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Item Determinants of project success(UMT, Lahore, 2020) Usman ShahzadThe reasons behind the dissertation were complexity of construction industry, changing demands of clients, constant changing technology, and time, budget & resources constraints. This research has focused on internal factors affecting on project success and developed a model of project success for construction industry. These critical factors have been focused in the dissertation and their relationship with project success has been examined. A field survey has been conducted with the help of questionnaire filled through online from senior professionals performing on senior posts of construction industry of Punjab. Lean six sigma has positive and moderate relation with project success. It means when implementation of six sigma increases, chances of project success increase and vice versa. When under planning projects are exposed to Six Sigma, the chances of project success improve better than under execution projects. For organizations which have successfully implemented six sigma, skills and expertise ranked highest in importance. In contrast, for organizations which have successfully implemented lean manufacturing, employee involvement and culture change ranked highest. It is accepted that implementation of lean six sigma has positive and significant impact on project success with respect to construction industry. PM’s competency is very important factor affecting planning, scheduling & communication. As the construction has a dynamic environment. It is accepted that competency of project manager has positive and significant impact on project success with respect to construction industry.Item Optimized utilization of advanced CCTV analytics(UMT, Lahore, 2020) Mr. Raza HashimIncreasing traffic on highways and motorways spawned an interest in Toll collection at toll plazas of national highways. Toll tax is collected to recover the capital outlay which includes road safety and maintenance expenditure and also add ups in the national budget. At some places of local city toll plazas in Pakistan there are no CCTV cameras installed and simple token is issued to vehicles. And where CCTV cameras are installed have purpose of just monitoring the evidence at toll booth. Although CCTV Security cameras are very important part of any facility to monitor and capture the evidence in case of any incident. Now a day’s bank, schools, hotels, airports, hospitals, restaurants, stadiums, shopping marts and other areas also interested in CCTV coverage. Now addition to the camera, advanced video analytics introduced in the system enabling more reliable CCTV platform to secure places. For better safety features we need to understand the importance of Video Analytics of Security cameras and its uses and benefits. By using advanced Vehicle Classification Analytics at Toll plazas we can actually save cost and Toll Tax. Data is collected by toll plazas at national highways and city roads where toll is being collected. Purpose is to make sure the toll collection at toll booth. For this purpose existing setup of CCTV can be used with advanced video analytics of Vehicle Classification, using vehicle classification at toll booth exact number of vehicles and exact type of vehicles passes through the single toll booth will be monitored by the automatic computer based intelligence system. Process for vehicle classification and report generation is discussed and effective results evaluated.