Search Results - "Walsh, Kenneth D."

Full-scale structural and nonstructural building system performance during earthquakes; Part I, Specimen description, test protocol, and structural response by Chen, Michelle C, Pantoli, Elide, Wang, Xiang, Astroza, Rodrigo, Ebrahimian, Hamed, Hutchinson, Tara C, Conte, Joel P, Restrepo, José I, Marin, Claudia, Walsh, Kenneth D, Bachman, Robert E, Hoehler, Matthew S, Englekirk, Robert, Faghihi, Mahmoud

“…A landmark experimental program was conducted to advance the understanding of nonstructural system performance during earthquakes. The centerpiece of this…”
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Full-scale structural and nonstructural building system performance during earthquakes; Part II, NCS damage states by Pantoli, Elide, Chen, Michelle C, Wang, Xiang, Astroza, Rodrigo, Ebrahimian, Hamed, Hutchinson, Tara C, Conte, Joel P, Restrepo, José I, Marin, Claudia, Walsh, Kenneth D, Bachman, Robert E, Hoehler, Matthew S, Englekirk, Robert, Faghihi, Mahmoud

“…Nonstructural components and systems (NCSs) provide little to no load bearing capacity to a building; however, they are essential to support its operability…”
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Highly effective companies in supplier quality surveillance practices: a quantitative analysis by Alves, Thaís da C. L., Neuman, Yoshua, Walsh, Kenneth D., Needy, Kim LaScola, AlMaian, Rufaidah

“…Results presented are part of a larger mixed-mode study on supplier quality practices focusing on the cross-analysis of interviews, focus groups, and a…”
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A Qualitative Data Analysis for Supplier Quality-Management Practices for Engineer-Procure-Construct Projects by AlMaian, Rufaidah Y, Needy, Kim LaScola, Walsh, Kenneth D, Alves, Thaís da C. L

“…AbstractThe process of assuring the procured and fabricated materials for an engineer-procure-construct (EPC) project are within their quality requirements is…”
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Unsaturated Soil Mechanics Principles to Remove and Replace Mitigation for Expansive Clays by Houston, Sandra L, Bharadwaj, Anushree, Welfert, Bruno, Houston, William N, Walsh, Kenneth D

“…AbstractThe efficacy of removal and replacement as a mitigation alternative for expansive soil is discussed in view of numerical unsaturated flow/deformation…”
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Estimating professional service productivity: theoretical model, empirical estimates and external validity by Wacker, John, Hershauer, James, Walsh, Kenneth D., Sheu, Chwen

“…Productivity of professional service is difficult to measure, due to the high degree of customization, variable throughput time, and high degree of labor…”
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Exploring lean construction practice, research, and education by da C, Thaís, Milberg, Colin, Walsh, Kenneth D

“…Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the history of dissemination and use of lean concepts in construction and potential challenges for…”
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Quantitative Analysis of Supplier Quality Surveillance Practices in EPC Projects by Neuman, Yoshua, Alves, Thaís da C. L, Walsh, Kenneth D, Needy, Kim LaScola

“…AbstractThis study was funded by the Construction Industry Institute (CII) to investigate effective supplier quality practices that can reduce rework…”
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Analyzing Effective Supplier-Quality-Management Practices Using Simple Multiattribute Rating Technique and Value-Focused Thinking by AlMaian, Rufaidah Y, Needy, Kim LaScola, Alves, Thaís da C. L, Walsh, Kenneth D

“…AbstractSupplier-quality-management (SQM) practices are important to ensure that supplied project materials are within quality specifications. However, not all…”
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Psychodynamic perspectives on organizational change and their relevance to Transformational Practice Development by Walsh, Kenneth D, Crisp, Jackie, Moss, Cheryle

“…Walsh KD, Crisp J, Moss C. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2011; 17: 205–212 Psychodynamic perspectives on organizational change and their relevance…”
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Study of Expansive Soils and Residential Foundations on Expansive Soils in Arizona by Houston, Sandra L, Dye, Heather B, Zapata, Claudia E, Walsh, Kenneth D, Houston, William N

“…Construction on expansive soils is challenging and thus prone to some problems and litigation. The engineering community makes extensive use of local…”
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Closure to “Method for Evaluation of Depth of Wetting in Residential Areas” by Kenneth D. Walsh, Craig A. Colby, William N. Houston, and Sandra L. Houston by Walsh, Kenneth D, Colby, Craig A, Houston, William N, Houston, Sandra L

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Analyzing supplier quality management practices in the construction industry by AlMaian, Rufaidah Y., Needy, Kim LaScola, Walsh, Kenneth D., Alves, Thaís da C. L., Scala, Natalie M.

“…Supplier quality management (SQM) is an important function in the construction industry. Many construction organizations place high importance on using…”
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Impact of Inspected Buffers on Production Parameters of Construction Processes by Sawhney, Anil, Walsh, Kenneth D, Bashford, Howard H, Palaniappan, Sivakumar

“…This paper examines the production implications of quality control inspections conducted on the buffer between processes in a construction project by modeling…”
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Production Equations for Unsteady-State Construction Processes by Walsh, Kenneth D, Sawhney, Anil, Bashford, Howard H

“…The production equation called Little’s law has been applied to construction data recently. However, Little’s law was derived for steady-state conditions…”
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Method for Evaluation of Depth of Wetting in Residential Areas by Walsh, Kenneth D, Colby, Craig A, Houston, William N, Houston, Sandra L

“…Field sampling was performed at a number of residential structures in the Denver metropolitan area for the purpose of assessing the extent of wetting below…”
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Estimation of Floor Slab Distortion from Elevation Differential Data on Groups of Residential Structures by Walsh, Kenneth D, Milberg, Colin T

“…Uncertainties about the initial surface elevation of the slab-on-grade floor of a residential single-family home have been shown to complicate the analysis of…”
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Production System Loading–Cycle Time Relationship in Residential Construction by Bashford, Howard H, Walsh, Kenneth D, Sawhney, Anil

“…Production home building possesses characteristics similar to manufacturing processes, such as the construction of more or less similar houses repeatedly and a…”
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Performance of Methods for Analysis of Relative Floor Elevation Measurements in Residential Structures by Walsh, Kenneth D

“…Forensic evaluations of residential structures often make use of relative elevation surveys of the floor slab. The objective for the analysis of these data is…”
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On equilibrium: reflections on practice development and the philosophy of John Ralston Saul by Walsh, Kenneth D.

“…A view of Saul's philosophy applied to systems, in particular, health care. Reason, according to Saul, is emphasised in contrast to common sense, ethics,…”
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