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    • Facilitating building projects’ short-term and long-term value creation 

      Boge, Knut; Haddadi, Daniel Amin; Klakegg, Ole Jonny; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Real estate and buildings are some of facility managers’ most costly resources. Thus, knowledge about how to get the most out of building or renovation projects both in the short term and in the long term are of great ...
    • Facilitating the communication with deaf people: Building a largest Saudi sign language dataset 

      Alsulaiman, Mansour; Faisal, Mohammed; Mekhtiche, Mohamed; Bencherif, Mohamed; Alrayes, Tariq; Muhammad, Ghulam; Mathkour, Hassan; Abdul, Wadood; Alohali, Yousef; Alqahtani, Mansour; Al-Habib, Habib; Alhalafi, Hassan; Algabri, Mohammed; Al-Hammadi, Muneer; Altaheri, Hamdi; Alfakih, Taha (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Recently, several countries have been trying hard to facilitate the integration of disabled people into their societies by ensuring equal opportunities through ease of access to social services, daily human necessities, ...
    • Facility management role in stimulating happiness to mitigate the mental health risk 

      Novak Šarotar, Brigita; Avguštin Avčin, Bojana; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka (Chapter, 2021)
      The article analyses the influence of the economic crisis on the occupational health and discusses the need for more proactive role of facility management (FM) to improve the mental health at the workplace. During the ...
    • Factors affecting implementation of Lean Construction 

      Torp, Olav; Knudsen, Jens Biermann; Rønneberg, Ingeborg Louise (Chapter, 2018)
      Research has shown advantages an organization can obtain by implementing lean methodology. However, when implementing new philosophies like Lean Construction, there are always some challenges to overcome. Examples could ...
    • Factors affecting transaction costs and collaboration in projects 

      Haaskjold, Haavard; Andersen, Bjørn Sørskot; Lædre, Ola; Aarseth, Wenche (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Purpose Transaction costs in projects can be reduced through improved collaboration between contractors and clients. The purpose of this paper is to respond to the call for further research on the framework suggested by ...
    • Faktorer som påvirker implementeringen av Lean Construction 

      Rønneberg, Ingeborg Louise (Master thesis, 2017)
      Byggebransjen er en tradisjonell bransje, som i de siste årene ikke har hatt samme produktivitetsutvikling som andre sammenlignbare bransjer. For å øke produktiviteten har flere bedrifter valgt å implementere Lean Construction. ...
    • Faktorer som påvirker implementeringen av Lean Construction 

      Meling, Fredrik (Master thesis, 2020)
      Abstract will be available on 2023-10-31
    • Faktorer som påvirker måloppnåelse i BREEAM-NOR-prosjekter 

      Larsen, Caroline Gjøsund (Master thesis, 2018)
      Global oppvarming er en av de største utfordringene menneskene står ovenfor i dag. Videre er bygningssektoren ansvarlig for store deler av verdens drivhusgassutslipp og energiforbruk. Som følge av den globale oppvarmingen ...
    • Faktorer som påvirker økt andel syklister i mindre norske byer 

      Bosnjakov, Dragana (Master thesis, 2020)
      De mindre norske byene har egne ambisjoner om utvikling av sykkelkultur, samt om oppnåelse av nullvekstmålet for persontransport med bil. Dermed er det grunnleggende å sette søkelyset på hvordan sykkelinfrastrukturen kan ...
    • Falltap i tunneler: Sprøytebetong og ruhet 

      Bjøringsøy, Simen Anthon (Master thesis, 2012)
      Helt siden det ble vanlig å anlegge kraftstasjoner og vannoverføring i fjell, har det vært ønskelig å utforme disse med minst mulig energitap. Hvor store ressurser det lønner seg å legge i redusert falltapet ved dimensjonering ...
    • Falske materialer i byggebransjen 

      Kjesbu, Nina Eklo (Master thesis, 2017)
      Byggebransjen er en industri som er utsatt for ulike typer kriminalitet. Mye tid og spalteplass har blitt viet til sosial og økonomisk kriminalitet, som sosial dumping og skatteunndragelse. Mindre har det blitt snakket om ...
    • Faseinndelt eierstyring i byggeprosjekt 

      Michalsen, Truls (Master thesis, 2011)
      Dette studiet forsøker å finne ut om Stage-gate modellen kunne ha hatt en positiv effekt på utfallet i byggeprosjekt. Stage-gate modellen er en faseinndelt eierstyringsmodell. Det blir utarbeidet en Stage-gate modell som ...
    • Fast Planning and Execution of Railroad Projects - Approaching the optimal duration 

      Børkeeiet, Ine Dammen (Master thesis, 2017)
      The purpose of the research was to find out under what conditions fast planning and/or execution is profitable for BaneNor s projects. To do this, methods for fast planning and execution, and how they may affect the duration ...
    • Fastmerkenett og geodetisk varig utfesting av en jernbanelinje (GVUL) 

      Tysnes, Eivind Pagander (Master thesis, 2017)
      Bakgrunnen for oppgaven er egne erfaringer med utfordringer rundt fastmerker og geodetisk varig utfesting av linjen (GVUL) med hensyn til Teknisk regelverk. Hensikten med oppgaven er å belyse utfordringer med Teknisk ...
    • Fatigue Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures with the Frequency Domain Method 

      Sande, Einar Sortland (Master thesis, 2015)
      Offshore wind energy has shown great potential and can be a great contributor when it comes to solving some of the climate challenges that the world faces today. However, both design and operational cost has been a limiting ...
    • Fatigue Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbines Using Measurements of Individual Turbines and Machine Learning Techniques 

      Lee, Jaehyeun (Master thesis, 2019)
      Tretthet er ofte en styrende designfaktor for havvindmøller. Siden utformingen av offshore vindturbiner inkluderer konservatisme, kan den faktiske akkumulerte tretthetsskaden være lavere enn hva turbinen er beregnet på. I ...
    • Fatigue crack detection for lifetime extension of monopile-based offshore wind turbines 

      Stutzmann, Jutta; Ziegler, Lisa Sabine; Muskulus, Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Lifetime extension becomes increasingly crucial for industry, since the first offshore wind farms face the end of their design lifetime. The remaining useful lifetime of offshore foundations is driven by fatigue design and ...
    • Fatigue Damage on Offshore Wind Turbines by a Cell Mapping Method 

      Eiken, Odd; Muskulus, Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Due to large variability of the offshore environment, the load analysis of an offshore wind turbine is a complex task. It is normally performed in the time domain, by running stochastic simulations. This is usually very ...
    • Fatigue reassessment for lifetime extension of offshore wind monopile substructures 

      Muskulus, Michael; Ziegler, Lisa Sabine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Fatigue reassessment is required to decide about lifetime extension of aging offshore wind farms. This paper presents a methodology to identify important parameters to monitor during the operational phase of offshore wind ...
    • Fatigue Resistance of Double Sealant Composed of Polyisobutylene Sealant Adjacent to Silicone Sealant 

      Ihara, Takeshi; Gustavsen, Arild; Jelle, Bjørn Petter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      With the aid of current sealant technologies, a double sealant comprising adjacent silicone and polyisobutylene sealants may be used to enhance the durability of buildings. The inner silicone sealant is quite durable owing ...