Construction Performance

By Majed Alzara, Mohammed Algahtany, Jacob S. Kashiwagi, Abdulrahman Al-Tassan, Dean Kashiwagi December 2017 Abstract Public projects in Saudi Arabia have faced performance issues. The primary procurement system used in Saudi Arabia (low-bid) does not consider the contractors’ performance. A case study conducted...

14 May, 2018

By Yue Choong KOG March 2017 Abstract A literature research was conducted and identified ten studies reporting major delay factors for construction projects in Ghana. All these studies are based on self-administered questionnaire survey of views and perception of project participants. Over forty...

14 May, 2018

By David Gastelum March 2017 Abstract Construction industry performance (schedule, budget, and customer satisfaction) has not improved over the last 20 years. This investigation proposes that academic/industry research using actual project data may have more impact on improving industry performance than traditional survey-based...

14 May, 2018

By Dhaval Gajjar, Dean Kashiwagi, Kenneth Sullivan, Jacob Kashiwagi October 2016 Abstract Warranties in the construction industry have become more prevalent in the last couple of decades. Moreover buyers in the construction industry rely heavily on the length of the warranties for the...

14 May, 2018

By Ashok Kumar, Ajay Chaurasia, Sayantani Lala, Aditya Kumar, Vijayraj October 2016 Abstract Prefabrication technologies have been used in the building industry since the 19th century. The technologies vary from the innovative materials to novel techniques of construction and the prefabricated systems range...

14 May, 2018
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