.... Originality/value The 3DT model is entirely novel and evolves as a result of this specific study alone. Research methods Construction operations Operations management Decision support systems Construction management research (CMR) can – to varying extents simultaneously – embrace a host...

... Reservoirs Dams Decision support systems Jordan The design and operation of surface water systems are typical watershed management problems. The main components of surface water systems include the reservoirs (dams) and their structures as well as pipelines, channels and hydropower/pumping units...

... for a construction project. Design/methodology/approach In view of the divergence in objectives between various decision makers when determining the amount of materials to be delivered to site, the concept of integrating the non‐structural fuzzy decision support system (NFDSS) to multi‐attribute decision making...

... approaches to site location decisions to avoid any error at the project initial stage that will sometimes end up with a catastrophic error at the later project development stage. Chi‐Ming Tam can be contacted at: bctam@cityu.edu.hk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Decision support...

..., the economic factor depends on project impact on local and national economy, number of beneficiaries, and opportunity cost of work lost. The Public Projects Programming System (3PS) is mainly a decision support system aimed at helping senior decision makers in the public sector to program the implementation...

...A. Abdou; J. Lewis; M. Radaideh This paper presents an internet‐based decision support system (DSS) conceptual proposal for the appraisal stage of healthcare construction projects. The underlying philosophy of the approach is to integrate architectural space programming and costestimating processes...