Essays about: "subcontractors"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 55 essays containing the word subcontractors.

  1. 21. Operational excellence through partnering with subcontractors in ground engineering industry

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Filip Thiman; Björkman Jonathan; [2019]
    Keywords : Subcontractors; Productivity; Partnering; Underentreprenörer; Produktivitet; Samarbete;

    Abstract : Construction in Sweden has got a low productivity compared to other manufacturing industries. The construction industry is deeply fragmented and consists of many small companies. The large construction companies are largely dependent on subcontractors. READ MORE

  3. 22. Production Planning With the Last Planner System on Construction Projects in Sweden : An Exploratory Case Study of Challenges and Improvement Measures

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Maria Dag; Apoorv Garg; [2019]
    Keywords : Lean Construction; Production Control; Last Planner system; Lean Construction; Production Control; Last Planner system;

    Abstract : One of the main assumptions in conventional production process is that each component or part of the production process can be controlled separately as if they are not dependent on anything. This assumption gives rise to problems such as need of effective collaboration with different actors and constraints in budgets. READ MORE

  4. 23. Optimization of Operational Overhead based on the Evaluation of Current Snow Maintenance System : A Case Study of Borlänge, Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Mikrodataanalys

    Author : Nishat Raihana; [2019]
    Keywords : Snow maintenance; spatiotemporal data analysis; optimization; distance matrix; simulated annealing;

    Abstract : This study analyzes snow maintenance data of Borlänge municipality of Sweden based on the data of 2017 to 2018. The goal of this study is to reduce operational overhead of snow maintenance, for example, fuel and time consumption of the snow maintenance vehicles, work hour of dedicated personnel, etc. READ MORE

  5. 24. Supervision Tools at Airbus Safran Launchers

    University essay from KTH/Rymdteknik

    Author : Matthieu Noyon; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This master thesis is a study of supervision tools in a context of high confidentiality. Indeed, the status “confidential defense” imposes governmental restrictions with national stakes and places the team project to higher security restrictions than a common internal project. READ MORE

  6. 25. Analysis of sustainable building materials, their possibilities and challenges

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Erik Arnesson; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Sweden has as the first welfare state signed the petition of having net zero GHG emissions 2045. The construction industry is a large contributor to Sweden’s current GHG emissions and an action plan signed by several construction companies, including Veidekke, has stated several partial goals and one end goal of a construction industry with net zero emissions 2045. READ MORE