Risk Management

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...

By Ahmed Alofi, Yasir Alhammadi, Dean Kashiwagi, Jacob Kashiwagi, Kenneth Sullivan December 2015 Abstract Saudi Arabia has had many issues in delivering mega construction projects, such as delays, high costs, and low customer satisfaction. Some studies show that around 70% of public projects...

By Dean Kashiwagi, Dhaval Gajjar, Jacob Kashiwagi, Kenneth Sullivan December 2015 Abstract Many problems are caused by owners specifying project technical requirements to expert vendors, then picking the low-price vendor, assuming that all the vendors are providing the same quality of product. Research...

By Dean Kashiwagi, Jacob Kashiwagi, Kenneth Sullivan, Isaac Kashiwagi December 2015 Abstract Owners in the State of Minnesota have a ten year history of implementing the Best Value (BV) approach utilizing the Performance Information Procurement System (PIPS) with the Performance Based Studies Research...

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,...

[download id="17518"]By Dean Kashiwagi, Jacob Kashiwagi, Geoffrey S. Child, Kenneth Sullivan Abstract Design Services have not met the value and expectations of the clients and their project managers.  A previous research project studied the impact of the price based award environment on...