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Baba, K (1990) Principal Nature of Management in Japanese Construction Industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 116(02), 351–64.
Chang, T C, Ibbs, C W and Crandall, K C (1990) Network Resource Allocation with Support of a Fuzzy Expert System. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 116(02), 239–60.
Farid, F (1990) Pricing Construction Contracts under Tax Reform Act of 1986. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 116(02), 300–15.
Harris, R B (1990) Packing Method for Resource Leveling (Pack). Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 116(02), 331–50.
Kumamoto, T, Kameda, H, Hoshiya, M and Ishii, K (1990) Construction of Difficult Dry Dock in Yokohama, Japan. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 116(02), 201–20.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Japan; Coastal engineering; Docks; Underwater construction; Quality control; Management methods; Statistics;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(1990)116:2(201)
- Abstract:
Almost all coastal construction works in Japan today are carried out under variable and severe site conditions and tight budgetary constraints. Construction works are so unstable that civil engineers often meet many difficulties: (1) Soil, water, and climate conditions are not covered by present engineering rules; (2) no appropriate engineering methods for solving them exist theoretically; and (3) project circumstances, despite their simplicity, differ from past empirical data or similar works. There are two components in solving these problems. The first is to strengthen basic engineering through an advanced construction technology. The second, which is the focus of this paper, is to scientifically integrate management technology, together with Japanese quality control or TQC (total quality control), into the construction process, e.g., utilization of statistical methods in execution planning, and participation of all organization members in quality control and QC circle activities. The interaction of both approaches in construction is illustrated in this paper through an actual project for a dry dock built without using cofferdams.
Lutz, J D, Chang, L and Napier, T R (1990) Evaluation of New Building Technology. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 116(02), 281–99.
Moselhi, O and Nicholas, M J (1990) Hybrid Expert System for Construction Planning and Scheduling. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 116(02), 221–38.
Rasdorf, W J and Herbert, M J (1990) Bar Coding in Construction Engineering. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 116(02), 261–80.
Reda, R M (1990) RPM: Repetitive Project Modeling. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 116(02), 316–30.
Sanvido, V E and Medeiros, D J (1990) Applying Computer‐Integrated Manufacturing Concepts to Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 116(02), 365–79.