Construction in Singapore – Key Trends and Opportunities to 2018 Synopsis This report provides detailed market analysis‚ information and insights into Singapore’s construction industry including: Singapore’s construction industry’s growth prospects by market‚ project type and type of construction activity Analysis of equipment‚ material and service costs across each project type within Singapore Critical insight into the impact of industry trends and issues‚ and the risks and opportunities
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Adoption of E-Commerce by SMES in the Construction Industry Introduction The internet has been growing in recent years at an alarming rate. It has revolutionised how businesses communicate and interact and opened new opportunities which ten years ago were almost inconceivable. With the help of the internet‚ technologies such as e-commerce make it possible to conduct international business transactions almost instantaneously and for a fraction of the cost of using traditional methods. Many businesses
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MAINTAINING QUALITY IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY What is Quality? The term quality means different things to different people. Some take it as the degree of excellence of a product while some take it to be the ability of a product to satisfy a need. According to the International Organization for Standardization‚ quality means “the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfils the requirement.” So what is the importance of quality in the construction industry? Every construction company faces
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ESTIMATING PROJECT TIMES AND COSTS Estimating is the process of forecasting or approximating the time and cost of completing project deliverables. Cost‚ time‚ and budget estimates are the support for control. Project status reports depend on reliable estimates as the major input for measuring variances and taking corrective action. Inaccurate estimates lead to false expectations and consumer dissatisfaction. There are reasons why estimating time and cost are important. Below are the following:
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TQM is a philosophy of management driven by the constant attainment of customer satisfaction through continuous improvement of all organizational processes‚ including employee participation‚ teamwork‚ and leadership. There are five key principles: -MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT 1) Plan (drive direct) 2) Do (deploy‚ support‚ and participate) 3) Check (review) 4) Act (recognize‚ communicate‚ revise) -EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT 1) Training 2) Suggestive Scheme 3) Measurement +
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Entire Contract Principle in Construction Industry Entire contract principle is an understanding and agreement that has always been a concern of many parties in the construction world. Construction activity is activities that constitute a complete unity and hard to be done partially. A variety of factors make a construction contract different from most other types of contracts. These include the length of the project‚ its complexity‚ its size and the fact that the price agreed and the amount of
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factors for the low-cost airline industry Figure 1 illustrates the process followed to determine the key success factors (KSF) in the low-cost airline industry. It is adapted from the process developed by Grant (2005: 93). The texts highlighted in red are the responses to the questions posed in the model and serves as the inputs to the discussion on the KSFs for the low-cost airline industry. Figure 1. Identifying key success factors in the low-cost airline industry. Cost As consumers become
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the oil shock of the 70s. The expensive gasoline has started a trend in the auto industry for fuel efficiency resulting in ever increasing emission standards. With the resulting loss of domestic market share‚ ACF is facing intense competition from not only other suppliers but other Bridgeton plants as well. The task of remaining cost competitive is daunting as outsourcing seems to be catching on as a way to cut costs. Overhead Burden Rate We have used direct labor as the allocation base to calculate
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000 deaths result from cigarette smoking and 41‚000 deaths result from secondhand smoke exposure. Nonetheless‚ tobacco use is the largest preventable cause of death and diseases every year in the United States. In addition‚ companies such as The Real Cost are advertising and appealing to youth and adults all over the country in order to save lives; indeed‚ advertising companies spend millions of dollars on anti-tobacco use ads‚ but tobacco companies advertise just as much; subsequently‚ the conflict
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in a business. The most promising opportunity at the time was in building supplies‚ so Low bought a business that specialized in sales of one size of nail. The annual volume of nails was 2‚000 kegs‚ and they were sold to retail customers in an even flow. Low was uncertain of how many nails to order at any time. Initially‚ only two costs concerned him: order-processing costs‚ which were $60 per order without regard to size‚ and warehousing costs‚ which were $1 per year per keg space. On average‚ the
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