Search for dissertations about: "Risk in construction"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 243 swedish dissertations containing the words Risk in construction.
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1. Risk management in construction projects : a comparative study of the different procurement options in Sweden
Abstract : Risks have a significant impact on a construction project's performance in terms of cost, time and quality. As the size and complexity of the projects have increased, an ability to manage risks throughout the construction process has become a central element preventing unwanted consequences. READ MORE
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2. Risk management in small construction projects
Abstract : The Swedish construction sector has for some time struggled with problems that result in increased costs, delays and faults. To sort out and analyse these problems, the federal government appointed a commission that produced the report "Skärpning gubbar" (2002). READ MORE
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3. Safety in the making : studies on the discursive construction of risk and safety in the chemical industry
Abstract : This compilation thesis aims to analyse how risk and safety are constructed, reproduced, and negotiated by communicative means in safety-critical workplaces. It conceptualizes these communicative moments of shaping and reshaping risk and safety as enmeshed in multiple forms of governing. READ MORE
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4. Managing hydrogeological risks in underground construction
Abstract : Groundwater leakage into underground constructions can cause groundwater drawdown and subsequently costly damages to objects impacted by changes in groundwater conditions. In order to reduce the damage risk, risk-reducing measures can be implemented. READ MORE
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5. Innovation in the Construction Process : A Theoretical Framework
Abstract : The demands on the construction industry can be met either by fulfilling them by applying existing knowledge and solutions or by creating something new. Trying to meet demands with existing knowledge and solutions is only possible to a certain point, beyond which it is necessary to create something new. READ MORE