Under de senaste årtiondena har planeten, på grund av människans överanvändning av resurser, genomgått stora klimatförändringar och global uppvärmning. Den prognostiserade ökningen av population i kombination med den urbanisering som pågått de senaste 40 åren där fler söker sig till storstäderna kommer att resultera i ett ökat bostadsbyggande. Detta i sig innebär stora utmaningar då byggsektorn idag står för en betydande del av samhällets klimatpåverkan ur ett livscykelperspektiv. En del av byggsektorns negativa klimatpåverkan kommer från dess ohållbara avfallshantering där en stor mängd av det avfall som slängs är potentiellt återanvändbart material. Med anledning av detta har syftet med denna studie varit att undersöka huruvida omvänd logistik, inriktat mot återbruk, i samverkan mellan byggentreprenörer i begränsade tätbebyggda stadsområden kan reducera avfall av byggmaterial för en mer hållbar utveckling. Det teoretiska ramverk som identifierats i studien, och ligger till grund för resultatet och de slutsatser som dragits, består främst av tre teorier: hållbar utveckling, cirkulär ekonomi och omvänd logistik. Hållbar utveckling med sina tre underdimensioner: social, ekologisk och ekonomisk hållbarhet syftar huvudsakligen till det optimala läge där jordens resurser förbrukas på ett så hållbart sätt som möjligt. Cirkulär ekonomi är en process där ett använt material används så länge som möjligt i ett cirkulärt kretslopp med möjligheten att organisera och optimera hållbara materialflöden genom att bevara resurser och minska avfall. Slutligen är omvänd logistik en gren inom logistiken som syftar till hur en produkt av något slag hanteras, efter att den sålts och använts, med en effektiv hantering som antingen skapar nytt värde eller korrekt bortskaffande. Empirin är framtagen utifrån en kvalitativ metod i form av intervjuer kompletterat med kvantitativa data från en enkät. Resultatet bekräftar det som utgör studiens problem att det slängs brukbart material varpå ett medelvärde på åtta procent av det totala avfallet enligt studien har uppskattats vara brukbart. De materialen med störst potential till återanvändning är virke, skivmaterial av olika slag, isolering, armering och stålreglar. Gällande studiens inriktning att öka återanvändandet i samverkan mellan byggentreprenörer så finns det en generellt positiv inställning till det. Det finns även en insikt i att det genom samverkan kan vara möjligt att lösa problemet med dagens ohållbara avfallshantering under förutsättningen att de utmaningar som identifierats kan lösas. De största utmaningar som identifierats i studien var främst problematik med lagerhållning, kvalitetssäkring av återanvändningsbart material och resursineffektivitet. I studien har det framkommit att för att kunna påbörja återanvändning i samverkan för alla typer av byggmaterial finns det faktorer som måste lösas vilket innebär att det inte är något som kan implementeras idag. Däremot finns det inga egentliga större hinder till att börja återanvända standardiserat byggmaterial till provisorier då kvalitetsäkringsfrågan i form av garanti inte är relevant samt att det finns ett behov av sådant material under hela byggprocessen vilket löser problematiken med lagerhållning. För att påbörja arbetet med detta skulle digitala plattformar som idag redan finns kunna användas som marknadsplats, där det läggs in en begräsning på vilka som får köpa materialet som då skulle vara närliggande projekt. Även en enkel utgångpunkt istället för en digital plattform vore att en tätare kommunikation hålls mellan projekten och att materialfrågan därmed kan hanteras på samverkansmöten som hålls en gång i veckan. Slutligen kan det utifrån detta konstateras att efter en tids implementering av den här typen av omvänd logistik, inriktat mot återanvändning i samverkan, bör mängden avfall kunna reduceras jämfört med idag. Det skapar en mer cirkulär ekonomi i de begränsade tätbebyggda stadsområdena vilket i sin tur bidrar till en mer hållbar utveckling. / In the past decades the planet has, due to human overuse of resources, undergone climate change and global warming. Because of the projected increase of the population as well as the urbanization that has been going on the last 40 years, where more people seek towards metropolitan areas, it will result in an increased construction of housing. This will result in challenges considering the fact that the construction sector today represents a significant part of society's negative climate impact from a life-cycle perspective. One factor contributing to the negative climate effect given by the construction industry is its unsustainable waste management in which a significant part of the wasted materials is reusable. For this reason, the purpose of this research has been to investigate whether reverse logistics, targeted at reuse of construction materials, in collaboration between contractors in limited urban areas can reduce waste materials for sustainable development. The theoretical framework identified in this study, from which the result obtained originates and the conclusions are drawn, consists primarily of three theories: sustainable development, circular economy and reverse logistics. Sustainable development with its three dimensions: social, ecological and economic sustainability is aimed to reach the optimal stage in which resources are consumed in a sustainable way as possible. Circular economy is a process where used material is used as long as possible in a circular cycle with the ability to organize and optimize sustainable material flows, this by conserving resources and reducing waste. Lastly, reverse logistics is a branch within the common logistics that manage products of any kind after usage with an efficient management that either creates new value or a proper disposal. The results are based on a qualitative method with interviews supplemented by quantitative data from a questionnaire. The results confirm what constitutes the study's problem of today's unsustainable waste management in which still usable materials are discarded, whereupon the mean value of eight percent of the total waste is estimated to still be usable. The materials with the greatest potential for reuse are wood, board materials of various kinds, insulation, reinforcement bars and steel joists. Regarding the study's focus on increasing reuse in collaboration between contractors, a general positive attitude is seen towards it and there is an insight in the fact that solving the problem of today's unsustainable waste management will be difficult without collaboration. However, this is given by the fact that the challenges identified can be solved. The identified challenges in the study were mainly problems with quality assurance on reusable materials, inventory and resource inefficiency. In this study it has emerged that when it comes to starting reuse in collaboration consisting all types of building materials, there are factors that must be resolved before it will be possible. Something that stands in the way of implementing it today. On the other hand, there are no major obstacles towards reusing standardized building materials for temporary work since the quality assurance issue in the form of a guarantee is not relevant and that there is a need for such material during the entire building process, which solves the problem of inventory. To begin work on this, digital platforms that already exist today could be used as a marketplace, where a restriction is placed on who may buy the material. It could also be as simple as keeping a closer communication between projects. Finally it can be concluded that, after a period of time, an implementation of this type of reverse logistics, focused on reuse in collaboration, will be able to reduce the amount of waste compared to today. This will create a more circular economy in limited urban areas, whilst contributing to a more sustainable development.

<p> This report examines the dynamic response of a 0. 5 metre pilot scale rotating biological contactor when operated under transient influent conditions. Experimental data are presented for two modes of operation: carbon oxidation and carbon oxidation plus nitrification. During the carbon oxidation experimental runs, a 2.0 metre RBC was operated in parallel with the 0.5 metre RBC, thus allowing comparisons in the performance of the units. </p> <p> When the 0. 5 metre RBC was operated under nitrifying conditions, it was found that the effluent filterable TKN responded positively to influent variations in filterable TKN loading, TKN concentration and hydraulic loading. Transfer f unction noise models were developed which successfully predicted the time varying effluent TKN response. The response in effluent filterable TKN was predicted most precisely by influent TKN loading. Models based on influent TKN concentration and flow were not as precise in predicting effluent response. The effluent response of the 0.5 metre RBC was found to be greater than the response of activated sludge pilot units when operated at similar levels of removal. </p> <p> When the 0. 5 metre RBC was operated in the carbon oxidation 'mode, significant effluent responses were observed for carbon loading and concentration. Little correlation was found between influent flow and effluent carbon concentration. Operating under identical conditions, the 2.0 m RBC showed significant responses to carbon loading, carbon concentration and flow. </p> / Thesis / Master of Engineering (MEngr)

Разработана и исследована методика выбора подрядчика заказчиком или генподрядчиком для строительно-монтажных работ. / The methodology of selecting a contractor by the customer or general contractor for construction and installation works has been developed and investigated.

Autonomous machines and vehicles are on the rise today, seen in different industries such as mining, agriculture, and road transportation. However, this technological shift has not yet had any significant breakthrough in the forestry industry, where manned harvesters and forwarders are used. Since the challenges with technological shifts and radical innovations often are business model-related rather than technical, this study takes a business-oriented approach. The previous research has been mainly focused on the critical technical aspects of autonomous forest machines. Therefore, this study will focus on the business model aspects for their commercialization. This study was conducted as a single case study focusing on the business conditions for commercializing autonomous forest machines in the Swedish forestry industry. The study also discusses four potential networked business models for autonomous forest machines. The primary data source was semi-structured interviews with 12 representatives from forest machine manufacturers, forest companies, forestry service contractor firms, and researchers. The study shows that the role of a traditional forestry service contractor will diminish relative to autonomous forest machines. Moreover, incumbent manufacturers will probably face a business model dilemma related to commercializing autonomous forest machines. On the contrary, forest companies will benefit the most from autonomous forest machines. Therefore, the study suggests that this type of actor should take a leading role in facilitating technology and business development. The study also shows that this potential technology shift will enable new actors, such as IT or software companies, to take an essential role by operating fleets of autonomous forest machines in the future. / Autonoma maskiner och fordon är på frammarsch idag vilket kan ses inom olika typer av branscher som gruvdrift, jordbruk och vägtransporter. Detta teknologiska skifte har ännu inte fått något betydande genombrott inom skogsindustrin där bemannade skördare och skotare används. Eftersom utmaningarna med teknologiska skiften och radikala innovationer ofta är affärsmodellsrelaterade snarare än tekniska, tar denna studie ett affärsorienterat perspektiv. Den tidigare forskningen har mestadels varit fokuserad på de viktigaste tekniska aspekterna av autonoma skogsmaskiner, därför kommer denna studie istället att fokusera på affärsmodellsaspekterna för kommersialiseringen. Studien genomfördes som en fallstudie med fokus på de affärsmässiga förutsättningarna för att kommersialisera autonoma skogsmaskiner inom den svenska skogsindustrin. Studien diskuterar också fyra potentiella nätverksbaserade affärsmodeller för autonoma skogsmaskiner. Semistrukturerade intervjuer med 12 representanter från skogsmaskinstillverkare, skogsbolag, skogsentreprenörsföretag och forskare utgjorde den huvudsakliga datakällan för studien. Studien visar att rollen som en traditionell skogsentreprenör har i dagens skogsbruk kommer att minska i förhållande till autonoma skogsmaskiner i framtiden. Dessutom kommer etablerade skogsmaskintillverkare troligen att möta ett affärsmodellsdilemma relaterat till kommersialisering av autonoma skogsmaskiner. Skogsbolagen kommer att dra mest nytta av autonoma skogsmaskiner och studien tyder på att denna typ av aktörer bör ta en ledande roll för att underlätta teknik- och affärsmodellsutveckling. Studien visar också att detta potentiella teknikskifte kommer att göra det möjligt för nya typer av aktörer, såsom IT- eller mjukvaruföretag, att ta en viktig roll i framtidens skogsbruk genom att ansvara för driften av autonoma skogsmaskinflottor.

Digital transformation has become a hot topic both amongst practitioners and researchers. However, a vast majority of industries are struggling with collecting the benefits from digital transformation, and the Swedish earth-moving industry is no exception. Identity is seldomly further explored, although it is often mentioned as a factor to consider in digital transformation. Furthermore, the role of the employees is central, yet often underestimated. Thus, this study revolves around heavy equipment operators and their professional identity in digital transformation. Hence, the purpose of this study is to investigate how the professional identity of the heavy equipment operators affects digital transformation of the earth-moving industry. To fulfill the purpose, this study aims to use a combination of previous theories regarding professional identity. This to explain current and anticipate future supportive and resistive behaviors towards digital transformation. The findings are based on an exploratory case study of heavy equipment operators and an extensive literature review of prior research of professional identity. The findings showcase that heavy equipment operators' professional identity is mainly rooted in their prior socialization and similar values of impacting their surroundings. Furthermore, this study found that concerns of not having the skills required by the changes as a resistive behavior are likely to become more prominent in the future. This is because although digital technologies lower the maneuvering skills, they require other skills. Also, digital technologies are often appreciated although they are often adopted in a reactive way which slows down digital transformation of the earth-moving industry. Furthermore, this study shows that there are multiple aspects of professional identity to consider and provides a comprehensive understanding of the interdependencies amongst the elements in professional identity. / Digital transformation har blivit ett aktuellt ämne både bland företagare och forskare. En stor majoritet av företag och branscher kämpar dock med att framgångsrikt gå igenom en digital transformation, där den svenska maskinentreprenadbranschen inte är ett undantag. Identitet utforskas sällan vidare trots att det ofta nämns som en faktor att beakta vid digital transformation. Samtidigt är individernas roll central i en förändring, men ofta underskattad. Således kretsar denna studie kring maskinförare och deras yrkesidentitet i en digital transformation. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur yrkesidentiteten hos maskinförare påverkar den digitala transformationen av maskinentreprenadbranschen. För att uppnå syftet ämnar denna studie till att först kombinera tidigare teorier kring yrkesidentitet till ett ramverk. Därefter använda ramverket till att förklara nuvarande och förutse framtida stödjande och hindrande beteenden mot digital transformation. Resultaten är baserade på en fallstudie av maskinförare och en omfattande litteraturstudie av tidigare forskning om yrkesidentitet. Resultaten visar att maskinförares yrkesidentitet huvudsakligen härstammar från deras tidigare socialisering och att de även har liknande värderingar av att påverka deras omgivning. Denna studie visade att oro för att inte ha de färdigheter som krävs av förändringarna sannolikt kommer bli mer framträdande i framtiden. Detta beror på att även om digital teknik sänker kraven för manövrering så kräver de andra typer av färdigheter. Vidare så uppskattas digital teknik oftast, men de antas på ett reaktivt sätt som saktar ner digital transformation av maskinentreprenadbranschen. Avslutningsvis visar denna studie att det finns flera aspekter av yrkesidentitet att överväga och ger en omfattande förståelse för det ömsesidiga beroendet mellan elementen i yrkesidentitet.

La sous-traitance est une pratique constante dans le domaine de la construction, en raison de ses atouts économiques et techniques. Par cette pratique, les sous-traitants effectuent des travaux sans être, sur le plan juridique, liés contractuellement au maître de l’ouvrage. Comment assurer le paiement de leurs créances, eu égard au risque de défaillance de l'entrepreneur. Le législateur a prévu un régime légal de protection et la pratique a élaboré des mécanismes. Le régime légal, bien qu’il assure efficacement la protection des créances des sous-traitants, comporte certaines faiblesses dans son application qui peuvent causer des inconvénients aux sous-traitants et au propriétaire. L’assurance de titres et des retenues de fonds par l’institution financière ou le notaire peuvent pallier ces difficultés pour le propriétaire. Les mécanismes de protection élaborés par la pratique, tels que le cautionnement et les garanties monétaires, accroissent la protection des sous-traitants lorsqu’ils sont utilisés parallèlement au régime légal et profitent au propriétaire. / Subcontracting is an established practice in the construction industry, because of its economic and technical strengths. Through this practice, sub-contractors perform work without being contractually bound to the client. How to ensure payment of their claims, given the risk of default by the contractor. The legislature has provided a statutory system of protection and the practice has developed mechanisms. Although the statutory scheme ensures effective protection of subcontractors’ claims, it has certain weaknesses in its application, which may cause inconveniences to the subcontractors and the owner. Title insurance and the withholding of funds by the financial institution or notary can overcome these difficulties for the owner. The protection mechanisms developed through practice, such as bond and currency guarantees, increase the protection of subcontractors when used in conjunction with the statutory scheme and benefits the owner.

Les nouvelles technologies jouent un rôle croissant dans notre société. Le droit s’est interrogé sur la façon de rendre possible l’utilisation du support électronique dans un monde où seule l’utilisation du support papier était possible jusqu’à peu. L’objectif était d’éviter que la loi par son attachement au support papier n’entrave l’utilisation des nouvelles technologies et plus largement le développement des échanges en ligne. Dans ce contexte, la Commission des Nations Unies pour le Développement du Commerce International (CNUDCI) a développé les principes de neutralité technologique et d’équivalence fonctionnelle aux termes desquels les écrits électroniques sont considérés comme équivalents à ceux papiers s’ils sont en mesure d’endosser les mêmes fonctions que ces derniers. Le législateur français, s’inspirant des travaux de la CNUDCI, a modifié sa législation pour permettre la reconnaissance de la valeur juridique des actes passés par voie électronique. La reconnaissance de la valeur juridique des actes conclus par voie électronique laisse cependant subsister certaines questions relatives la protection du consentement de celui qui contracte en ligne. Le législateur français a ainsi élaboré des règles formalistes et dérogatoires au droit commun concernant la conclusion des contrats électroniques pour protéger le consommateur en ligne. / New technologies play a growing role in the modern world. Some concerns have therefore been raised to determine how to enable the legal use of electronic paper where until recently, only paper support had existed. The main role of such concerns was to avoid that the existing regulations might prejudice development of new technologies (and in a broader way, of online exchange) because only paper support was taken into account. In this context, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has developed the principles of technological neutrality and functional equivalence. Pursuant to those principles, electronic writing is considered as equivalent to paper writing as long as the same functions are maintained. The French legislator has sought inspiration in the works of the UNCITRAL to modify the French regulations regarding electronic support. Despite this recognition, some issues remain pending, especially regarding protection of the consent for the online contractor. In this respect, the French legislator has established formalist rules and rules that constitute exception to ordinary law.

La présente thèse est consacrée aux procédures de règlement des litiges en matière de construction internationale appliquant les contrats-types FIDIC en vertu desquels les litiges entre les parties à ces contrats peuvent être réglés par l’ingénieur, le comité de règlement des litiges (CRL), la procédure amiable et l’arbitrage. Sous l’angle du droit, toutes ces procédures sont favorisées. Cependant, il existe une limite. Le droit français distingue, dans la période de garantie des désordres, deux types de responsabilités - légale et contractuelle - de l’entrepreneur envers le maître de l’ouvrage de sorte que les procédures contractuelles ne s’appliquent pas aux litiges relatifs aux désordres relevant de la responsabilité légale. Cette limite n’existe pas en droit anglais et vietnamien selon lesquels tous litiges relatifs à la responsabilité de l’entrepreneur envers le maître de l’ouvrage pour des dommages de l’ouvrage relèvent de la responsabilité contractuelle et sont donc soumis à la procédure contractuelle. Quant à l’application de chaque procédure, la question la plus notable tient à la mise à exécution des décisions résultant de chaque procédure. Sur ce point, la reconnaissance de la valeur arbitrale dans la décision du DAB doit être considérée. En outre, pour que ces procédures soient efficaces dans la pratique, nous proposons à la FIDIC la modification de certaines stipulations autour de cette procédure et également de la procédure amiable de règlement des litiges. Quant à l’arbitrage, dans le contexte actuel, il n’est plus de mise de penser que l’arbitrage en droit et celui en équité ne sont qu’une alternative. On peut les combiner en vue de l’arbitrage en équité précédent et celui en droit subséquent. Dans le cas d’absence de convention des parties sur le droit applicable aux litiges, la primauté de l’arbitrage en équité au lieu de celui en droit mérite d’être considérée. Hormis ce problème, nous recherchons aussi un nouveau fondement pour reconnaître la jurisprudence arbitrale internationale selon lequel on reconnaît le droit des parties ainsi que des arbitres de se référer à la solution d’une sentence précédente dans le cas similaire lorsque les conditions pour appliquer une jurisprudence sont réunies. De surcroît, il convient de porter l’attention sur la détermination de la compétence du tribunal arbitral à l’égard du tiers-non signataire du contrat. Enfin, l’annulation de la sentence entraîne ipso facto la nullité de la clause d’arbitrage comme en droit vietnamien où cette disposition inadéquate nécessite d’être modifiée. / The subject of this thesis deals with international construction dispute settlement procedures stipulated in the FIDIC standard forms of contracts under which disputes between the parties to these contracts may be settled by the Engineer, the Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB), the amicable mechanism and arbitration.From the standpoint of law, these procedures are favored. However, there is a limit under French law. This limit lies in the fact that French law distinguishes, after handing over of the works, between two kinds of - legal and contractual - responsibilities of the contractor towards the employer. In this way, the contractual procedures do not apply to disputes relating to correct defective works which are relevant to legal liability of the contractor, which does not exist in English and Vietnamese laws where the contractor is only responsible towards the employer for damage to the work under the contract and so disputes between them has to be settled by the contractual procedure.In application of the contractual procedures, attention should be paid to the implementation of the decision from these procedures. On this point, the arbitral nature of DAB’s decision must be considered so that it can be rapidly enforced. In addition, in order to make these procedures effective in practice, we also propose that the FIDIC should modify certain points of the “claim, Dispute and Arbitration” clause.As far as arbitration is concerned, in the actual context, it is no longer correct to think that ex aequo and bono arbitration and arbitration in law are only an alternative but we can combine them for the purpose of previous fairness arbitration and subsequently the arbitration in law. In the absence of the parties' agreement on the rules of law to be applied by the arbitral tribunal, the tribunal shall assume the powers of an amiable compositor. Apart from this problem, we also seek a new basis for recognizing the precedent value of the international arbitral award according to which the right of the parties as well as arbitrators to refer to the solution of a previous award in the similar case is recognized when the conditions to apply a precedent are met. In addition, attention should be paid to the determination of the jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal towards the third-party non signatory to the arbitration clause. Finally, the setting aside of the award lead ipso facto to nullity of the arbitration clause as in Vietnamese law is an inadequate provision of the law that requires modification.

L’application du concept de développement durable à l’urbanisme suscite de nombreuses questions tant les contours de « l’urbanisme durable » et des « quartiers durables » paraissent flous. De nombreux outils ont été développés pour aider à la conception des « quartiers durables », souvent dérivés des outils de conception des bâtiments (LEED, BREAAM, HQE etc…) ; ils restent largement proposés et conduis par les Maîtres d’Oeuvre (MOE) et les Assistants à Maîtrise d’Ouvrage (AMO). Dans ce contexte, une question émerge, celle de savoir quel peut-être l’impact de ces outils sur les décisions et la conduite du projet urbain par la Maîtrise d’Ouvrage Urbaine (MOU). De plus, le projet urbain qui a pour objet la création d’un quartier ou « morceau de ville », fait appel à un large jeu d’acteurs et les questions soulevées par les outils d’aide à la conception dépassent largement le champ d’action de la MOU. Ceci posé, si le couple MOE et AMO peut « se contenter » de l’utilisation d’outils existants au regard de leurs missions respectives, la MOU, du fait de son rôle central et moteur dans le « quartier durable » a de son côté besoin de nouveaux process pour répondre aux enjeux de la durabilité posés par ces outils : comment travailler avec les différents acteurs en vue d’objectifs communs et/ou convergeants ? Se pose alors la problématique de l’évolution des méthodes de travail de la MOU au fil des opérations d’aménagement durable ; comment ne pas avoir de « pertes en ligne » et ainsi continuer à progresser entre deux opérations d’aménagements : la capitalisation des savoir-faire du « chef d’orchestre » qu’est la MOU est alors un questionnement central. / The application of the concept of sustainable development to urban planning raises many questions as the contours of "sustainable urbanism" and "sustainable neighborhoods" appear to be unclear. Many tools have been developed to help design "sustainable neighborhoods", often derived from building design tools (LEED, BREAAM, HQE etc ...); they remain largely proposed and led by the Project Managers (MOE) and the Assistants to Project Managers (AMO). In this context, a question arises, which is to know what may be the impact of these tools on the decisions and the conduct of the urban project by the Urban Contractor (MOU). In addition, the urban project, which aims to create a neighborhood or "piece of town", involves a wide range of actors and the questions raised by the Neighborhood Sustainable Assement (NSA) go well beyond the scope of action of the MOU. If the MOE and AMO couple can "be satisfied" using the existing tools regarding their respective missions; the MOU, because of its central role and driving force in the "sustainable neighborhood" is in need of new processes to meet the challenges of sustainability requested by these tools: how to work with the different actors aiming a shared vision with common and / or converging objectives? Then naturaly the problem of the evolution of the working methods of the MOU is posed: during the conduct of the neighborhood development, how not to have "losses online" and thus continue to progress between two neighborhood development: the capitalization of the know-how of the MOU starts to become the central question.

本研究以中鼎工程公司為個案，針對各專業設計部門主管以問卷調查的方式，探討國際統包工程公司設計部門應有的核心能耐，並採取知識管理的觀點，探討此核心能耐的建構機制。 研究結果發現國際統包工程公司設計部門的核心能耐為「工程設計整合能力」。此整合能力包括（一）跨設計部門整合（二）軟硬體資訊平台整合（三）EPCK整合（四）專案目標整合（五）企業文化整合。國際統包工程公司為確保設計的品質，會訂定嚴謹的作業準則、進行紮實的教育訓練；並全力發展整合性設計平台，以縮短設計時程與減少重做成本；除此之外，也強調總成本觀念，在設計階段即考量採購、建造與試車的各種要求。國際統包工程公司為能在國際市場充分發揮出團隊的效能，設計人員需具備充分的專業技術能力，並輔之以管理領導能力與英語溝通能力。而公司的企業文化，諸如專業、誠信、團隊合作與創新，則是促進整合的關鍵底蘊。業主對國際統包工程公司品牌商譽特別重視，品牌商譽是所有努力的綜合結果，有賴長期的蓄積。國際統包工程公司設計部門為蓄積核心能耐，會致力促使知識載體與知識活動產生正向循環，以提升競爭優勢。 研究結果也提出個案公司亟待努力的改善建議，包括（一）應持續召募適合員工，以利長遠之發展，就既有之人力斷層，則應加速訓練養成（二）應加強供應鏈管理，嚴格管控設備廠商設計文件到位時程（三）應採取適切的績效考核與究責方式，使員工產生積極整合態度（四）應加強設計、採購、建造與試車部門之間的互動（五）應加強投入公司層級的研發活動（六）應加強與Licenser和Client等之合作，以拓展上游端（基本設計）與下游端（試車）的核心能耐。 / This case study investigates the core competence of the engineering department of international turnkey contractors and the establishing mechanism of such competence in terms of knowledge management. A survey is conducted on the engineering department managers of CTCI Corporation to supplement this study. Results show that engineering design integration is the core competence of the engineering department of international turnkey contractors. This includes the integration of (1) engineering departments, (2) hardware and software information platforms, (3) EPCK, (4) project objectives, and (5) corporate culture. International turnkey contractors will establish strict SOPs and provide solid education and training to ensure the quality of engineering work, and develop integrated design platforms to shorten design lead-time and reduce rework cost. Additionally, they emphasize cost concepts and consider the procurement, construction and commissioning requirements right at the beginning of design. Designers are equipped with adequate professional core competence, management and leadership competence, and English communication competence for international turnkey contractors to fully display team efficiency. Meanwhile, corporate culture, such as professionalism, sincerity, teamwork, and innovation, are also the keys to integration. As brand reputation is the synergy of all efforts and long-term accumulation, project owners pay special attention to the contractor’s brand reputation. Therefore the contractor’s engineering department is devoted to promote positive circulation of knowledge carriers and activities in order to build up core competence and enhance competitiveness. Suggestions for immediate improvement of the case company were also proposed, including (1) continue to recruit suitable employees to facilitate long-term development and accelerate training process to close the gap of existing interrupted staffing; (2) strengthen supply chain management and apply strict deadline on suppliers’ technical documents; (3) adopt appropriate and fair performance assessment to motivate employees; (4) encourage interactions among engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning departments; (5) reinforce corporate level R&D activities; and (6) promote cooperation with licenser and client to expand upstream (basic design) and downstream (commissioning) core competence.