The Use of Weather Website Data for Construction Project Decision-Making in The Short Term

Abstract In most work sites, it is a priority to keep the work going well and to avoid unforeseen incidents. Fluctuations in weather conditions are one of the factors affecting the continuity of work in construction projects. Indeed, for example, the temperature is important in concrete and asphalt works, and wind speed is important in lifting and high construction works. Therefore, taking the appropriate decision, starting and completing the work, is very important to maintain the quality of the project. This research aims to demonstrate the reliability of short-term decision-making through data taken from the weather site five days before the time to work. The data was collected for a month, five days before the intended day and on the same day, day and night, for different weather factors by weather location such as temperature, humidity, possibility of rain, Uv index, wind speed. By analyzing the data, it was found that there was little difference in those predictors of all the factors recorded. To conclude at the end of the study that it is possible to rely on the decision-making on the weather location in small and medium projects, but in large and sensitive projects, they need to rely on more accurate data than relying on weather location data.

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Parental Conflict, Regret, and Short-term Impact on Quality of Life in Tracheostomy Decision-Making

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine ◽

10.1097/pcc.0000000000002109 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 136-142 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Tessie W. October ◽

Amy H. Jones ◽

Hannah Greenlick Michals ◽

Lauren M. Hebert ◽

Jiji Jiang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Decision Making ◽

Parental Conflict ◽

Short Term

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Analyzing Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Land Management Practices in Mecha Woreda, Northwestern Ethiopia

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13137007 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (13) ◽

pp. 7007

Author(s):

Habtamu Nebere ◽

Degefa Tolossa ◽

Amare Bantider

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Land Management ◽

Land Degradation ◽

Quantitative Data ◽

Management Practices ◽

Short Term ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Household Heads ◽

The Impact

In Ethiopia, the practice of land management started three decades ago in order to address the problem of land degradation and to further boost agricultural production. However, the impact of land management practices in curbing land degradation problems and improving the productivity of the agricultural sector is insignificant. Various empirical works have previously identified the determinants of the adoption rate of land management practices. However, the sustainability of land management practices after adoption, and the various factors that control the sustainability of implemented land management practices, are not well addressed. This study analyzed the factors affecting the sustainability of land management practices after implementation in Mecha Woreda, northwestern Ethiopia. The study used 378 sample respondents, selected by a systematic random sampling technique. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the quantitative data, while the qualitative data were qualitatively and concurrently analyzed with the quantitative data. The sustained supply of fodder from the implemented land management practices, as well as improved cattle breed, increases the sustainability of the implemented land management practices. While lack of agreement in the community, lack of enforcing community bylaws, open cattle grazing, lack of benefits of implemented land management practices, acting as barrier for farming practices, poor participation of household heads during planning and decision-making processes, as well as the lack of short-term benefits, reduce the sustainability of the implemented land management practices. Thus, it is better to allow for the full participation of household heads in planning and decision-making processes to bring practical and visible results in land management practices. In addition, recognizing short-term benefits to compensate the land lost in constructing land management structures must be the strategy in land management practices. Finally, reducing the number of cattle and practicing stall feeding is helpful both for the sustainability of land management practices and the productivity of cattle. In line with this, fast-growing fodder grass species have to be introduced for household heads to grow on land management structures and communal grazing fields for stall feeding.

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The Quality of the Decision-Making Process in Road Transport

Quality Production Improvement - QPI ◽

10.2478/cqpi-2019-0012 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 85-92

Author(s):

Robert Sałek

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Transport Process ◽

Road Transport ◽

Quality Of Services ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Management Level ◽

Transport Services ◽

Preparatory Stage

Abstract The issue of quality is a very important aspect of the operation of transport companies. In relation to the area of their activity it primarily focuses on the quality of services provided, which can be verified e.g. on the basis of timeliness of deliveries or accepted complaints. This allows for examining the quality after providing the service in order to take future pro-quality actions. However, is it possible to affect the quality of services provided before their provision? The transport process itself is preceded with a range of actions taken within the framework of detailed planning and organization, which can significantly influence the quality of services. The decisions made at the management level are conditioned by many factors determining the course of future events, however, this is not always enough to make the process run uninterruptedly. Therefore, it is important to structure basic actions at the initial stage so as to allow the smooth conduct of the decision-making process for the specific task in order to subsequently focus on the detailed analysis of the actions planned. In the paper, the author attempts to characterize the fundamental factors affecting the decisions taken during the planning and organization of the transport process. The objective of the conducted research is to verify initial decisions and their significance for the improvement in the quality of transport services provided. There was conducted the algorithmization of actions and interpretation of their importance for the quality of decisions taken at the preparatory stage and during transport.

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Factors affecting colony attendance by Ancient Murrelets (Synthliboramphus antiquus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z90-064 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 68 (3) ◽

pp. 433-441 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Ian L. Jones ◽

Anthony J. Gaston ◽

J. Bruce Falls

Keyword(s):

Weather Conditions ◽

Weather Variables ◽

Short Term ◽

Weather Effects ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Cyclical Pattern ◽

The Hours ◽

Nesting Season ◽

Colony Attendance

We studied factors influencing variation in nightly levels of activity (birds arriving and vocalizing) and numbers of birds staging offshore at a colony of Ancient Murrelets at Reef Island, British Columbia, during 1984, 1985, and 1986. Activity was restricted to the hours of darkness and extremely variable in magnitude from night to night. The rate of entry into burrows tended to decrease, and the amount of vocalization and numbers of birds at the staging area increased during the nesting season. We detected an underlying 4-day cyclical pattern of attendance. Nightly variability of activity at the colony was affected by moonlight and weather conditions. Since activity, particularly vocalization, was reduced on moonlit nights, we suggest that nocturnal colony attendance is a strategy to avoid diurnal predators in this species. The largest numbers of birds were present and vocalizing at the colony on calm moonless nights. Weather conditions explained a substantial proportion of the night to night variability in murrelet activity. Among weather variables, wind speed had the most consistent effect and was particularly important in 1985. Both short-term, i.e., of a particular night, and long-term, i.e., over the previous 3 days, conditions influenced activity. Our observations suggest that direct weather effects at the colony may be more important than weather effects related to foraging conditions. Interyear differences in activity may have resulted from the interaction of weather and general foraging conditions.

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Resistance to Botrytis cinerea and Quality Characteristics during Storage of Raspberry Genotypes

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci.49.3.311 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 49 (3) ◽

pp. 311-319 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Julia M. Harshman ◽

Wayne M. Jurick ◽

Kim S. Lewers ◽

Shiow Y. Wang ◽

Christopher S. Walsh

Keyword(s):

Botrytis Cinerea ◽

Weather Conditions ◽

Decay Rates ◽

Rubus Idaeus ◽

Soluble Solids ◽

Postharvest Quality ◽

Red Raspberry ◽

Ethylene Evolution ◽

Weather Factors

Raspberries are a delicate, high-value crop with an extremely short shelf life exacerbated by postharvest decay caused by Botrytis cinerea Pers. European red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) is the most widely grown variety. Yellow (R. idaeus L.), black (R. occidentalis L.), and purple raspberries (R. ×neglectus Peck. or R. occidentalis ×idaeus hybrids) are available mainly at local markets and U-pick farms. To compare the postharvest quality of the raspberry color groups, pesticide-free fruit from cultivars and breeding selections of red, yellow, purple, and black raspberries were examined for oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC), phenolics, anthocyanins, soluble solids, titratable acids, pH, color, firmness, decay and juice leakage rates, ethylene evolution, and respiration. There were significant correlations between decay rate and physiochemical properties. Both decay and leakage rates were correlated with weather conditions before harvest, but each color group responded differently to different weather factors. There were no correlations among changes in color, firmness, decay, or juice leakage rates. All the other color groups were less acidic than the familiar red raspberry. Yellow raspberries had the worst decay rates but the best leakage rates. Black and purple raspberries, with the highest phenolics and anthocyanins and the lowest ethylene evolution rates, resisted decay the longest but bled soonest.

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Financial Education and Inclusion

Handbook of Research on Intrapreneurship and Organizational Sustainability in SMEs - Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3543-0.ch007 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 140-162

Author(s):

Omar Alonso Patiño Castro

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Venture Capital ◽

Financial Services ◽

Financial Education ◽

Financial Sustainability ◽

Short Term ◽

Wrong Decision ◽

Financial Pressure ◽

In The Beginning

One of the greatest drawbacks for entrepreneurship is to achieve the financial sustainability of a project in the short term. This is a phase of the venture in which mistakes can be made and ideas can be considered; in the beginning, they can be considered as good ideas, but they are usually not brought to a happy end because of wrong decision making. Being the access to venture capital a vital need for a project, it is very possible that the decisions that are made are not accurate and with this, financial pressure is placed on a project that, at its outset, requires support in this regard. Due to the above, the improvement in the levels of financial education and the early insertion in the financial services is a decision that helps to improve the quality of decision making and with this, to have greater certainty about the possibilities of success that an entrepreneurship project can have.

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A META ANALYSIS OF DECISION MAKING PROBLEMS IN CONSTRUCTION RISK MANAGEMENT

Proceedings of International Structural Engineering and Construction ◽

10.14455/isec.res.2020.7(1).cpm-08 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kerim Koc ◽

Asli Pelin Gurgun

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Risk Management ◽

Construction Projects ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽

Extensive Literature ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Construction Risk ◽

Pros And Cons

Various Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods are being commonly used in the area of construction risk management to deal with decisions that are subjected to several factors affecting the selection of the best possible choice in the projects. There are many techniques developed to provide assistance to decision-makers during decision-making process, each having different advantages and disadvantages. This study discusses some of the most frequently applied MCDM methods in construction risk management such as: AHP, ANP, TOPSIS, VIKOR, and DEMATEL, with their own application principles. It aims to introduce a meta-analysis about the use of MCDM methods within the last two decades and provide an extensive literature review study about construction risk management. It is expected to assist practitioners and researchers to suggest effective methods for specific type of risks to be addressed in construction projects. The discussion of pros and cons of each method will also provide some insights to get use of multiple MCDM methods rather than a single means to enhance the analysis outputs.

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Assessing and Prioritising Delay Factors of Prefabricated Concrete Building Projects in China

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app8112324 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (11) ◽

pp. 2324 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Yingbo Ji ◽

Lin Qi ◽

Yan Liu ◽

Xinnan Liu ◽

Hong Li ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Construction Industry ◽

Construction Projects ◽

Analytic Network Process ◽

Building Projects ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Expert Interview ◽

Concrete Building ◽

Network Process ◽

Improved Performance

Prefabricated construction has been widely accepted as an alternative to conventional cast-in-situ construction, given its improved performance. However, prefabricated concrete building projects frequently encounter significant delays. It is, therefore, crucial to identify key factors affecting schedule and explore strategies to minimise the schedule delays for prefabricated concrete building projects. This paper adopts the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) model and analytic network process (ANP) method to quantify the cause-and-effect relationships and prioritise the key delay factors in terms of their importance in the Chinese construction industry. The DEMATEL model evaluates the extent to which each factor impacts other factors. The quantified extents are then converted into a prioritisation matrix through ANP. The delay factors of prefabricated construction projects are selected and categorised based on a literature review and an expert interview. Questionnaires are then implemented to collect the data. The results reveal that the issue of inefficient structural connections for prefabricated components is found to be the most significant factor and most easily affected by other delay factors. This research also suggests prioritising major delay factors, such as ‘lack of communication among participants’ and ‘low productivity’, in the Chinese construction industry during scheduling control. Overall, this research contributes an assessment framework for decision making in the scheduling management of prefabricated construction.

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Factors Affecting Quality Management of Construction Project Using Industrialized Building System: a Review

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i4.35.22751 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (4.35) ◽

pp. 307 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

N.S. Azman ◽

M. Z. Ramli ◽

M. H. Zawawi

Keyword(s):

Quality Management ◽

Construction Industry ◽

Construction Projects ◽

Success Factors ◽

Construction Project ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

System A ◽

Building System ◽

Significant Factors

Quality management is essential to improve success in project implementation by using Industrialized Building System (IBS). The development of construction industry in Malaysia is encountering a relocation from ordinary techniques to a more efficient and automated strategy which is by utilizing IBS.There are a few issues in overseeing IBS construction projects which prompt low qualities such as hiring non-expertize in construction, using low quality of materials and problem with management. Therefore, this paper aim is to determine the various success factors affecting the quality management of construction project that using IBS and ranked the success factors. Found that 87 factors from review papers and two most significant factors affecting quality management in IBS are high ranked which is appointment of high experience technical team, using high quality components and materials with overall percentage 2.48% and 1.86%. However, some of the factors are repeatedly listed due to high affecting to quality.

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