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Construction Equation: Knowledge Problems + Data Problems + Management Problems = Outcome Problems

Job Order Contracting

Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004. Life Cycle Costing as an Important Contribution to Feasibility Study Construction Projects. References. Cartlidge, D. Procurement of built assets. Eric Korpi, & Timo Ala?Risku. Life cycle costing: a review of published case studies. Heralova, R. Procedia Engineering.

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BIM, Value Management, Life-cycle Cost Management

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Value engineering program is commonly carried out in the systematic stages of; feasibility, concept design, design development, construction and operations and occupancy phase of the projects (Table 1). 2004), Life-cycle / whole-life costing. and Wilkinson, S (editors) (2004) Best Value in construction. UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Site Location Factors For Automotive Suppliers

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Figure 2 : Vehicles Sold, 2004 — March 2013. Before Nissan’s location of an automobile manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tennessee in 1983, there were no automotive manufacturing facilities south of Kentucky. Currently, BMW is the only foreign transplant to set up operations east of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Flying Without Altitude

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This bright outlook turned gloomy in 2004, when US Airways began phasing out the PIT hub. The recent discovery that fracking is feasible at PIT could not come at a better time for the financially strapped airport. This year, only 300 flights and about 8 million passengers will travel through PIT.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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Jindal said the company is examining the feasibility of additional Louisiana projects that would bring the total new capital investment at its sites in the state to $1.2 LED estimates all four projects will result in 148 new indirect jobs, for a total of 190 new jobs in Louisiana. billion over 10 years.

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Molecular Miracle

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The big breakthrough occurred in 2004, when researchers in the U.K. Major carmakers are exploring the feasibility of replacing steel on vehicles with graphene. The first graphene materials emerged in 1987 when graphene sheets were integrated into crystalline compounds and the material was studied in early research on carbon nanotubes.

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FEATURE STORY: Thailand — Nuanced Nation, One-Stop Shop

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The tsunami of 2004 also comes to mind when we think of Thailand. Projects with investments exceeding $17 million USD must submit a feasibility study to gain approval. A land of contrasts, we are told. Thailand also offers the second lowest corporate income tax rate, behind Singapore, in Asia.