The need to overcome challenges faced by construction industry has been at the core of
many government reports. Most of the reports suggest the adoption of innovations including …

In this open access book the cost and revenue overruns of Olympic Games from Sydney
2000 to PyeongChang 2018 from eight years before the Games to Games‐time are …

Today, several developing countries struggle to improve the cost and time performances of
major infrastructure works due to various reasons. Cost overrun and delay are one of the …

Material wastage on construction sites can contribute to cost overruns. Research to provide
evidence of the extent of material wastages' contribution to cost overruns on construction …

While wastage of materials has become a serious problem requiring urgent attention in the
Nigerian Construction Industry, cost overrun is a problem, which affects 90 percent of the …

Senior managers fail to control time and costs of construction projects despite available
advanced project management tools. Based on project management theory, the objective of …

Expected large cost overruns of Olympic Games have recently led to negative referendums.
We will analyze the costs and revenues of the Olympic Games and how they change from …

Material waste and cost overrun have been identified as common problems in the
construction industry. These problems occur at both pre-and post-contract stages of a …

Machinery has been used in the construction industry in both small-and large-scale projects
for a long time. Machinery is one of the main resources of any construction projects and …

The present study focuses on the optimization techniques to minimize time and cost in
prefabricated constructions. Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are used for optimization, due …