A pragmatic approach towards software usage in construction projects

2012 ◽  
pp. 509-512
Author(s):  
P Pauwels ◽  
T Strobbe ◽  
P Present
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Pragmatic Approach

TEACHING INNOVATION IN CONSTRUCTION

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. O. Cheung ◽  
K. Y. Chan ◽  
P. T. Chow
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Site Factors ◽  
Teaching Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Innovation ◽  
Construction Organizations ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
Further Development

Construction industry is a major contributor to many economies. Hong Kong is no exception. The culture of the industry is geared to accept the inevitability of competition and to develop a keen competitive spirit. Construction projects are typically secured through competitive bidding; survival of construction organizations is very much hinged on their ability to sustain competitive advantage that can be achieved through innovation and knowledge. Innovation is manifested as the successful implementation of creative ideas. Thus, creativity lies in the heart of innovation and means the production of novel and useful ideas in any domain. Built facilities are often non-repeating products and require careful considerations of numerous on-site and off-site factors. These characteristics are conducive to innovations. It is believed that feedback from the industry into the education system can enhance creativity of the construction profession. As such, universities can act as innovation brokers by consolidating experience and knowledge from innovation champions, then sharing with those future industry players. Ability to innovate is an effective, if not the most, means to meet the upcoming world challenges. Innovative products and services make an organization stands out from the competitors. Exposing students to innovations shall be the first step in fostering an innovative attitude. Further development in innovation can be optimistically projected. This study presents a pragmatic approach to showcase recent innovations in construction to students through the development of a construction innovations catalogue. Construction students are accorded the opportunity to gain insightful and novel ideas. These ideas may venture into their own spheres of innovation. Features of the innovation catalogue are reported in this paper.

A pragmatic approach to teaching clinical physical diagnosis

1981 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
pp. 585-588
Author(s):  
MJ Kutcher ◽  
TF Meiller ◽  
CD Overholser
Keyword(s):  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Physical Diagnosis ◽  
Approach To Teaching

Review of Anxiety and Phobic Disorders: A Pragmatic Approach.

1996 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 1149-1149
Author(s):  
Terri Gullickson ◽  
Pamela Ramser
Keyword(s):  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Phobic Disorders

Fuzzy Linear and Repetitive Scheduling for Construction Projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 147 (3) ◽  
pp. 04021002
Author(s):  
Clara Mariana Katsuragawa ◽  
Gunnar Lucko ◽  
Shabtai Isaac ◽  
Yi Su
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects

Overcoming Stereotypes

2008 ◽  
pp. 110-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Yakovlev
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Conventional View ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Uncertainty

Using the data of SU-HSU enterprises surveys and internal statistics of KPMG company the paper provides a non-conventional view on three economic problems which have recently been in the center of expert discussions in Russia: competitiveness of firms, corruption in the government and level of taxation. The paper argues the necessity of pragmatic approach to economic phenomena, especially under conditions of high uncertainty caused by the increasing global financial crisis.

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