...Melissa Kazemi Rad; David Riley; Somayeh Asadi; Parhum Delgoshaei Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine significant steps taken by the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to account for both energy cost savings and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals through strategic...

...Abderisak Adam; Per-Erik Bertil Josephson; Göran Lindahl Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact that cost overruns and time delays exert on large public construction projects to clarify how past and current research regard factors causing cost overruns and time delays in large...

...Tariq Shehab; Mohamad Farooq Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an artificial intelligent (AI) system for estimating the construction cost of water and sewer rehabilitation projects. Design/methodology/approach To develop the proposed system, data pertaining to 54 sewer and water...

...Peter Love; Peter Davis; Joanne Ellis; Sai On Cheung Purpose While a considerable amount of knowledge has been accumulated about dispute causation, disputes continue to prevail and disharmonise the process of construction with considerable cost. This paper seeks to identify the underlying...

...Kenneth D. Walsh; Anil Sawhney; Michelle A. Vachris Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare construction costs between nations, which is an important part of international economic statistics. Methods employed for these comparisons to date have yielded questionable results. The paper...

...Trefor P. Williams Purpose Ratios were constructed using bidding data for highway construction projects in Texas to study whether there are useful patterns in project bids that are indicators of the project completion cost. The use of the ratios to improve predictions of completed project cost...

...Peter E.D. Love; David J. Edwards Rework represents the unnecessary effort of redoing a process or activity that is incorrectly implemented the first time. Using a structured questionnaire survey, the causes and costs of rework in 161 Australian construction projects were identified. Respondents...

... is explored in terms of its duration and cost. The research findings highlight how various factors and processes interact with each other to create DT, and mitigate or exacerbate its impact on project performance. It is suggested that construction companies need to adopt proactive equipment management...

...Parviz A. Koushki; Nabil Kartam The construction of residential projects constitutes a major portion of the building activities in the State of Kuwait. This paper presents the findings of a research project, which aims to determine the causes of delays and cost‐overruns in the construction...