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

Does anyone have information on utility relocations are addressed in design-build and P3 contracts?

I'm looking for contract verbiage or published systems for managing utility relocation risk in alternative project delivery.

02 March 2016 1,949 0 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

How to calculate BREQ 3 questionnaire?

how to calculate BEHAVIOURAL REGULATION IN EXERCISE QUESTIONNAIRE BREQ 3 ,which contain 24 questions and each question has 5 answers (0- Strongly disagree , 1-disagree, 2- Neither agree nor...

02 March 2021 811 3 View

I am interested in medicinal chemistry field, which books are highly recommended to learn from?

I am at the beginner level in drug design and drug discovery, and I am interested to learn more about this field. Which books are highly recommended to start from and gives me all essential...

02 March 2021 8,437 2 View

Please suggest a good text book for "Research Methodology in Life Sciences". Which book would be good for PhD Scholars?

Please provide Book Title and author name

02 March 2021 9,059 3 View

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

Could any one guide me, to write research proposal for grant? ?

We have one plant, the local people using this for controlling blood sugar, the toxicity and antidiabetic activity of the plant is not reported yet, please guide from whag should be the process ?...

02 March 2021 2,300 1 View

Is anyone familiar with the cyclic compressive fatigue testing (BS EN 12697 - 25) ?

I would like to get more information on the cyclic compressive fatigue testing (BS EN 12697 - 25) which is typically done for bituminous material in pavement design. Any one can advise on the...

28 February 2021 2,004 3 View

What is Flat Lens Antenna?

28 February 2021 5,433 3 View

Can impedance of antenna be less than 50 ohms?

I am simulating helix antenna in hfss, right now, giving excitation with 50 ohms port. When I see the results of Z parameter (real). It shows lower than 50 ohms. Do not understand, if it can be...

27 February 2021 4,218 7 View

High aspect ratio hexahedral mesh optimization solver?

I am interested in evaluating mesh optimization solvers that converge to high aspect ratio unstructured hexahedral grids. In other words, I am interested in a solver that optimizes warpage,...

26 February 2021 7,279 2 View

How to use measure capacitance change in COMSOL time dependent study ?

I want to measure change of capacitance due to relative displacement between two parallel plates in COMSOL. Distance between two plates changes with time. So I'm using a time dependent study but...

26 February 2021 8,567 3 View