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Construction project control methodologies and productivity improvement : EVM, BIM, LBM
(Association of Engineering, Project, and Production Management (EPPM-Association) (Taiwan), 2015-09)Construction productivity has been and remains a concern of organizations and governments. Productivity is also a concern of individual projects. A recent survey of 50 international construction project controls professionals ... -
Construction students' experiences and engagement with digital technologies
(2020-12-07)Aim of the research The digital natives’ narrative in tertiary education Digital technology integration in construction education Research context Research approach Research findings Conclusions and future ... -
The consumer fightback: New refurbishment policies for NZ residential buildings.
(Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Australia, 2013-11)From the 12th March 2012, all builders in New Zealand doing certain restricted building work will require to be licensed. The passing of the Building Amendment Bill No 3 in March 2012 enshrines this requirement into the ... -
Contacting with clarity : the communicative purposes of osteopathic touch
(2014)OBJECTIVE: The aim of this qualitative study was to explore and describe osteopaths’ perspectives on the communicative purposes of their professional touch. BACKGROUND: Touch is a key defining feature of osteopathy. ... -
Contemporary echocardiography in non-ST elevation myocardial Infarction
(2013)BACKGROUND: Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) has only recently been included in the definition of acute myocardial infarction and literature is limited regarding the usefulness of echocardiography as a ... -
A contemporary Pacific village: A proposal
(ePress, Unitec|Te Pūkenga, 2023-11-21)This paper proposes a contemporary Pacific village as a response to the pressing housing issues of Pacific communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. More specifically, the proposal explores this at the scale of a neighbourhood. ... -
A content analysis of social media usage by local governments in New Zealand
(2021)This research investigated if New Zealand’s local governments were exploiting social media platforms for public engagement. Its primary purposes were: 1) to provide an overview of the social media usage; 2) to understand ... -
Contex-ture: The active edge and asymmetrical destabilisation
(2010)Stadium designs have long presented themselves as enclosures from their settings, introverted spaces with limited opportunities for interaction. The primary focus of this architectural type has been containment: maximum ... -
Contextualising the learning affordances of technology : an in-depth look at the developing practice of two modern language teachers
(Unitec ePress, 2017-09-17)Affordance is an integral part of the practical knowledge teachers acquire while using new technologies in their teaching. This article describes the situated learning of two experienced modern language teachers using new ... -
Contingent interpretations : unreliable memories in stories of New Zealand architecture
(SAHANZ and Unitec ePress, 2014-08)While the relocation of buildings is not unknown in other building cultures, this paper suggests that the practice in New Zealand of wholesale rearrangement is an over-casual approach to history, and that such rearrangements ... -
The continuing politics of mistrust: Performance management and the erosion of professional work
(Routledge, 2008-08-01)For the past two decades schools and teachers in New Zealand and elsewhere have been the subject of and subjected to intense public scrutiny of their performance and professional activities. In effect, policy solutions ... -
Continuing professional development - a re-examination of the facts
(1998)This article reviews research published over the last 15 years, exploring the various components of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and considers why it is important and whose responsibility it is. The style that ... -
The contribution of policies, procedures and rules for successful suggestion systems in organisations : some research findings
(2016)A Suggestion System consists of a formal procedure which encourages employees to think creatively about their work and work environment, to generate and to produce ideas which will benefit the organisation for which the ... -
Control of Internet search engines in China -- A study on Google and Baidu
(2008)Internet is universal, open, information sharing media environment. The characteristics of Internet make it hard to be controlled. According to much literature, China has been believed to have setup its own Internet border ... -
Convenient fictions? A critical communicative perspective on financial accumulation, autopoiesis and crisis in the wake of the credit crunch
(2010)Recent turmoil in the financial markets following the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the credit crunch has repercussions in many other spheres of society. Governments have spent trillions of taxpayer dollars propping up the ... -
The convergence of sport marketing and sport development : addressing declining participation in a changing environment. A case study of Auckland Cricket Association.
(2014-11)Environmental changes such as commercialism, advances in technology and increased competition have significantly influenced the way organisations operate. In particular, firms have to strategically adapt and match their ... -
Conversations that mattered : A decade of reforms of New Zealand tertiary institutions
(The Australian Council for Educational Leaders, 2013)This article considers conversations that mattered to promote deep learning and rich understandings of proposed changes during the reforms of New Zealand tertiary institutions in the decade 1990-2000. It is based on research ... -
Cool new Asia : Asian popular culture in a local context
(Unitec ePress, 2012-12-12)As popular culture flows and consumption opportunities become increasingly ubiquitous, what is often overlooked is the local specificity of the popular culture texts themselves. In multicultural societies there is growing ... -
Cool new Asia : experiencing East Asian popular culture
(2012)Cool New Asia: East Asian Popular Culture in a Local Context was held at Unitec during the weekend of November 25-26th. The symposium attracted two international keynote speakers (Professor Koichi Iwabuchi and Professor ...