Does anyone know of research on qualifications-based selection of construction contractors on public projects?

We are looking at QBS for construction. We know it is heavily used for design contracts.

07 August 2018 8,356 5 View

We are looking for information of the use of qualifications-based selection procurement for construction services only in the public sector?

QBS is used extensively for selected design professionals in the US public sector. We are trying to find evidence of QBS use for construction services only. Our focus is on airport projects, but...

04 May 2018 7,868 0 View

Does anyone know of research on integrated project delivery for heavy industrial and manufacturing projects?

We are also looking for potential Industrial IPD case study projects.

08 September 2016 6,383 0 View

Can someone point me toward published case study research on the use of Alliancing for industrial projects in Australia?

We are specifically looking for project performance metrics/ KPIs.

08 September 2016 8,136 0 View

Is there an internationally accepted definition for "equivalent design" for concrete and asphalt pavement structural cross-sections?

The idea is to allow construction contractors to propose alternative pavement designs that optimize individual means and methods to enhance highway project constructability.

31 December 2015 3,204 3 View

Is anyone aware of a metric that can be used to measure the level of collaboration between the stakeholders in a construction contract?

Actually, measuring collaboration in any type of contract would also be of interest.

09 October 2015 1,772 7 View

What would be reliable metrics to measure the impact of a policy change to safety and quality outcomes on a construction project?

This links with my collaboration metric question. We are trying to measure the costs and benefits of investing in formal partnering activities on US highway construction contracts.

09 October 2015 7,843 3 View

Excessive number of co-authors on journal papers

As a reviewer for a number of different US and international journals for over two decades, I've seen papers that have had as many as 20 co-authors. I find it extremely difficult to believe that...

01 January 1970 4,162 11 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

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error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

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MGL tools

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what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

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what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

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i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

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Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

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