821 research outputs found
Post-COVID-19 BIM adoption, Challenges and Perspectives among AEC firms in Africa: Case of Morocco
No full textThe COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the remote potential of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to enable Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) operators to sustain work under the resulting challenging circumstances. Some studies pointed out the post-COVID-19 context of BIM use in several regions, but none in Africa. Therefore, based on a mixed-method design, this study aims to fill this research gap and provides a reference for BIMrelated parameters in Africa including BIM adoption, challenges and perspectives by considering Morocco as a case study. This study disclosed that the COVID-19 occurrence fastened BIM adoption among Moroccan AEC operators by 19% and urged governmental initiatives toward BIM adoption regulation but confirmed that these are still insufficient compared to the significant identified BIM challenges. This paper confirmed that personal and government-related challenges are the most critical BIM challenges in Africa and highlighted that BIM faces 2 more considerable challenges in Morocco caused by a considerable loophole in local regulation. In this vein, the paper provides remedy actions to lessen the impacts of identified challenges and smoothen BIM adoption. © 2023 by CITC-13
Empirical Approach to Understand the Knowledge Management Process
No full textKnowledge Management (KM) is a process that focuses on knowledge-related activities to facilitate knowledge creation, capture, transformation and use, with the ultimate aim of leveraging organisations' intellectual capital to achieve organisational objectives. The KM process receives input from its context (e.g. internal business environment), and produces output (i.e. knowledge). It is argued that the validity of such knowledge should be justified by business performance. The study, this paper reports on, provides enhanced team climate. Despite the existing literature within the context of construction highlighting the importance of such factors, empirical studies addressing their impacts on firm-level innovation diffusion and business performance are sparse. To overcome this deficiency, a conceptual model was developed to be used for empirical investigation. This paper details the theoretical development of such a model and outlines a research method and plan of future research activities.Griffith Sciences, Griffith School of EngineeringFull Tex
Millenaire de la Mosquee-Universite d’el Azhar
No full textpage, Plate 1: History of Cairo and al-Azhar - plans of al-Azhar and surrounding area in 1940 and the 1000 years previou
A Research Framework for Investigating Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in Hong Kong
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PPP is a general term covering all contracted relationships between the public and private sectors to produce a public asset or to deliver a public service. Its major advantage lies in utilising resources from the private sector to alleviate some of the financial burdens of the government.\ud
The Asian financial turmoil in the late 1990s has imposed enormous pressure on the budget of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government. With a continuous outcry for better public services due to the rapid development of Hong Kong, alternative financing models need to be sought to ensure sustainability. Hong Kong has the advantage of being the international gateway to Mainland China, and with this benefit has attracted overseas enterprises to base their offices in Hong Kong for the Asian market. Obviously the private sector has much to contribute.\ud
The HKSAR Government has realised the benefits of using PPP in Hong Kong as well as the success achieved overseas. But a more thorough research is needed to develop the most suitable practice of PPP in terms of project nature, project complexity, project type and project scale under which PPP is most appropriate for Hong Kong.\ud
This paper provides an initial report of a research project being funded by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of the HKSAR. The project aims to evaluate the benefits and risks of PPP adopted in Australia and the United Kingdom, and from these previous experiences to develop a best practice framework for implementing PPP in Hong Kong. It firstly reports on the status of PPP development trend and the hands-on experiences which have been drawn in these countries. Qualitative and quantitative research methods applied in conducting the research are discussed. The likely impacts of the study are highlighted. It is believed that the construction industry and the government would benefit a lot as a result of this study, and further procurement and project financing options would be opened up for delivering better future public service
Long term Indonesian construction industry’s aggregate productivity simulation considering overall business environment
No full textCompetitiveness of Indonesian Construction Industry is in question. It is necessary to address the problem soonest so that persistence situation can be improved. To find the solution for this problem this research therefore conducted. The research are conducted in two steps, the purpose of the first step is to determine the problem of the Indonesian construction industry, second step is to built a soft system dynamics model through a soft system modelling and structural equation modelling. Data were collected from various sources such as World Bank Institute, Freedom House, International Corruption Watch, UNDP, Indonesian Statistics Office and Bank Indonesia. Primary data was collected from Indonesian Construction Industry Players. This study indicates that: higher educated human resources in construction industry are not effectively support the productivity of the industry; construction industry players tend to consider short term benefit than long term sustainability and growth; strategic planning time horizon consideration contribute significantly in long term productivity. It is suggested that to improve productivity of Indonesian construction industry several step should be taken: marketing orientation should be changed toward more sophisticated project, institution for collaboration in construction industry should be initiated and high governance should be established and maintaine
Lesson learned corrective action in internal factors of construction company in Indonesia
No full textIn improving Indonesia construction companies’ ability to compete, anticipative steps by determining various improvements and corrections in construction companies are needed to increase the company’s quality performance. Several factors that influence and determine the success of a construction company can be grouped into internal factors, external factors, and market forces. Internal factors in a company are important factors and have the effect of approximately 42% towards the company’s success. Management, equipment, human resources, corporate culture and finance dominate the internal factors’ influence towards the success of a construction company. The research objective discussed in this paper is to identify the causes of internal factor problems in construction companies and their corrective action recommendations. Corrective actions are needed to fix the problems and it depends upon the cause and the effect of the problems in construction companies. The methods used are literature studies and survey to identify the problems including their effects and causes, also their corrective actions. Analyses used in this research are Statistical Analysis, Monte Carlo simulation and Delphi Method. The results show that the corrective actions towards the problems in internal factors which are mostly corrective action during construction process and lesson-learned corrective action (preventive action)
STRUKTURALISME GENETIK DALAM NOVEL BELAJAR MENCINTAI KARYA AZHAR NURUN ALA
No full textPenelitian ini berjudul “Strukturalisme Genetik dalam Novel Belajar Mencintai Karya Azhar Nurun Ala “. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan strukturalisme genetik pada novel Belajar Mencintai karya Azhar Nurun Ala. Penelitian ini berbasis penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan strukturalisme genetik. Teknik analisis data, yaitu analisis unsur struktural novel, dan latar sosial budaya pengarang dalam novel Belajar Mencintai karya Azhar Nurun Ala, membuat kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian ini berupa (1) Unsur intrinsik yang terdapat pada novel Belajar Mencintai karya Azhar Nurun Ala, meliputi: (a) tema: kehidupan rumah tangga, (b) alur: campuran. (c) tokoh utama: aku dan istrinya digambarkan sebagai sepasang suami istri yang sedang mengarungi kehidupan rumah tangga, dengan segala macam ujian yang dihadapi tetap saling menguatkan dan percaya setiap masalah yang dihadapi akan mampu dilalui; tokoh tambahan: Salman, Reivo, Farid, Kang Adi, Ahimsa, Dion, Bapak dan ibu, serta Bapak dan Ibu mertua. (d) latar tempat: Universitas Indonesia, Gresik, Depok, Lampung Tengah, Rumah tinggal, Rumah sakit, Pasar, dan Bandar Harapan; latar waktu: pagi hari, malam hari, tahun 2013, 2014, 2015, dan 2017; latar sosial: kebudayaan Jawa yang meliputi kepercayaan masyarakat dahulu, (e) sudut pandang: sudut pandang orang pertama atau Akuan, (f) gaya bahasa: hiperbolis, dan menggunakan petikan pada setiap obrolan para tokoh. (2) Analisis strukturalisme genetik novel Belajar Mencintai karya Azhar Nurun Ala pada penelitian ini berfokus pada sosial budaya pengarang yang berisi biografi, kelompok sosial, kondisi ekonomi. Kesimpulan penelitian ini merujuk pada strukturalisme genetik dalan novel Belajar Mencintai karya Azhar Nurun Ala.
Kata kunci: Novel Belajar Mencintai, strukturalisme genetik
Millenaire de la Mosquee-Universite d’el Azhar
No full textpage, Plate XII: rendering of a night celebration at al-Azhar after proposed works are complete
Optimalisasi Kemampuan Membaca untuk Meningkatkan Kemahiran Menulis Dalam Bahasa Mandarin Mahasiswa Prodi Tiongkok Universitas Al Azhar Indonesia
No full textLearning writing skills in Mandarin is often something that is feared and less desirable because of the level of difficulty, because it requires a learning method that can overcome the obstacles faced by learners in this proficiency. This research seeks to provide an alternative method of learning to write by optimizing students' reading abilities. By using a qualitative approach, the author tries to optimize the reading of Chinese texts in learning activities to improve students' writing skills. From the results of this study, it is known that by providing more reading input, students also have more knowledge regarding the topic of writing and its development, better vocabulary mastery and understanding of good writing methods/methods so that it has a positive impact on the development and improvement of writing skills of students in MandarinKeywords – Mandarin, Writing Skills, Reading Abilities, Optimizing.
Kajian Dinamika Universitas Al-Azhar dan Reformasi Pendidikan di Mesir serta Pengaruhnya terhadap Dunia Islam
No full textUniversitas Al-Azhar adalah bukti pendidikan Islam tertua di dunia yang didirikan pada masa Dinasti Fatimiyah di Mesir serta difungsikan sebagai pusat kajian keislaman dan pusat penyebaran ajaran syi’ah Isma’iliyah. Seiring berjalannya waktu dan pergantian pemerintahan Islam, masjid al-Azhar berubah menjadi madrasah untuk menyebarkan Islam sunni dan sekarang telah menjadi universitas yang melahirkan banyak tokoh ulama yang melahirkan pandangan baru dan gagasan reformasi sehingga mempengaruhi perkembangan pendidikan dan dunia Islam di seluruh dunia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dinamika universitas dan reformasi pendidikan di Mesir yang berdampak pada umat Islam secara global, termasuk Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian pustaka dengan referensi dari buku, artikel dan analisis sejarah Al-Azhar. Hasil penelitian ini adalah pengetahuan al-Azhar dari dinasti Fatimiyah hingga saat ini, hal ini memotivasi umat Islam untuk terus menuntut ilmu dan memakmurkan masjid serta memajukan pendidikan Islam.Al-Azhar University is evidence of the oldest Islamic education in the world, which was founded during the Fatimid dynasty in Egypt and functions as a center for Islamic studies and a center for the spread of Isma\u27ili Shiite teachings. As time went by and changes in Islamic governments, the al-Azhar mosque turned into a madrasa to spread Sunni Islam and has now become a university that has produced many ulama figures who have given birth to new views and ideas for reform, thus influencing the development of education and the Islamic world throughout the world. This research aims to determine the dynamics of universities and educational reform in Egypt which have an impact on Muslims globally, including Indonesia. This research uses library research with references from books, articles and historical analysis of Al-Azhar. The results of this research are knowledge of al-Azhar from the Fatimid dynasty to the present, this motivates Muslims to continue studying and making the mosque prosperous and advancing Islamic education
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