Risk-based Project Management at Heerema Marine Contractors. "How to improve HMC project risk management to cope with risks and uncertainty in complex EPRD projects"

The thesis has developed an approach for better coping with risks and uncertainty associated with comples EPRD projects in the marine contracting industry. Two of the world's first EPRD project have been analyzed to generate specific knowledge on the effetiveness of current project risk management practice. An approach has been developed to...

Developing a framework to assess and communicate the value of sustainability of machine-to-machine for Vodafone Nederland

The societal reputation of Vodafone Nederland and the telecommunications industry leaves room for improvement. Machine-to-machine is a technology with many benefits for business and society. To improve reputation and show the positive impact of mobile connectivity on society, a framework is designed. This framework builds on a developed...

BIM as a communication and collaboration tool for the design and operation phase of hospital buildings: A case study research into validating and verifying the design and BIM model by the project team and client & end-users

According to literature, the benefits of BIM can be well found in complex projects such as healthcare. When well implemented, the use of BIM as a tool for communication and collaboration can lead to a higher design quality and quality of the realized building, as well as increased efficiency and costs savings. <br/>BIM can be used for integrated...

A Firm’s Strategic Behaviour in Networks: How Strategic Behaviour and Network Positions of the Focal Firm Influence the Firm’s Performance

Many firms are nowadays engaged in strategic alliances for their success and survival and are therefore determined to maintain or even increase their performance. Various strategy scholars focused on the impact of business strategies on performance; whereas network scholars examined the impact of the network position of the firm on its...

Multi?scale allotment gardening in Q-Port

The goal of this project has been to test if urban farming can help in empty office redevelopment; if it can have an added social, architectural and functional value. The main test object was the existing Q-Port-building in the west of Amsterdam (50% empty at the moment). During the process, architectural aspects like space, form, composition,...