The group had until recently managed to survive the downturn in construction industry and was behind a number of key construction projects.
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, USA (DK-085065 to SZ), the National Nature Science Foundation of China (81270778, 81470920 to SZ), and Key Discipline Construction Project of Pudong Health Bureau of Shanghai, China (PWZx2014-06 to SZ).
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/14/253/prepub This work was funded by the Key Discipline Construction Project of Pudong Health Bureau of Shanghai (Grant No. PWZxk2010-09) and the Science and Technology Development Grant of Pudong New Area of Shanghai (Grant No. PKJ2011-Y08).
Hydropower station is one of key energy construction projects in china.
These key findings, in terms of challenges, also lend support to the classification of the key challenges for construction project management in remote construction projects, such as human resources, cost, time, scope, and quality management; procurement and risk management, infrastructure and communication.
Information plays a key role in construction project management.
Procurement is a key process in construction project management.
A further, and crucial, factor has been that some of the key players in the construction project, including Bechtel, have agreed, in effect, to take on a waiver if there are delays and cost overruns, paying some of the costs themselves: this has concentrated their own minds, and reassured their insurers.
Consideration of groundwater is a key element in almost every construction project.
The present work analyzes the expectations and relationships of the three key stakeholders involved in the construction project management process: the construction Promoter (the company that finances, owns and represents the interests of the client), the project designers (the company that elaborates the construction project) and the builder (the company that executes the construction project).
Meanwhile, as the government lobbies for the removal of sanctions on key industries, large construction projects for new ports and oil refineries are in the works, promising job creation and economic revitalisation in the provinces.
