...Efthimia Pantzartzis; Andrew D.F. Price; Federica Pascale Purpose This paper aims to identify costs related to dementia care provision and explore how purpose-built environment investments can help control these costs and improve quality of life and clinical outcomes. Design/methodology...

...Olugbenga Jide Olaniran Purpose – This paper aims to present the outcome of a study conducted on the impact that cost-based contractor selection (CBCS) might have on construction project performance. Several criteria are normally used to select construction contractors, competitiveness...

...Olusanjo O. Fadiya; Panos Georgakis; Ezekiel Chinyio; Peter Akadiri Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider the significance of the sources of cost of construction plant theft identified in previous studies and derive rates which can enhance proper estimation of the cost of plant theft...

...S. Masu; H. Gichunge; O.A. K'Akumu Purpose The aim of this paper is to use the case study of Nairobi in Kenya in order to fill the gap of knowledge on the component ratios of new building costs that has been missing from international literature. Design/methodology/approach Using survey...

...Nayanthara De Silva; Malik Ranasinghe; C.R. De Silva Purpose The factors contributing to maintenance cost include the life‐long environmental factors that the building is exposed to during its useful life as well as parameters relating to the design, construction and maintenance processes...

...Henry Odeyinka; John Lowe; Ammar Kaka Purpose Significant risk factors inherent in construction cost flow forecast were identified in this study. The aim of this paper is to develop regression models to assess the impacts of the identified risks on the baseline forecast at the in‐progress stage...

... to project delays and associated costs, specifically. Practical implications Practitioners may wish to consider the perceived benefits of PPP procurement in better dealing with potential delay impacts. Social implications Reduction in delay and construction cost holds potential benefit to all who...

...‐term study on how BIM triggers market improvements in the Australian construction industry, to establish the specific impact of these on construction industry's contribution to Australian economy, also to develop a simple model on the cost of implementing BIM in a typical construction SME. Design...

...H.K. Gichunge; S.M. Masu; O.A. K'Akumu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to look at the applications of factor cost indices in the building industry in Nairobi, Kenya against the possibilities established through a review of the principles so as to establish the extent of use in practical...

... on cost and time performance of selected building projects. Design/methodology/approach Prequalification assessments of management capability of wining contractors as well as cost data relating to 77 completed building projects executed between 2004 and 2007 are obtained. The data obtained from...