Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 7 Issue 1

A hybrid knowledge base system and genetic algorithms for equipment selection

SHAMIL NAOUM, ALI HAIDAR

This paper describes the development of a hybrid knowledge base system and genetic algorithms to select the optimum excavating and haulage equipment in opencast mining. The…

Establishing and processing client requirements—a key aspect of concurrent engineering in construction

J.M. KAMARA, C.J. ANUMBA, N.F.O. EVBUOMWAN

The realization that concurrent engineering can be adopted in construction has led to various efforts to develop appropriate tools and techniques for its implementation in the…

Effect of registration on performance of construction subcontractors in Singapore

WOON HONG LOH, GEORGE OFORI

The construction industries of many countries rely heavily on subcontracting. As a result, the quality of subcontractors is important as it has a direct bearing on the performance…

Graphically based LP modelling for linear scheduling analysis: the POLO system

RONG‐YAU HUANG, DANIEL W. HALPIN

The traditional network scheduling methods such as the Critical Path Method (CPM), Programme Evaluation Review Technique (PERT), and bar charting are typically not effective for…

ESTIVATE: a model for calculating excavator productivity and output costs

DAVID J. EDWARDS, GARY D. HOLT

Hydraulic excavator cycle time and associated unit costs of excavation for given input estimating data, for machines operating in the UK construction industry, are predicted…

A computer environment to support the strategic decision‐making process in construction firms

L.F. ALARCÓN, A. BASTIAS

A computer environment to support the strategic decision‐making process in construction firms is presented. The system implements modelling concepts originally developed to…

Partnering research in construction

HENG LI, EDDIE W.L. CHENG, PETER E.D. LOVE

Since the emergence of partnering in the construction industry in the late 1980s, it has received a great deal of attention from practitioners and researchers. The published…

Assessment of working capital requirements by fuzzy set theory

VELLANKI S.S. KUMAR, AWAD S. HANNA, TERESA ADAMS

The systematic assessment of working capital requirement in construction projects deals with the analysis of various quantitative and qualitative factors in which information is…