Factors Affecting Sediment Basin Efficiency on Highway Construction Sites in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina

2015 ◽  
pp. 631-640
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Highway Construction ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Sediment Basin ◽  
Piedmont Region

Factors affecting safety performance on construction sites

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 309-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin Sawacha ◽  
Shamil Naoum ◽  
Daniel Fong
Keyword(s):  
Safety Performance ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Factors Affecting

Measuring the Causes of Saudi Arabian Construction Accidents: Management and Concerns

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-14
Author(s):  
Majed M Moosa ◽  
Leo P. Oriet ◽  
Abdulrahman M Khamaj
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Saudi Arabian ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
New Employees ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Construction Accidents

Introduction: Research indicate that construction site accidents are a global concern, and rates are rapidly increasing. In developing countries such as Saudi Arabia, safety issues are frequently ignored, and little is known about their causes. Objectives: This study aimed to shed light on factors causing accidents in Saudi Arabian construction companies. Methods: An online detailed survey, using Google Form, of accident features was distributed randomly to potential employees in 35 construction companies in Saudi Arabia, where one of the top administrators or safety officers were required to respond to the survey. It was conducted from 1st June to 31st August, 2013. The safety practices and perceptions of accident causes were assessed. Results: The response rate was 63%. Over half of the surveyed organizations encountered all of the selected accident types. While 19 (86%) of the construction companies maintained the equipment regularly, 15 (68%) had regular maintenance staff and 13 (59%) inspected the equipment before use. Although 18 (82%) of the workers were supplied with personal protective equipment (PPE), only 12 (55%) emphasized its use and offered site orientation for new employees.  In the last part of the survey, respondents were requested to rate 25 factors affecting safety performance at the construction sites on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the most important. The three most important factors of poor safety performance were the firm's top leaders, a lack of training, and the reckless operation of equipment. Conclusion: Changing attitudes of surrounding safety culture have the potential to significantly improve safety outcomes in the Saudi Arabian construction industry. Two Saudi Arabian corporations, Saudi Aramco and Saudi Chevron Petrochemical provide a positive model for increasing construction safety in the country, but there is a paucity of industry-level data. Further scholarly attention is strongly indicated.

Copper Specimens from Yadkin River in Piedmont, North Carolina

1953 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas L. Rights
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Piedmont Region

In the upper Piedmont region of North Carolina, along the Yadkin River, specimens of copper have been found at three village sites.As illustrated, the largest specimen appears to be a copper breast plate. Five tubular beads are represented. Seven pieces are roughly cone-shaped and could be classified as decorative bangles, although those which are more proportional and smoothly finished could have been used as arrow tips. The two triangular pierced pendants were found at sites forty miles apart. The copper hawk's bell, a trader's piece evidently of English origin, still rings merrily when shaken. A broken half of the same design was found forty miles away at a other site. Two fragments of unfinished copper are illustrated (Fig. 135).

scholarly journals Longitudinal Study on Construction Organization’s BIM Acceptance

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 5358
Author(s):  
Seulki Lee ◽  
Jungho Yu
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Construction Organizations ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Construction Organization ◽  
Acceptance Model

The Korean domestic market is focused on the introduction of BIM (Building Information Modeling) owing to an influx of investment due to increased interest and mandatory application of BIM. However, the rate of BIM introduction is high, while BIM user proficiency is low. Against these problems, the authors proposed an acceptance model for BIM in construction organizations in 2012. As the number of BIM application cases increases and the number of BIM-trained users increases as time goes on, BIM users’ positive perception of BIM values are expected to increase, which may change the BIM acceptance mechanism. Therefore, we conducted a longitudinal study of the 2012 BIM acceptance model against 2019 data to estimate changes in factors affecting BIM acceptance attitudes as well as the mechanism of the relationships between factors over time spent using the technology. To generalize the results, the respondents were spread across construction sites. The data obtained 119 samples from a sample of experienced users of BIM. We used AMOS 21.0 for hypothesis testing of structural equation modeling (SEM), and the 2019 BIM acceptance model was compared against the 2012 acceptance model using an independent sample t-test. As a result, it was confirmed that the 2012 BIM acceptance model is still suitable for describing the BIM acceptance mechanism of the construction organization, and there was a difference between the 2012 model and the 2019 model. This seems to have changed the mechanism of BIM acceptance by being change perception of BIM users as time goes on. The results of this study can be used to establish a BIM activation strategy for each BIM acceptance stage and are expected to be applicable to establishing a BIM activation strategy for construction organizations or countries with similar BIM acceptance stage.

scholarly journals Relative Profitability of Vine-Ripe Tomatoes in North Carolina and Tennessee

1977 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gene A. Mathia ◽  
John R. Brooker
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
Specific Product ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Resource Requirements ◽  
Efficiency Factors ◽  
Relative Profitability

The ability of a farmer or group of farmers in a region to produce a specific product profitably depends on the structure of costs of production and marketing and demands of all competing crops. The final decision to grow a particular product is made on the basis of its profitability relative to profitabilities of other alternatives. Relative profitability of a product changes as technological innovations affect yields, resource requirements and production efficiency. Factors affecting demand for resource inputs and products cause changes in profitabilities. Institutional factors can also necessitate adjustments in farm plans by influencing price and/or production of specific products and thereby affecting the profitability of one product relative to other product alternatives.

Factors Affecting Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes Regarding North Carolina Coastal Reserve Management

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 540-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Snider ◽  
Shanhong Luo ◽  
Jeffery Hill ◽  
Robert Buerger ◽  
Jim Herstine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Reserve Management ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes
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