02842nam a2200385 4500 20260818170719.0 160398 th eng .b10480390 AIT Thesis no. 1045 Sheikh, Naveed Athar Optimal allocation of scarce resources in the construction industry Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1977 95 p. Thesis ; no. 1045 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of sub stituting 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 investi gate 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 have indi cated that totally labour-intensive methods of construction are competitive cost-wise but result in an increased duration of the project. The interme diate 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. Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1977 Underdeveloped areas Construction industry Scott, David, Chairperson Jearkjirm, Vithool, Examination Committee Usami, Tsutomu, Examination Committee The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) of Thailand and the International Labour Office (ILO), Thailand., Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. 1045 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B22828 .b10480390 mnait x 251202 2 951012 m a x 0 mnait mnarc 20 40 Barcode : 30050003020715 CREATED : 1994-05-18 RECORD # : i10602008 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050160088679 CREATED : 2016-04-29 RECORD # : i12964451 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 83701 83701 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no. 1045 30050003020715 2026-08-18 17:07:19 1 2026-08-18 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no. 1045 30050160088679 2026-08-18 17:07:19 2026-08-18 40