CITC-4: Gold Coast, Australia

July 11-13, 2007 

Conference Papers

1. Identifying the Benefits and Difficulties of Implementing Target Cost Contracts in the Construction Industry

2. CASH FLOW FORECASTING IN INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THROUGH FINANCIAL AND PROJECT RISK ANALYSIS

3. Material Substitution and Building Life Cycle Costs

4. Life cycle cost analysis of highways to assist design and construction decisions

5. GA-Fuzzy Financial Model For Optimization Of A BOT Investment Decision

6. Material Focused Control During A Construction Project

7. AN ANALYSIS OF COST INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING SECTOR

8. Analysis of Three Estimation Techniques for Road User Cost

9. Earth-craft Homes: Capital versus Recurring Costs

10. The Implementation of Earned Value Management in Construction Cost Management and Audit

11. Potential Project Benefits From Improved Project Review Decisions

12. Hurricane Wind Damage Simulation for Coastal and Inland Communities in Florida

13. A Decision Support System for Optimal Maintenance Strategies in Highway Work Zones

14. Long Term Multiobjective Project Selection Under Uncertainty

15. Best Value Process in the Selection of Software Services

16. Transaction Costs Associated with Japanese Public Construction Procurement

17. Risk and Opportunity (R&O) Assessment and Related Knowledge Transfer in the Early Phases of Construction Projects – An In-Depth Study of Practice.

18. Risk Management of Piled Foundation Projects

19. Evaluating Risk Management Practices in the Pakistani Construction Industry: The Current State of Play

20. Catastrophic Risk Analysis of Infrastructure Systems: A Research Agenda

21. Transitioning to an Information Environment: Performance Research in Large Capital Projects and Facility Management Group

22. A Fuzzy Delphi Method In Determining The Most Advantageous Tender In Construction Projects

23. Float Loss Impact Assessment

24. DECISION MAKING IN THE DESIGN PROCESS OF REFURBISHMENT PROJECTS

25. Risk Management Perceptions and Trends among Construction Contractors in Pakistan

26. A Conceptual Model For Developing KPIs For Early Phases Of The Construction Process

27. Proposed Approach For Developing Process-based KPIs For Project Control During The Pre-project Stage

28. Organizational Structure & Management Procedure in Pakistan Public Works Department

29. Empowering project teams: Towards an integrative conceptualisation of empowerment

30. Duration-Profit Trade-Off Analysis of Construction Projects

31. Delays in Construction – An Empirical Study of Contractors’ Perceptions in Pakistan Construction Industry

32. An Artificial Neural Network Approach in Service Life Prediction of Building Components in Malaysia Based on Local Environment and Building Service Load

33. Factors Influencing Project Success: Perspective From Client, Consultant And Contractor

34. Investigation of Site Managers' Constraints on Construction Resources Utilisation

35. Perception of Thai Professionals on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Mega Construction Projects

36. Major Factors Affecting Highway Construction Productivities

37. Project Inception: A Workshop Approach for Preparing the Strategic Brief

38. Developing a Procurement Case for Project Partnering Management: the SPACE Approach

39. A Research Framework for Investigating Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in Hong Kong

40. Motivating Contractor Performance Improvement through Measurement

41. A Generic Framework of Performance Specifications for Specialist Works

42. THE STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIP MEASUREMENTS OF MAJOR PROCUREMENT ROUTES IN FINLAND

43. Contracting for Community Development: A case study based perspective of a public sector client initiative in Hong Kong

44. Inadequate and Unsafe Temporary Lighting in Buildings under Construction: Risks, Challenges, and Solutions

45. Health Monitoring of Civil Structures-Current Status and Perspectives

46. Integrated Health Monitoring of Highway Bridges

47. Accident Investigation, Blackspot Treatment, And Modeling Of Federal Route F050 Malaysia

48. Life Safety Systems: Construction of Miami Intermodal Center

49. Developing Safety Culture in Pakistan Construction Industry – An Assessment of Perceptions and Practices among Construction Contractors

50. CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ENABLERS OF CONSTRUCTION SAFETY CULTURE

51. On using Six-Sigma Principle for Quality Improvement in Construction

52. Comparison of Construction Quality Management Systems in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore

53. A Model For Collaborative Industrial Engineering Support and Performance Improvement of Construction Projects

54. Assessing the Quality Culture in Client Organizations in Pakistan Construction Industry – A Way Forward to Total Quality Management Implementation in Pakistan

55. ANALYSIS OF CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW ZEALAND: WHERE TO FROM HERE?

56. Lesson Learned Corrective Action in Internal Factors of Construction Company in Indonesia

57. Long Term Indonesian Construction Industry’s Aggregate Productivity Simulation Considering Overall Business Environment

58. An Overview of the International Construction Market

59. Complex System Approach for Dynamic Performance Prediction of International Construction Projects

60. Empirical Approach to Understand the Knowledge Management Process

61. Investigating the Link between Climate for Innovation and Diffusion Outcomes in Architecture and Engineering Design Organisations

62. Evaluating International Technology Transfer on Thai Construction Projects: A Case Study

63. Fighting Organisational Amnesia: A conceptual framework to investigate knowledge retention and learning practices in Australian construction organisations

64. Applying Bayesian Belief Networks to Construction Management

65. A Knowledge Map for Delay Analysis Development

66. Ming Knowledge in KMS Performance Data - a Case Study of an A/E Consulting Firm

67. Path Model of IT Enhanced Project Information Management in Construction: Development and Implementation

68. A Review of ICT Applications for Design and Management of Construction Projects

69. What Really Occurs At The Construction Site?

70. Using Augmented Reality to Support Coordination and Communication in Disaster Response

71. Monitoring Materials with GIS and RFIDs During a Construction Project

72. Implementation Processes of Virtual Reality in Construction Companies

73. Digital Graphics Literacy for 21st Century Constructors

74. Development of a Backward Prediction Model Based on Limited Historical Datasets

75. Information-centered Design Management for Effective Design Cooperation

76. An Overview of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems in Small and Medium Sized Organizations: Case of Florida Contractors

77. The impact of MTO feature on ERP application In construction industry

78. Implementation of a Web-Based Multi-User Task Management System in a Civil Engineering Construction Project

79. Evaluating the Design of Mobile Computing Systems in Construction through Notational Support

80. Safety Information Management in Construction Firms: A Data Warehousing Approach

81. Selection of the Optimal Waterproofing Methods for the Rooftops of Domestic Multi-Family Housing Projects

82. Risk Distribution Profile for Differential Column Shortening Using a Possibility Theory Approach

83. Skyscraper Would Be Simulated to Increase Stability and Buckling Resistance Using the Palm Tree Behavior in War Condition

84. Template Design and Leveling Installation of Circular Cell Cofferdam Using the Space Structure and Pipe Piles on the Bahmanshir River

85. Influence of Asphalt Source, Polymer Modification and Geotextile Interlayers on Cracking Performance in Hot Mix Asphalt Pavements

86. Maintainability Aspects of Central Chilled Water HVAC System

87. Simplified Design For Torsion In Beams

88. Simulation-based Scheduling Model for Multiple Design Projects Considering Uncertain Design Iterations

89. Resource development for sustainability in construction - A case study

90. Implementing a Waste-Management-Plan Method in Construction

91. Integrated Management System For Managing Of Construction And Demolition Waste

92. A Comparative Energy Consumption Study of Air Conditioning Room between using Double Door and Electrical Air Curtain in Hot and Humid Climate

93. On the Prevailing Waste Recycling Methods: a Southeast Queensland

94. The Construction Waste Disposal Charging Scheme in Hong Kong

95. The Application of Hydro Mulching Material for Ecological Rehabilitation of Rockfill Slope in Hong Kong

96. Lessons Learned From the Process of Housing Recovery after the 2003 Bam Earthquake in Iran

97. Design And Construction Defects In The Buildings Of Balakot (Pakistan) And Surrounding Areas In Relation To Earthquake Loading