By Isaac Kashiwagi, Guo Cheng Tschi, Susan van Hes, Dean Kashiwagi December 2015 Abstract In 2002, the Dutch construction industry encountered a problem with collusion. They had a very difficult time understanding the solution to the problem. The visionary Dutch government officials approached...
By Dean Kashiwagi, Alfredo Rivera, Jake Gunnoe, Jacob Kashiwagi December 2015 Abstract Arizona State University has been involved in identifying the future Facility Manager (FM) paradigm which results in a sustainable FM profession. The $16M, 20-year international research program has identified, created and...
By Ghazi Saad A Elawi, Mohammed Algahtany, Dean Kashiwagi, Kenneth Sullivan December 2015 Abstract Delays are a major cause for concern in the construction industry in Saudi Arabia. This paper identifies the main causes of delay in infrastructure projects in Meccah, Saudi Arabia,...
By Saud Almutairi, Jacob Kashiwagi, Dean Kashiwagi, Kenneth Sullivan December 2015 Abstract The problem of litigation and disputes in the construction sector is a major impediment to a country’s development goals. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the problem of high...
By Yasir Alhammadi, Dean Kashiwagi, Jacob Kashiwagi, Kenneth Sullivan December 2015 Abstract The Saudi Arabian construction industry has had poor performance for the past thirty years. There have been many publications identifying the problem and potential causes. There have been no publications identifying...
By Antoinette Bos, Dean Kashiwagi, Isaac Kashiwagi December 2015 Abstract The BV environment was introduced into the Netherlands in 2004. By 2008 testing was being done by a partnership between Arizona State University and Scenter (private entity led by Sicco Santema). In 2010,...
By Jorn Verwey, Isaac Kashiwagi, Wim de Vries, Dean Kashiwagi December 2015 Abstract A challenge facing buyers in the delivery of innovative construction and facility services is to utilize expertise without increasing project risk. The traditional price-based Design-Bid-Build approach minimizes the utilization of...
By Elske Bosma, Marcus van der Ven and Oscar Kerkhoven, Dean Kashiwagi, Isaac Kashiwagi December 2015 Abstract The Best Value (BV) environment was introduced into the Netherlands in 2006. By 2008 testing was being done by a partnership of Arizona State University and...
By Nguyen Luong Hai, Tsunemi WATANABE December 2014 Abstract The public procurement sector plays a vital role in the economic development in developing countries such as Vietnam. However, public procurement activities usually perform poorly. This situation can be attributed to ineffective procedures and...
By Brian Stone, Anthony Perrenoud, Kenneth Sullivan December 2014 Abstract This paper introduces a management model applied to rescue a failed digital documenting services contract involving a large multinational vendor, referred to as Vendor A (VA), a large university in the United States,...