Strong understanding of project dispute causation and its prediction is very critical for the success of construction project and companies as well. This prediction will help in understanding and formulating the strategies ...

Although construction industry is risk-averse, a major portfolio of risk is accepted and jointly managed between a client and contractor under cost-plus guaranteed maximum price contract through cost contingency (CC). Other ...

Occupational health and safety within any organization is very important as each person on work site or in office has the right to go home safely. Unfortunately, worker safety is not dealt with much care in the construction ...

Construction projects are intricate and manifold in nature therefore achieving higher quality standards has long been a problem. Several quality management techniques exist in the literature to overcome this problem, ...

A construction project comprises of conversion and flow activities; conversion activities are value adding, and flow activities are non-value adding and generally contribute into non-physical waste (NPW). Unlike material ...

Today, the environmental issues are becoming serious challenges for organizations due to an ever-mounting shortage of resources, increased awareness among costumers, legislative reasons and impact on environment contributed ...

Dynamic nature of construction projects and involvement of multiple stakeholders make construction exposed to a variety of known and unknown risks. Cost and schedule are the most important and interlinked project constraints ...

Maintaining a healthy financial state of the project is a challenging task due to gap between cash inflows and outflows. Contractors in Pakistan face financial stress due to bureaucratic and procedural delays resulting ...

In construction industry, adequate and effective decision-making can mean the difference between success and failure. Bidding is the most important element of construction business since it is a mean by which contractors ...

Energy retrofitting along with environmental protection and social benefits is critical for campus sustainability. Most of the universities fail to fully appreciate the significance of sustainable retrofitting mainly due ...