Privatized infrastructure projects have to demonstrate their financial and technical viability before they are undertaken. Although it is relatively easy to demonstrate the technical viability of an infrastructure project, the evaluation of the financial viability of a privatized infrastructure...

The paper aims to provide a language and a conceptual toolkit to deepen our understanding of the impact of relational and social issues on the success of construction projects. Building on several streams of literature, as well as on individual and group interviews with construction...

Conflicts encountered in large scale construction projects occur in two categories: internal conflicts and interface conflicts. Internal conflicts are experienced among the project participants, whereas interface conflicts are between the construction project and groups outside the project. Many...

Resources for construction activities are limited in the real construction world so that scheduling must include resource allocation. Furthermore, activity duration is uncertain due to the variation in the outside environment, such as resource availabilities, weather, space congestion, etc. A...

The appropriate contracting method and the contract documents for any construction project depend on the nature of the project, but an appropriate contracting method coupled with clear and equitable contract documents do not by themselves ensure project success where people work together in the...

This paper presents a methodology for simulation optimization utilizing genetic algorithms and applies it to a newly developed simulation-based system for estimating the time and cost of earthmoving operations. The genetic algorithm searches for a near-optimum fleet configuration that reduces...

Standardization and pre-assembly (S&P) are not new, but their application and their drivers, pragmatism and perception, need to be considered in the light of current technology and management practice. There are lessons to be learned from a historical review, but there are also numerous myths...

This paper, which focuses on the impact of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 on the management of small building works, adds new data and analysis to the further development of a subset of findings from a major research study, supported by governmental and industry based...

Attitudes to the monetary risks associated with business decisions are thought to vary in response to at least three identifiable stimuli: the amount of money involved, background economic conditions and the framing of the decision. This paper reports a study of peoples' attitude to risk before...