Investigating staff capabilities to make projects resilient: A systematic literature review and future directions

J Ram - International Journal of Production Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Projects are increasingly confronted with uncertainties and unexpected events, which
necessitate having capabilities to build resilience to cope with such events. Yet, the …

Project Manager's Skills for improving the performance of complex projects in Kuwait Construction Industry: A Review

F Alshammari, K Yahya, ZB Haron - IOP Conference Series …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The role of project manager is one of the crucial factors in achieving project success. Project
managers handling large and complex construction projects have to deal with several …

A study of the soft skills possessed and required in the construction sector

A van Heerden, MB Jelodar, G Chawynski, S Ellison - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soft skills are essential to employability and retention; therefore, if obtained and observed,
they can significantly reduce sector-wide turnover. This study aims to investigate and …

Barriers to lean construction implementation in Zimbabwe

T Moyo, B Chigara - Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Increased waste during projects execution has led to time and cost overruns within
the Zimbabwean construction projects industry. However, contextual barriers to lean …

Patterns of skill sets for multiskilled laborers based on construction job advertisements using web scraping and text analytics

HJ Oh, S Chang, B Ashuri - Journal of Management in Engineering, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
The major objective of this research is to investigate what skill sets are desirable to utilize a
multiskilled labor force in the construction industry using web scraping and text analytics …

Investigating the Leadership and Visionary Capabilities to Make Projects Resilient: Processes, Challenges, and Recommendations

J Ram, T Dolla - Project Management Journal, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
We report three-pronged findings on the application of leadership and visionary capabilities
to make projects resilient. The data collected through 33 qualitative interviews were …

[PDF][PDF] Influence of subcontractor risk management on quality performance of building construction projects in Ghana

E Adinyira, K Agyekum, JC Danku… - … of Construction in …, 2020 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
This study intended to examine the influence subcontractor risk management has on the
quality performance of building construction projects. Using a quantitative research method …

Assessment of performance of teamwork in construction projects delivery in South-Southern Nigeria

ET Adu, A Opawole - Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Effort towards improving project performance has necessitated the need for
effective teamwork among the stakeholders in the construction industry. The purpose of this …

The challenges of land development for housing provision in New Zealand

WM Shahzad, A Hassan, JOB Rotimi - Journal of Housing and the Built …, 2022 - Springer
The land development process in New Zealand is criticised for causing delays in the
delivery of adequate housing. These delays upset the demand and supply equilibrium …

Expected competencies of construction project managers in Zimbabwe

T Moyo, B Chigara - Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Increased construction risk due to the complexity and numerous construction
performance challenges requires improved construction project managers' competence …