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This study focusing on highway projects under BOT scheme in Vietnam in term risk and risk allocat... more This study focusing on highway projects under BOT scheme in Vietnam in term risk and risk allocation is deemed to be beneficial to stakeholders. This research comprises of two distinct parts. The first part is determining the major risks and allocation opinion between stakeholders in BOT highway project through a survey on practitioners in public sector agency and private sector
The level of achieved accuracy in design cost estimating is generally accepted by researchers as ... more The level of achieved accuracy in design cost estimating is generally accepted by researchers as being less than desirable. Low accuracy has been attributed to the nature of historical cost data, estimating method and the expertise of the estimator. Previous ...
... Assessing engineering training needs, methods and effectiveness: An example from the Nepalese... more ... Assessing engineering training needs, methods and effectiveness: An example from the Nepalese construction industry. Ogunlana, Stephen O.; Thapa, S. and Dey, Prasanta K. (2002). Assessing engineering training needs, methods ...
This study focusing on highway projects under BOT scheme in Vietnam in term risk and risk allocat... more This study focusing on highway projects under BOT scheme in Vietnam in term risk and risk allocation is deemed to be beneficial to stakeholders. This research comprises of two distinct parts. The first part is determining the major risks and allocation opinion between stakeholders in BOT highway project through a survey on practitioners in public sector agency and private sector
8. Abstract of the Work: The construction industry is complex, diverse, and fragmented. Some coun... more 8. Abstract of the Work: The construction industry is complex, diverse, and fragmented. Some countries believe it is necessary to establish a statutory board to manage the development of their construction industries. However, establishing such statutory body is expensive and demands qualified and experienced staff. Countries such as Thailand, Vietnam and other ASEAN countries that have not established such bodies,
... to improve the accuracy of pre-tender estimates is proposed linking experiential learning the... more ... to improve the accuracy of pre-tender estimates is proposed linking experiential learning theory with ... She explained that the web based construction documentation system is also useful for recording feedback. ... All documents posted through the web page will be kept in a central ...
Entrepreneurship has recently received major attention from many business practitioners and schol... more Entrepreneurship has recently received major attention from many business practitioners and scholars and evolved rapidly in many industries. Due to the project based nature, high competition and business risk characteristics of the construction industry, entrepreneurship is considered very important for sustaining and improving the performance of contractors. An extensive literature review on entrepreneurship, with a particular focus on the implementation of corporate entrepreneurship by contractors, has been carried out. It was found that corporate entrepreneurship is defined by many characteristics. This study adopted the characteristics which are grouped into five categories: innovativeness, risk-taking, competitive aggressiveness, pro-activeness, and autonomy (Lumpkin and Dess, 1996). There is very little research focusing on entrepreneurship in the construction industry, exploring those characteristics together. So far, researches in construction management have only been carri...
Abstract High levels of competition are considered to be a major challenge for contractors. In or... more Abstract High levels of competition are considered to be a major challenge for contractors. In order to be a marketplace leader, a contractor is required to be proactive in seeking opportunities. This study aims to clarify the concept of proactiveness and to explore its implementation particularly in contracting companies. Following a thorough examination of the literature on proactiveness and its related issues, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 19 top managers of contracting companies in Indonesia. The qualitative data collected during the interviews were analyzed using an inductive thematic analysis method, through which themes emerged from the data. The literature review resulted in the clarification of proactiveness and its circumstances, while the qualitative data analysis resulted in an understanding of the practical implementation of proactiveness by contracting companies. This study found various proactive actions being carried out in order to obtain projects...
This study focusing on highway projects under BOT scheme in Vietnam in term risk and risk allocat... more This study focusing on highway projects under BOT scheme in Vietnam in term risk and risk allocation is deemed to be beneficial to stakeholders. This research comprises of two distinct parts. The first part is determining the major risks and allocation opinion between stakeholders in BOT highway project through a survey on practitioners in public sector agency and private sector
The level of achieved accuracy in design cost estimating is generally accepted by researchers as ... more The level of achieved accuracy in design cost estimating is generally accepted by researchers as being less than desirable. Low accuracy has been attributed to the nature of historical cost data, estimating method and the expertise of the estimator. Previous ...
... Assessing engineering training needs, methods and effectiveness: An example from the Nepalese... more ... Assessing engineering training needs, methods and effectiveness: An example from the Nepalese construction industry. Ogunlana, Stephen O.; Thapa, S. and Dey, Prasanta K. (2002). Assessing engineering training needs, methods ...
This study focusing on highway projects under BOT scheme in Vietnam in term risk and risk allocat... more This study focusing on highway projects under BOT scheme in Vietnam in term risk and risk allocation is deemed to be beneficial to stakeholders. This research comprises of two distinct parts. The first part is determining the major risks and allocation opinion between stakeholders in BOT highway project through a survey on practitioners in public sector agency and private sector
8. Abstract of the Work: The construction industry is complex, diverse, and fragmented. Some coun... more 8. Abstract of the Work: The construction industry is complex, diverse, and fragmented. Some countries believe it is necessary to establish a statutory board to manage the development of their construction industries. However, establishing such statutory body is expensive and demands qualified and experienced staff. Countries such as Thailand, Vietnam and other ASEAN countries that have not established such bodies,
... to improve the accuracy of pre-tender estimates is proposed linking experiential learning the... more ... to improve the accuracy of pre-tender estimates is proposed linking experiential learning theory with ... She explained that the web based construction documentation system is also useful for recording feedback. ... All documents posted through the web page will be kept in a central ...
Entrepreneurship has recently received major attention from many business practitioners and schol... more Entrepreneurship has recently received major attention from many business practitioners and scholars and evolved rapidly in many industries. Due to the project based nature, high competition and business risk characteristics of the construction industry, entrepreneurship is considered very important for sustaining and improving the performance of contractors. An extensive literature review on entrepreneurship, with a particular focus on the implementation of corporate entrepreneurship by contractors, has been carried out. It was found that corporate entrepreneurship is defined by many characteristics. This study adopted the characteristics which are grouped into five categories: innovativeness, risk-taking, competitive aggressiveness, pro-activeness, and autonomy (Lumpkin and Dess, 1996). There is very little research focusing on entrepreneurship in the construction industry, exploring those characteristics together. So far, researches in construction management have only been carri...
Abstract High levels of competition are considered to be a major challenge for contractors. In or... more Abstract High levels of competition are considered to be a major challenge for contractors. In order to be a marketplace leader, a contractor is required to be proactive in seeking opportunities. This study aims to clarify the concept of proactiveness and to explore its implementation particularly in contracting companies. Following a thorough examination of the literature on proactiveness and its related issues, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 19 top managers of contracting companies in Indonesia. The qualitative data collected during the interviews were analyzed using an inductive thematic analysis method, through which themes emerged from the data. The literature review resulted in the clarification of proactiveness and its circumstances, while the qualitative data analysis resulted in an understanding of the practical implementation of proactiveness by contracting companies. This study found various proactive actions being carried out in order to obtain projects...
