"Major Subject: Construction Management" Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created 2010-03-12 12:08:51). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. S.)--Texas A&M University, 2004. / "Major Subject: Construction Management" Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created on Apr. 14, 2006.) Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. S.)--Texas A&M University, 2004. / "Major Subject: Construction Management" Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created on Sep. 21, 2005.) Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. S.)--Texas A&M University, 2004. / "Major Subject: Construction Management" Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created on Nov. , 09:45:50.) Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. S.)--Texas A&M University, 2005. / "Major Subject: Construction Management" Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created on Nov. , 09:45:50.) Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. S.)--Texas A&M University, 2005. / "Major Subject: Construction Management" Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created on Nov. , 09:45:50.) Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. S.)--Texas A&M University, 2006. / "Major Subject: Construction Management" Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created on Apr. 27, 2007.) Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. S.)--Texas A&M University, 2008. / "Major Subject: Construction Management" Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created on Oct. 13, 2008.) Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

This comparative study examines the theory that there is no difference between the effectiveness of the UK and French construction industries in the achievement of satisfaction with construction performance as perceived by the client. The thesis is divided into three main stages, the first being a qualitative study which defines effectiveness in the context of similarities and differences between comparative cultural, legal and economic frameworks, economic and output performance, procurement systems and project management strategies. The first stage includes a rationale for a crossnational comparative study and its implications for the selected triangulated research approach which combines qualitative and quantitative methods to achieve objectives. A review of earlier research studies in the UK indicates that client sophistication or expertise and participation in the construction project, lead to improvements in the achievement of client satisfaction, establishing these concepts as significant factors affecting construction performance. The selection of criteria to be used for the evaluation of construction industry performance in the second stage quantitative study, together with the associated concepts of expertise and participation, are defined and justified and incorporated as variables into a pilot survey used to test their applicability to both UK and French industries. The second stage covers the quantitative analysis of client perceptions of construction industry performance based on a main questionnaire sent to public and private client groups in each country. Analysis is based on social science research methodology which incorporates comparative cross-cultural considerations and uses descriptive and inferential statistics, calculated with the SPSS system, to provide graphical and tabulated data. The results of the qualitative and quantitative analyses are examined in a concluding section which discusses and critically evaluates the relationships and inferences produced by the data, in the context of cultural and organisational similarities and differences between the two countries and the implications for the assessment of comparative effectiveness of construction performance, from the client's perspective.

The construction sector is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the world today and are in great need of change and improvement. A building material that if handled properly, can contribute to reducing emissions is wood as it is the only renewable building material we have available. Wood has been the dominating material in bridge construction throughout history, until the last 200 years which have been characterized by concrete- and steel constructions. The relatively (relative?) new glulam can often compete with steel and concrete an make wood an attractive choice of material for example bridge constructions. In Karlstad a bridge of 280m for pedestrian traffic is planned to run over Klarälven and this bridge is the basis of our thesis. The bridge extends from Råtorp to Färjestad and is planned to have a frame of steel. The goal of this thesis is to design the same bridge, according to the eurocodes, with a supporting glulam frame using the computer-aided design software Robot Structural Analysis and the CAD-software Revit Structure. The bridge is sized for deadloads, snowload, windload and trafficloads both moving and static. The results shows that computer-aided design software can be used to great effect when sizing wooden bridges with glulam as a supporting frame, for example by calculating the results of all the possible positions of moving loads in an instant. It also shows that it is fully possible to construct a 280m long bridge made out of wood.