Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic review of studies on CPD
published between 1985 and 2018. Design/methodology/approach Before identifying …

Construction industries have a poor reputation in terms of finishing projects on budget. Nine
out of ten projects normally experience cost overrun. Different causes for cost overrun have …

Megaprojects are complex and expensive projects that often involve social, technical,
economic, environmental and political (STEEP) challenges to project management. Despite …

On the basis of Iran's strategic development plan, natural gas industry must develop the
capacity of gas transmission up to 1300millionm3 per day until 2025. For this purpose, gas …

The need to consider sustainability has substantially increased the complexity of
implementing construction and infrastructure projects and new management practices have …

Government projects and programs contribute to national growth at a great magnitude.
However, records show that they are not well managed, even when project teams follow …

Megaprojects are historically associated with poor delivery, both in terms of schedule and
cost performance. Empirical research is required to determine which characteristics of …

Complex construction projects in the infrastructure sector are often beset with delays, which
cause benefit shortfalls and increased costs. Prior project management literature and …

Several studies investigating the causes of delay in projects in the construction industry
have been conducted worldwide. This study investigates the causes of delay in construction …

Purpose Construction project delays are described as a universal problem, which has led to
many empirical studies. However, most of these studies were based on the rankings by …