scholarly journals Delivery Methods and Social Network Analysis of Unethical Behavior in the Construction Industry

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muzafar Thameem ◽  
Zofia K. Rybkowski ◽  
James P. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Delivery Methods

scholarly journals BIM Engineering Cost Budgeting Method based on Social Network Analysis Method

2022 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 151-158
Author(s):  
Guohui Fan ◽  
Chen Guo
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Project Cost ◽  
Healthy Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
Engineering Cost

Engineering cost budgeting is crucial to the healthy development of the engineering and construction industry. To solve the problem of large deviations in budget results from using traditional methods of cost budgeting based on evaluation results or drawing conversions, the BIM engineering cost budgeting method based on social network analysis method is studied in this paper. On the basis of analyzing cost budgeting requirements and determining modeling economic criteria, the social network analysis method is used to analyze the project cost risks. According to the project quantity list, professional BIM software is used to budget the project cost. Case verification proves the feasibility of this budgeting method as the budget deviation is reduced by about 78% compared with the traditional method. The result of the paper has a more ideal practical application effect and positive significance for optimizing the traditional cost budgeting methods

scholarly journals Time for a real shift to relations: appraisal of Social Network Analysis applications in the UK construction industry

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ximing Ruan ◽  
Edward Godfrey Ochieng ◽  
Andrew David Freeman Price ◽  
Charles Egbu
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Management ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collaborative Working ◽  
Relational Concepts ◽  
The Uk

The Social Network Analysis (SNA) has been adopted in the UK construction management research and generated meaningful insights in analysing project management organisations from network perspectives. As an effective tool, social network analysis has been used to analyse information and knowledge flow between construction project teams which is considered as foundation for collaborative working and subsequently improving overall performance. Social network analysis is based on an assumption of the importance of relationships among interacting units. The social network perspective encompasses theories, models and applications that are expressed in terms of relational concepts or processes. Many believe, moreover, that the success or failure of organisations often depends on the patterning of their internal structure. This paper reviewed existing literatures on SNA applications in construction industry from three leading construction management journals.  From the review, the research proposed some advance in the application of SNA in the construction industry. 

scholarly journals Social Network Analysis of Stakeholder Relationships during Construction Industrialization in China

2015 ◽  
pp. 112-119
Author(s):  
Yingbo Ji ◽  
Xiaotong Li ◽  
Hong Xian Li ◽  
Shiguo Sun ◽  
Mohamed Al-Hussein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Integrated Network ◽  
Stakeholder Relationships ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Policy Guidance ◽  
Design Construction

Modular and off-site construction has garnered world-wide attention, as evidenced by the gathering momentum of construction industrialization in China. This entails a transition for stakeholders within the construction industry, as construction industrialization will alter relationships among stakeholders on a number of levels. In this research, the stakeholders involved in construction industrialization in China are identified, and the stakeholder relationships are quantified through three surveys. Based on the collected data, the stakeholder relationships are mapped and analyzed using social network analysis. The results indicate that the social network of industrialization construction is not dense and less tied, generates relatively low impacts on the behaviors of individual stakeholders; as the most influential stakeholders, the general contractor, owner, and surveyors and designers control most of the resources; due to their influence in the form of policies, the government can become an important stakeholder during the process of construction industrialization Through strengthening the policy guidance, it can attract new stakeholders for the integrated network, incubate a construction industrialization corporate group with integrated abilities of R&D, design, construction and operation, which is valuable to effectively promote the development of construction industrialization in China.

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