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Construction related factors influencing the choice of concrete floor systems

Designers have a wide choice of concrete floor systems for their buildings. They can choose from three basic types available: in situ, precast or hybrid construction. A survey was conducted within the UK construction industry to investigate, in particular, the construction related factors influencin...

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Main Authors: Idrus, A B, Newman, J B
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Published: Taylor and Francis 2002
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TH Building construction
Online Access:http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5347/1/CME.pdf
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spelling my.utp.eprints.53472017-01-19T08:27:41Z Construction related factors influencing the choice of concrete floor systems Idrus, A B Newman, J B TH Building construction Designers have a wide choice of concrete floor systems for their buildings. They can choose from three basic types available: in situ, precast or hybrid construction. A survey was conducted within the UK construction industry to investigate, in particular, the construction related factors influencing the choice of concrete floor systems. The data collected were subjected to frequency and severity index analyses, Kendall's concordance test and the chi-squared tests to produce a rank ordering of 12 construction related factors. Five factors were identified as being the most important, namely 'appropriateness of use', 'cost', 'constructability', 'speed' and 'health and safety'. These five factors reflect current industry emphasis, and therefore could be adopted as the principal criteria for evaluating and selecting concrete floor systems during the design stage. They could also be used as assessment criteria for developing future systems. Taylor and Francis 2002 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5347/1/CME.pdf Idrus, A B and Newman, J B (2002) Construction related factors influencing the choice of concrete floor systems. Construction Management and Economics, 20 (1). pp. 13-19. ISSN 01446193 http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5347/
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Idrus, A B
Newman, J B
Construction related factors influencing the choice of concrete floor systems
description Designers have a wide choice of concrete floor systems for their buildings. They can choose from three basic types available: in situ, precast or hybrid construction. A survey was conducted within the UK construction industry to investigate, in particular, the construction related factors influencing the choice of concrete floor systems. The data collected were subjected to frequency and severity index analyses, Kendall's concordance test and the chi-squared tests to produce a rank ordering of 12 construction related factors. Five factors were identified as being the most important, namely 'appropriateness of use', 'cost', 'constructability', 'speed' and 'health and safety'. These five factors reflect current industry emphasis, and therefore could be adopted as the principal criteria for evaluating and selecting concrete floor systems during the design stage. They could also be used as assessment criteria for developing future systems.
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Newman, J B
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title_short Construction related factors influencing the choice of concrete floor systems
title_full Construction related factors influencing the choice of concrete floor systems
title_fullStr Construction related factors influencing the choice of concrete floor systems
title_full_unstemmed Construction related factors influencing the choice of concrete floor systems
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url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5347/1/CME.pdf
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