Temitope Seun Omotayo, Udayangani Kulatunga, Bankole Awuzie

Continuous Cost Improvement in Construction (eBook, PDF)

Theory and Practice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Continuous Cost Improvement in Construction: Theory and Practice aims to provide students and practitioners with an all-inclusive understanding of strategies for adopting continuous improvement in construction cost management.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000552379
• Artikelnr.: 63347550

Autorenporträt

Temitope Omotayo is a Senior Lecturer in Quantity Surveying at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He holds a PhD in Construction Project Management from the University of Salford, UK after gaining an MSc in Quantity Surveying (Mechanical and Electrical) from the same University. Temitope is a fellow of the higher education academy (FHEA) and holds a postgraduate certificate in higher education (PGCAP). His research interests are continuous improvement in construction, the application of systems thinking for decision making in the built environment, sustainable construction, and smart cities.

Udayangani Kulatunga is a Professor in Building Economics, attached to the Department of Building Economics, University of Moratuwa in Sri Lanka. She is also the Director of the Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Udayangani completed her undergraduate degree in Quantity Surveying (Hons) at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and her PhD at University of Salford, UK in Performance Measurement in construction research and development. Udayangani has teaching experience both in the UK and in Sri Lanka. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK and holds a postgraduate certificate in higher education (PGCAP) as well.

Bankole Awuzie is an Associate Professor, Department of Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at the Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Built Environment (Construction Project Management) from the University of Salford and an MSc in Construction Project Management from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, both of which are in the UK. He is a rated researcher of the South African National Research Foundation (NRF). His research interests span the smart, sustainable, and circular construction knowledge domain.

Inhaltsangabe

SECTION A- BACKGROUND 1. Continuous Improvement and the Construction
Industry 2. Construction Cost Management Systems, Methods and Techniques 3.
Construction Cost Management Methods 4. Construction Cost Management
Techniques 5. Modern Methods of Cost Control SECTION B- STRATEGIES 6.
Overhead Cost Reduction and Maintenance through Continuous Improvement 7.
Global Construction Organisational Cultures and Continuous Improvement 8.
Continuous Improvement and Cost Overrun in Construction Projects 9. Latent
Continuous Cost Improvement Strategies in the Construction Industry
SECTION C- CASES 10. Cases on Overhead Cost Reduction and Maintenance
through Continuous Improvement 11. Cases on Continuous Cost Improvement
Attributes for Monitoring Construction Projects - PART I 12. Cases on
Continuous Cost Improvement Attributes in the Construction Industry - PART
II 13. Cases on Openness to Continuous Cost Improvement in Construction
Organisations 14. Cases on Continuous Cost Improvement in Procurement
Strategies 15. Contractual Payment Arrangements and Continuous Improvement
SECTION D- DECISION TOOLS 16. Decision Tools for Continuous Cost
Improvement - Part I 17. Decision Tools for Continuous Cost Improvement -
Part II