... as important for successful building projects, few appear to have done a complete analysis using pre-design criteria to systematically categorize professional views on the relative relevance of CSFs. There is a lack in research examining the factors that led to Dubai's successful construction projects...

... practices in building projects. Design/methodology/approach A modified Delphi method (MDM) was used to solicit the views of an expert panel on 33 benefits identified from the literature and validated by a pilot panel to ensure robustness. Statistical tools were used to analyse the data collected...

... in building projects procured by private corporate organisations. Design/methodology/approach Purposive sampling technique was used to select project managers (PMs) and client representatives (CRs) who have been involved in projects procured by private corporate organisations between 2008 and 2017...

...Mohammad A. Hassanain; Mohammad Aljuhani; Muizz O. Sanni-Anibire; Abdullatif Abdallah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and assess interdisciplinary design checklists for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems’ coordination, for building projects, in Saudi Arabia...

...Mohammad A. Hassanain; Babatunde Adewale; Abdul-Mohsen Al-Hammad; Muizz O. Sanni-Anibire Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and assess the factors affecting building services’ coordination during the design development and review stages of building projects. Design/methodology...

... Publishing Limited 2016 Quality management Construction industry Defects Building projects Quality deviation Sub-tasks requirements Defects, departures from established requirements, so severe that rectification is mandatory, have become an (unfortunate but) accepted part...

...Ayedh Alqahtani; Andrew Whyte Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the performance of regression and artificial-neural-networks (ANNs) methods to estimate the running cost of building projects towards improved accuracy. Design/methodology/approach – A data set of 20 building...