| Author | Sheikh, Naveed Athar |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. 1045 |
| Subject(s) | Underdeveloped areas--Construction industry
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering of the Asian Institute of Technology,
Bangkok, Thailand |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of substituting labour-intensive methods for the capital-intensive ones in the construction industry. The scope of the study is confined to earthworks
only, because these offer a great potential for substantial substitution; The concepts of networks and the critical path analysis are used to investigate the feasibility of using an intermediate approach, where the jobs which are critical are executed by mechanical means and the ones which are non
critical are executed by labour-intensive means. A project of the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) of Thailand is used
to illustrate the working of the model. Results of this study haveindicated that totally labour-intensive methods of construction are competitive
cost-wise but result in an increased duration of the project. The intermediate approach which combines the use of capital-intensive methods with
the labour-intensive ones, is found to be the most suitable in terms of cost, time, employment generation and resource optimization. |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | Student Research Before 1979 |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Thesis (Year <=1979) |
| Chairperson(s) | Scott, David
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| Examination Committee(s) | Jearkjirm, Vithool ;Usami, Tsutomu
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| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) of Thailand and the
International Labour Office (ILO), Thailand. |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1977 |