Purpose Various approaches have emerged to assist practitioners in making more informed
decisions in highway construction projects. However, industry practitioners are still using …

Off-site construction (OSC) is an innovative construction method that transfers most of the
site-based work to a more controlled environment. Construction waste minimization, speedy …

This paper addresses the gap in the scientific literature regarding construction cost
estimates for the construction of underground metro stations. It provides preliminary cost …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a new procurement strategy with the aim to
achieve higher value for money (VFM) in public works delivery. Its main innovation lies in the …

Conflicts are frequent within the complex professional environment of the construction
industry. If claims cannot be overcome amicably, they result in disputes that lead to litigation …

The choice of method of contractor compensation is a complex decision that should be taken
by awarding authorities (AAs) based on a systematic and scientific examination of …

Precast concrete beams for bridges are among the widely used applications of off-site
construction with various standardized profiles and lengths being long used in different …

Purpose This paper aims to examine selected similar Greek highway projects to create
artificial neural network-based models to predict their actual construction duration based on …

Selected public Greek highway projects are examined in order to produce models to predict
their actual construction cost based on data available at the bidding stage. Twenty highway …

An endeavor to predict the optimum contingency value that balances between maintaining
business competitiveness and achieving project objectives is definitely an essential …