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Chang, C-Y, Chou, H-Y and Wang, M-T (2006) Characterizing the corporate governance of UK listed construction companies. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 647-56.

Duncan, K, Philips, P and Prus, M (2006) Prevailing wage legislation and public school construction efficiency: a stochastic frontier approach1. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 625-34.

Hartmann, A (2006) The context of innovation management in construction firms. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 567-78.

Hyari, K and El-Rayes, K (2006) Field experiments to evaluate lighting performance in nighttime highway construction. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 591-601.

Navon, R and Berkovich, O (2006) An automated model for materials management and control. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 635-46.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Automation; data collection; feedback control; control methods; materials management; monitoring
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190500435671
  • Abstract:

    Current, manual, materials management and control procedures are unsatisfactory: they are labour intensive, inaccurate and error prone. The result is waste and surplus of materials, delays, decrease in productivity and lack of up-to-date, real-time information regarding the status of purchase orders (PO), the levels of inventory, the actual vs. planned usage of materials, and others. The purpose of the present work was to develop an automated model, which alleviates some of these problems. Prior to developing the model, a field survey was conducted to learn, at first hand, what the typical problems with materials management and control are. The model initiates materials purchasing, follows up the status of PO, records materials data as they arrive to the site and their movement around the site, makes recommendations, generates reports and issues warnings. The model was implemented, tested and evaluated in an ongoing building construction project. The onsite experiments confirmed that automated materials management and control are feasible, resulting in real benefits, such as time savings, and availability of up-to-date and accurate information regarding stocks of materials on site.

Phua, F T T (2006) When is construction partnering likely to happen? An empirical examination of the role of institutional norms. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 615-24.

Soetanto, R, Dainty, A R J, Glass, J and Price, A D F (2006) Towards an explicit design decision process: the case of the structural frame. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 603-14.

Song, Y, Liu, C and Langston, C (2006) Linkage measures of the construction sector using the hypothetical extraction method. Construction Management and Economics, 24(06), 579-89.