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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 Natasja Logemann, Isaac Kashiwagi March 2017 Abstract The Municipality of Eemsmond has been searching for a way to improve their method of delivering Telephone facilities in order to improve program requirements. To achieve this goal, the Best Value Approach was identified as...

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

By Jorn Verweij, Dean Kashiwagi October 2016 Abstract The Best Value Approach (BVA) is a change in paradigm, replacing the non-experts decision making, management, direction, control (MDC) and thinking with the utilization of expertise. The best known BVA model is the Best Value...

14 May, 2018

By Alfredo Rivera, Nguyen Le, Jacob Kashiwagi, Dean Kashiwagi October 2016 Abstract This paper presents a literature research assessing the performance and issues of delivering construction services worldwide, by exploring reasons for delays and increased construction costs. The study shows a comparison of...

14 May, 2018
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