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Time Delay and Cost Overrun in Qatari Public Construction Projects Open
This paper investigated cost overruns and delays in Qatari public construction projects. An extensive review of regional and international publications was conducted to get a better understanding of the problem and the various methodologie…
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Scientometric analysis of BIM-based research in construction engineering and management Open
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to summarize the latest research of BIM adoption in construction engineering and management (CEM) and propose research directions for future scholarly work. During the recent decade, building informatio…
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The impact of Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Phases on Project Performance: A Case of Large-scale Residential Construction Project Open
The Construction Industry is a complex and fragmented industry worldwide with regards to its supply chain, products, and processes, and is faced with a similar dilemma as faced by manufacturers during its time in past decades. Scope, time,…
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Building Information Modeling in Project Management: Necessities, Challenges and Outcomes Open
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is becoming a comprehensive collaborative process in the construction industry. Despite its short history, BIM has had an increasing growth during the last decade. This is happening mainly due to its cap…
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4D BIM for Environmental Planning and Management Open
For more than a decade research has shown that 4D Building Information Modelling (BIM) can improve construction planning, scheduling and production control as well as the onsite management of safety, workspaces and waste. The increasing us…
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Estimation of bearing capacity of floating group of stone columns Open
Stone column is one of the ground improvement techniques. This technique has a proven performance, short time schedule, durability, constructability and low costs. The stone column technique has been used as a method of reinforcement of so…
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CONSTRUCTABILITY IN INDUSTRIAL PLANTS CONSTRUCTION: A BIM-LEAN APPROACH USING THE DIGITAL OBEYA ROOM FRAMEWORK Open
One of the main problems the construction industry faces is the high cost and slow execution time due to inadequate planning, which results in poor use of human resources. A common solution for reducing time and costs is the adoption of pr…
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Procurement and innovation risk management: How a public client managed to realize a radical green innovation in a civil engineering project Open
Public clients’ decisions on the procurement and contracting of civil engineering projects have far-reaching effects on the development and implementation of innovations. Two decades ago, a trend towards the use of integrated contracts sta…
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Effects of Construction Projects Schedule Overruns: A Case of the Gauteng Province, South Africa Open
Construction schedule overruns are not uncommon on construction projects world over and the South African construction industry has not escaped the challenges of failing to deliver projects on time. In order to find mitigation measures of …
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Quantitative Assessment of Building Constructability Using BIM and 4D Simulation Open
Despite the fact that applying constructability concepts in building designs have led to savings estimated within a range of 1% to 14% of the capital cost, the construction industry still lacks an advanced tool to assess and check for cons…
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Investigation on the Factors Influencing Construction Time and Cost Overrun for High-Rise Building Projects In Penang Open
Time and cost overruns have become one prominent issue for most construction
\nprojects around the world. Project costing and timeframe extension had been causing a lot of
\nwastage and loss of opportunity for many parties involved. Ther…
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Long-term field performance of concrete produced with powder waste glass as partial replacement of cement Open
This paper reports the long-term field and laboratory-tested performance of concrete produced with 20 wt% replacement of cement with powder waste glass (WG). Field investigations of WG concrete were carried out in a large-scale field proje…
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Cost Overruns in Tunnelling Projects: Investigating the Impact of Geological and Geotechnical Uncertainty Using Case Studies Open
Tunnelling projects seldom meet the initial budget requirements. Commonly, these types of projects suffer from cost overruns, which subsequently lead to project delivery delays mainly due to unsuccessful ground investigation as specified i…
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Potential of Virtual Design Construction Technologies to Improve Job-Site Safety in Gulf Corporation Council Open
With the advancement of digital design practices in the global construction industry, different aspects related to the project lifecycle are extracting their benefits, including making improvements in safety. The objective of this paper is…
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Large Scale 3D Printing of Complex Geometric Shapes in Construction Open
Large Scale 3D Printing of Complex Geometric Shapes in Construction Jochen Teizer, Alexander Blickle, Tobias King, Olaf Leitzbach and Daniel Guenther Pages 948-956 (2016 Proceedings of the 33rd ISARC, Auburn, USA, ISBN 978-1-5108-2992-3, I…
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Use of augmented reality technology to enhance comprehension of construction assemblies Open
The construction industry faces the incessant challenge of adjusting to a continuous fluctuation of employees. Consequently, the industry is faced with a loss of expertise and practical knowledge required to successfully deliver constructi…
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Constructability-based design approach for steel structures: From truss beams to real-world inspired industrial buildings Open
This paper presents an optimization framework for steel trusses. The authors implemented a penalty-based approach to optimise the size, shape, and topology based on a dynamic grouping strategy to address the constructability challenges. Th…
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Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction Joining Tech-niques Review Open
Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction (PPVC), also known as volumetric modular construction has recently been adopted for high-rise building construction. However, efficient ways of joining the volumetric units on site have not…
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Development of Interlocking Masonry Bricks and its’ Structural Behaviour: A Review Paper Open
Conventional bricks are the most elementary building materials for houses construction. However, the rapid growth in today's construction industry has obliged the civil engineers in searching for a new building technique that may result in…
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Exploring the Causes of Design Changes in Building Construction Projects: An Interpretive Structural Modeling Approach Open
The purpose of this study is to investigate the mutual interactions between the causes of design changes using Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) and to classify the causes using the “Matrice d’Impacts Croisés Multiplication Appliquée …
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A review of drivers for implementing geopolymers in construction: Codes and constructability Open
Geopolymer concrete (GPC) has emerged as an alternative to Portland cement (PC) concrete in recent decades, with recent drivers for its use being tied to its potential environmental sustainability benefits and comparable performance. Howev…
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Real-world applications of BIM and immersive VR in construction Open
The integration of immersive Virtual Reality (VR) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) has many applications within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industries. In this context VR is often highlighted for its abilit…
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Automated specification of steel reinforcement to support the optimisation of RC floors Open
A Building Information Modelling (BIM)-enabled computational approach was presented in this paper for the automated specification of steel reinforcement to support the optimisation of reinforced concrete (RC) flat slabs. After importing sl…
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Prioritizing BIM Capabilities of an Organization: An Interpretive Structural Modeling Analysis Open
The Indian Architectural Engineering and Construction sector is grappling with the adoption of BIM as is evident from a relatively low level of adoption. While there have been sufficient number of successful (and unsuccessful) project leve…
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Experiencing Supply Chain Optimizations: A Serious Gaming Approach Open
To provide new opportunities for acquiring experience in coordinating construction supply chain activities, this paper describes a serious gaming approach. Serious games offer their users an experience that is designed to be meaningful. Fo…
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Optimization of the Supplier Selection Process in Prefabrication Using BIM Open
Prefabrication offers substantial benefits including reduction in construction waste, material waste, energy use, labor demands, and delivery time, and an improvement in project constructability and cost certainty. As the material cost acc…
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Factors Influencing Cost Overruns in Construction Projects of International Contractors in Vietnam Open
A construction project is a designed product made up of labors, materials, and installations in the project positioned on the ground and may include the underground and ground section, and the section in water or on the water surface. It i…
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A review on the evolution of Portland cement and chemical admixtures in Brazil Open
Over the years, Portland cement concretes have undergone increasing demands for constructability, cost, quality, and environmental impact. These demands were met, mainly, through changes in the cement composition and the introduction of ch…
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Identification of Material-related Risks in Green Buildings Open
Green projects, especially housing projects, have become popular in recent years in the Turkish construction industry. Although the number of green projects is increasing, this type of projects involves several material-related risks. The …
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A review on precast structural concrete walls and connections Open
Extreme events, with natural or manmade causes, such as floods, pandemics and wars, have recently brought the need to provide shelter and field hospitals in a very fast and affordable way. Prefabrication can play an relevant role in this c…