appropriate procurement. Purpose Of Procurement A procurement Procur...
Fredrick Taylor observed that workers were often working beneath their potential and he designed a four stage method to overcome this problem; Break the job into its smallest elements Select the most qualified employees to do the job and train them to do it. Monitor the employees to ensure that they follow the prescribed methods. Continue in this way, but only use the employees that perform the work well. In 1911, Taylor published principles of scientific management in which he described meth...
Chapter 2 Literature Review 2.1 Introduction In this chapter, the author reviewed works done by others through journals, articles, newspaper cutting, and quotes from authors and online articles collected. IBS system is a process to speed up the construction work and to minimize the dependency of labour on site. The objective of this study is further discussed about the barriers of contractor in implementing IBS. Besides that, this chapter also will focus on the basic review of IBS such as def...
Introduction Civil engineering works are not just the building of structures, but they provide a livable and safe environment for society. To make it all work, the disciplines involved must be in constant communication. They cannot work in isolation and must communicate with other civil engineers and professions and also be able to communicate with society. When communication fails it will have a negative effect on the works. Defining communication In the Oxford Dictionary the word 'communica...
