In developing countries like Pakistan, major investment on infrastructure is for building roads and bridges including maintenance and rehabilitation, which improve economy on long term basis. A comprehensive asset management ...

Performance of building projects is generally evaluated on the basis of in time completion, within allocated cost, and achieving required quality standards. In recent years, satisfaction has also been established as an ...

Quality of construction project is always a matter of concern for the client. The quality of civil structure can not be independent of the quality of materials used in it. Concrete is most widely used construction material ...

In Pakistan, the traditional project delivery method used for building construction projects is “design-bid-build", especially in public sectors. Most of the projects following traditional project delivery method do not ...

Public Private Partnership (PPP) has ever expanding prospects in Pakistan, owing to its increasing popularity, particularly viz a viz infrastructure projects. Relationship Management (RM) in PPP is not a linear, rather ...

Pace of development and progress in construction industry of developing countries is very low as compared to developed countries. Use of automation in construction is inevitable for development of construction industry so ...

Building Information Modelling (BIM) can be recognized as one of the most significant technological breakthrough in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. Pace of implementation of BIM has increased ...

During the last few years, with the increase in construction activities, a drastic rise in construction waste is predicted and notified. This has elicited a radical impact over the environment as well as economy. It is ...

Joint venture is an agenda of construction companies worldwide to stay strategically flexible, enhance competitiveness and reduces risks retained by each stakeholder. Firms with diverse territorial origin share equity, ...