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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Cost overrun"”.
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Factors affecting cost overrun at construction projects in Somalia
… Somalia is facing a significant issue of cost overrun in construction projects. The issue of cost overrun has become a serious concern to investors, which needs serious attention and in-depth research to put forward solutions to this issue. The objectives of this research are (1) To …
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Study on mitigation factors for controlling cost overrun in construction project
… Malaysia are still facing a significant issue of cost overrun, where only 46.8% of public sector and 37.2% of private sector projects were completed within the specified budget. The issue of cost overrun has become a serious concern to investors, which needs stern attention and in-depth research …
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Cost overrun causality model in Saudi Arabian public sector construction projects.
… with 70% of projects considered as failures and costing the country over 1 trillion SAR (over £202 billion) between 2005 and 2015. The project delivery mechanism used to deliver construction projects is one of the main reasons for such poor performance, as all service providers (consultant, …
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Risk assessment of time and cost overrun factors throughout construction project lifecycle
… to complete projects within stipulated time and cost. Hence, the aim of this study is to assess the risk of various factors that cause time and cost overruns throughout the life cycle of construction projects in Malaysia. A total of 35 factors were identified from previous studies. The data …
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Mitigation measures for critical factors causing cost overrun in Malaysian building projects
… construction industry faces severe problem of cost overrun. Like other countries, building projects in Malaysia are also affected by cost overrun. There are various factors contributing to cost overrun in building projects and it is vital to understand how they can be mitigated in order to …
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A structural model for mitigation measures of critical cost overrun factors in highway projects in sindh province
… this industry is facing a serious problem of cost overrun globally and particular in Pakistan. Rapid growth in the construction sector in Pakistan has been observed along with many challenges, especially in highway projects. The most critical issues in highway projects are the cost overrun and …
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A study of causes of delay and cost overrun in office construction projects in the eThekwini Municipal Area, South Africa
Submitted in fulfillment of the academic requirements for the degree of Master of Technology in Construction Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2015.
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Towards a risk management framework for Libyan house-building projects
Time and cost overrun problems are commonplace throughout the world in the construction industry. Libyan House-Building Projects (LHBP) experience the same dilemma and often to a greater extent. This is attributed to both unexpected and expected factors in which risk and uncertainty were not …
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Cost Risk Assessment in Environmental Remediation: Towards a Causal-Chain Approach
… the adaptation of the causal-chain approach to cost risk assessment; (2) a demonstrated use of change order data in understanding project risks; (3) the characterization of cost risks of environmental remediation; (4) the predictive models of cost overrun for environmental remediation.
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Evaluation of the Factors Causing Cost and Time Overrun in the Namibian Construction Industry
Cost and time are one of the two primary parameters that require due considerations throughout the project lifecycle and are the determining factors for project success. However, it is very common that many projects fail to achieve their goal of being completed within the planned budget and …
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Improved methods for managing megaprojects
… world unless it becomes more competitive. The cost of nuclear energy largely depends on capital cost because nuclear power plants are very expensive to design and build and relatively cheap to operate. The capital cost of nuclear power plants is literally dominated by factors other than those …
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Capital cost evaluation of advanced reactor designs under uncertainty and risk
… in global nuclear generation. High capital costs and the risk of overruns and delays may prevent the industry from realizing this new potential. Recent nuclear projects in the U.S. and Europe have averaged cost overruns more than 2x the original estimate. However, new reactor architectures …
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Validation of the use of low enriched uranium as a replacement for highly enriched uranium in US submarine reactors
… to the average Department of Defense project cost overrun.
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Estudio de mejora en el aprovisionamiento y la gestión de almacenes de la empresa Tuesta Consultores y Ejecutores E.I.R.L.
… warehouse management, establishing indicators (cost overrun index, requirements attention time index, on-time requirements index, purchase order attention index, inventory coverage) that will measure the current baseline and the future one after the implementation of the improvement study. To do …
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Evaluating the optimal innovative cost control techniques used in the South African construction industry
… by economic difficulties, such as the high costs of construction materials, that have a negative impact on project costs. Cost overruns have been determined as a phenomenon continually plaguing the construction industry in both private and public sectors, and very few projects are completed …
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Structural relationship model of causes and effects of construction changes in UAE construction industry
… 48 effects were categorised into 3 groups (time overrun, cost overrun, and quality assurance). Next, the actual survey came with 100 valid responses and the data collected from the survey were analysed descriptively. The results found that the most influential construction change causes affecting …
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Improvement of relationship between main contractor and subcontractor for successful construction project implementation
… project within the time, quality and cost are important in the construction industry. The success of the construction project depends on the subcontractors because they are the party that execute the technical and the operation of the works. The main contractor needs to possess the …
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Integrated influential factors (iifs) model of internal stakeholders as an adaptive control system to curb projects completion delay in Yemen
… reported effects which among others include: cost overrun; litigation; arbitration; failure; and abandonment. In order to mitigate these effects, a prevailing approach that is reported to being implemented is enhancing the collaboration of stakeholders in construction project delivery. This …
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Exploring architectural transformation to improve value of plant EPC business : case study of LNG production plant
… been built in the last several decades, the EPC cost did not decrease, and rather a significant cost increase in the last decade was observed. The most significant reasons are that the requirements became more complex, associated structure and piping facilities became more complex and heavier, …
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Measures for mitigating the delay in high-rise building construction projects in Dubai
… challenges such as low labour productivity, cost overrun, time overrun, and extreme weather condition. Globally, the most severe challenge is project delay, particularly in Dubai where the construction industry is booming rapidly than other parts of the world, especially in high-rise building …
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