Quality assurance of Construction projects and create effective ways of working, is intoday's pressed position, major objectives for building contractor companies. This thesis is an attempt to see if it is possible to achieve these goals with the new modern tool iPad.The author of this thesis has during the latter half of his one year practice work in Uppsala for the Swedish building Construction company NCC Construction Sverige AB, conducted a study on the possibility of using the iPad on an Construction site. This has been done with active field studies in which applications have been tested and also the supervisors receptive. The usability of the iPad has always been in focus since it is important that the applications are easy to use and easy to learn.The results of the work, as presented in this report, points at opportunities in efficiency if the iPad is introduced and used on Construction site. There are many useful applications for the iPad, and with a system that can handle the synchronization between the iPad and the computer, the workflow will be streamlined significantly..

The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the working method partnering has been welcomed in the Swedish Construction company NCC and find possible explanations to this. The theoretical background used to understand and discuss our findings mainly builds on value and network dynamics. The empirical study is of a qualitative nature and builds upon 13 semi-structured interviews and the participation in a two-day start up workshop with 21 representatives from involved parties. The study shows that partnering has been positively accepted at NCC. Possible explanations for this can be found in the contrast the method represents to the traditional way of working within the Construction industry.

The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the availability of Construction materials affect children's Constructions and play. Observations were made when the children were allowed to play and build with very little and much of the material play-doh dough in preschool. The study is aimed at children aged 3 ? 5 years. Interviews were also conducted with educators in departments where the children spent time to give support to this study.The result shows that the children create as many designs of any material amount.

Study objects: JM, Folkhem and ABB.Purpose: The purpose with this study are to examine how the supplier relations are in the Construction branch and compare that result with how the supplier relations are for ABB a production company.Theoretical: The theoretical chapter illustrates important and relevant parts of supplier relations, purchasing and supplier strategies to give good overview. The theoretical review will combine information from different fields to consent with the research problem.Method: A case study has been made on three different companies, one of the companies was active in the production industry the other two were active in the Construction industry. Data was mainly collected through semi structured interviews on each of the three companies.Conclusions: The size of the company decided which point of view the company had on purchasing, traditional or modern view. All three companies had a centralized purchasing organization but the Construction firms were more decentralized than the production company. The reason was that the Construction firms were dependent with more flexibility when every Construction project is unique..

In Sweden there are 299 000 working in the Construction industry. The Construction industry is one of the industries where most accidents occur every year. During the last ten years there have been 111 death accidents in the Construction industry and 48 of them were falling accidents. That means, in average, one death accident every month.Falling accidents gives serious injuries to the persons who are affected by them. It is anticipated that this report will investigate the factors beyond the falling accidents and also to present proposals that can decrease the number of falling accidents in the future.To secure a healthy and safe Construction site it is of great importance that both the employers and the employees cooperate towards the same goal.

Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) is currently used more and more within Construction design and planning as well as Construction as a streamlining tool aiming to improve communication and decrease the number of Construction defects. VDC is constantly developing, but what comes next? The augmented reality (AR) technology is currently not used within Construction in Sweden but should be considered as the next step in line regarding the integration of reality and digital information. Using this technology design can become reality even before it?s actually built.The purpose of this study has been to carry out an inventory of the existing AR technology and its shortcomings, and also to identify possible applications within the Construction phase.

A large cost at the Construction sites today is the labour cost of the workers. But unfortunately the worker potential is not used to full. It is not unusual to take into a count with a work-­?place-­?additional-­?time of 50% in some cases. By increasing the workers' motivation and responsibility for their tasks may reduce the time considerably, which also increases the potential for greater gains in Construction projects.By using the situational leadership may the workers level of maturity develop entirely.

This diploma work was conducted in collaboration with the Swedish civil engineeringConstruction company Skanska Construction in Stockholm. Their interest is todevelop a number of type approved form Constructions which can be used during theConstruction of concrete walls. Skanska focuses on improving safety on their projectsand both supervisors and workers have a need for approved form Constructions inthe current situation.The study is focused on safety and the purpose is to facilitate the preparation beforethe form work can begin. By studying the literature of the subject and conductinterviews with employees at Skanska Construction, the understanding of the issueand knowledge will be increased.Literature studies, interviews together with production and design have been thebasis for a successful study. The work has resulted in three types of approved formConstructions to Skanska Construction and the drawings can be used of employees atthe company.

This Diploma work investigates internal air ventilated crawl-space in respect to Construction and damp. The Diploma work assumes from a general description of crawl-space and general dump problems in ground Construction. An internal air ventilated crawl-space is a Construction where you take the ventilation air from the building and bring it down to the crawl-space and lets the air circulate before it passes through a retaining aggregate on the way out from the crawl-space. In this matter you get a worm space under the building and a lot less dump problems in form of · Ground damp · Build damp The ground dump reduces through draining around the building, different layer of gravel between the ground and the building and ventilation of the crawl- space. The build dump reduces through ventilation of the crawl-space as fast as possible.

A new site- and Construction-law came into effect in May 2011. The new law, PBL2010:900 implies several different changes of the law. These changes concern bothconstructors, people working in municipality and county councils and other peoplethat in some way are related to the building sector. Except from the change in orderof the chapters and the renewed and modernized language, the law has now beenextended with a few new phases.According to the new law a certificate has to be issued to start and finish theConstruction; the Construction consulting has changed name into technical consultingand the protocol for the controls has to show what the control is being compared to.This diploma work concerns control visits on Construction sites as related to the newlaw. The reason why visits on Construction sites are now implemented in the law isbecause the government saw a lack of trustworthiness in the old law.

Title Becoming involved in the planning process - from the Construction workers perspective.University/Institution Halmstad UniversityKeywordsEmpowerment through participation, Construction workers involvement in decision making in the planning process, knowledge management and communication in the planning process, partnering, human resource managementAimThe aim of this bachelor thesis is to provide knowledge and examine how Construction workers perceive involvement in the planning process of partnering projects, what they can contribute and what they get out of the planning process.Methodology The study was conducted with a qualitative approach in the form of semi-structured interviews.          The interview studie consist of 10 interviews with Construction workers who are specially educated in participating in the planning process at the company ByggDialog AB.ConclusionAll respondents are positive to be involved in the planning process. The main advantages they can see is that they are able to influence technical solutions and methods that will be used later on in the production. Therefore it is important to consider when Construction workers should be involved in the planning process so that they get the chance to influence in this decisions.When it comes to the decision making the Construction workers should be involved in the decisions that are related to their tasks in the production such as technical solutions, choice of methods and materials. Their main duties and working hours should be in the production.Involvement in planning does not automatically mean that the Construction workers are involved in the decision making, it is up to them how much they participate.

This thesis work was made to optimize the writing of the Construction specificationsat FKA. These Construction specifications are created before each plant modificationsthat is started because requirements from the Swedish radiation safety authority(SSM) and internally on Forsmarks nuclear group as Constructions / implementationdocumentationThe study was done through seven interviews of two people at three different groupsinvolved in the Construction specification and an interview from the group accreditedverification. The four selected groups were selected through an extensive analyticalwork resulted in an elimination matrix where these four groups was considered to bemost involved with the Construction specification.The questions asked to these individuals were based on the instructions and sampletext that are described in the Construction specification. To ensure the quality of thethesis were to limit itself to the chapters that were considered most relevant toimprove. The analysis revealed a number of points that should be improved, partlyinto the routines when writing the Construction specification and when ether sampletext or suggestions should be changed and complemented.

The purpose of this study was to examine how pre-school teachers in Montessori inspired and traditional preschools can work with build and Construction with the older children, and what views the pre-school teachers might have on the subject.  The study was implemented through qualitative semi-structured interviews with pre-school teachers. The investigational method was chosen due to the fact that I wanted to gain knowledge about the pre-school teachers? views and perspectives on build and Construction activities, and how they might work with it. Another reason was to examine how the view on, and the work with build and Construction can resemble and differ between Montessori inspired pre-schools and traditional pre-schools.The result shows that there is both similarities and diverseness between the Montessori influenced pre-schools and the traditional pre-schools, when it comes to how the pre-school teachers reason and work with build and Construction.

AbstractToday, too many Construction projects are delayed and deviates from the budget. Agood project management is the basis for successful Construction project. The mostcommon planning methods in the Construction industry is currently Gantt chart andCPM. The problem with these is that focus is only at the time of the project anddoesn?t handle the budget.

AbstractThe development of the Construction industry is slower compared to other industries. This implies that there must be improvements in this field. One step to increased effectiveness in Construction projects is making the Construction process more efficient, therefore resulting in a positive result for both the actual Construction project and for the overall branch. The purpose of this study is to identify areas for improvement within the municipal housing company Gavlegårdarna completed Construction project, who will then contribute to increased efficiency in their upcoming projects. The work has been performed with the help of two case studies examine Construction projects "Fullriggaren" and "The three nursing homes." Opinions about what could have improved the efficiency of these Construction projects further have been collected with the help of an interview study among some of the project participants involved in both projects.There have been many studies addressing the topic of how the Construction process can be streamlined and similar studies that have been previously conducted.