Search for dissertations about: "construction variations"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 96 swedish dissertations containing the words construction variations.
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1. Construction site productivity measurements : selection, application and evaluation of methods and measures
Abstract : A construction company consists of a number of different sites where the physical production is taking place. This production is not always performed in the best possible way. There are numerous things such as organisation, logistics, co-ordination, technique, quality and others that can be improved. READ MORE
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2. Internal Stresses in Wood Caused by Climate Variations
Abstract : This thesis is the result of a series of investigations on the hygro-mechanical behaviour of clear wood in the radial and tangential directions. Approximately half of the effort put into the investigations was concentrated on laboratory tests while the remaining effort was concentrated on modelling the observations made in the tests. READ MORE
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3. Lean contracting : relational contracting influenced by lean thinking
Abstract : The construction sector represents a most vital proportion of Swedish society through its main task of meeting the demands regarding buildings and infrastructure needed, among other things, for living, work, leisure time, education and communication. That this is executed in an effective manner is an important issue for a sustainable development of society. READ MORE
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4. Institutional complexity in Swedish built environment regulation : exploring the interface with industrialized house-building
Abstract : The industrialized house-building movement has emerged as aresponse to recurring criticism of the construction sector. It seeks toemulate management practices prevalent in manufacturing industries,including the use of standardized work processes and building systems. READ MORE
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5. Operator and Machine Models for Dynamic Simulation of Construction Machinery
Abstract : VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING has been generally adopted in product development in order to minimise the traditional reliance on testing of physical prototypes. It thus constitutes a major step towards solving the conflict of actual increasing development cost and time due to increasing customer demands on one side, and the need to decrease development cost and time due to increasing competition on the other. READ MORE