Ambiguity factors in construction contracts entailing conflicts

K Koc, AP Gurgun - Engineering, Construction and Architectural …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Conflicts, claims and disputes are inherent in most construction projects.
Acceptable degree of commonality in the interpretation of contract provisions is critical in …

Accidents in Malaysian construction industry: statistical data and court cases

HY Chong, TS Low - … journal of occupational safety and ergonomics, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Safety and health issues remain critical to the construction industry due to its working
environment and the complexity of working practises. This research attempts to adopt 2 …

Identifying and assessing the critical criteria affecting decision-making for green roof type selection

A Mahdiyar, S Tabatabaee, A Abdullah… - Sustainable cities and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Green roofs are categorized into different types based on their characteristics, and each type
of green roofs offers different benefits and costs for both private and social sectors. Although …

Effective risk positioning through automated identification of missing contract conditions from the contractor's perspective based on FIDIC contract cases

JH Lee, Y Ham, JS Yi, JW Son - Journal of Management in …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Defining, measuring, and dealing with contractual risks are crucial for successful
construction projects because the contractual risks can lead to serious claims and disputes …

Selection and use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in construction projects—Past and future research

CK Lee, TW Yiu, SO Cheung - International Journal of Project Management, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Research on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) selection and use has been
gaining prevalent interest from project practitioners and researchers. This study presents a …

Foundations of project management research: an explicit and six‐facet ontological framework

JB Gauthier, LA Ika - Project Management Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This article proposes a new, explicit, and integrated ontological framework to stimulate
project management research. It suggests that the ontological question should be viewed as …

The role of contract incompleteness factors in project disputes: A hybrid fuzzy multi-criteria decision approach

AP Gurgun, K Koc - Engineering, Construction and Architectural …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Contract incompleteness with deficiency, inconsistency, defectiveness, and
ambiguity in contract clauses, which can cause misunderstandings and misinterpretations …

A prototype decision support system for green roof type selection: A cybernetic fuzzy ANP method

A Mahdiyar, S Tabatabaee, S Durdyev, S Ismail… - Sustainable cities and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The decision to install a particular type of green roof (GR) should be made during the design
stage of a project due to the different costs and benefits each GR type offers. Although much …

Automated Identification of Vagueness in the FIDIC Silver Book Conditions of Contract

AB Candaş, OB Tokdemir - Journal of Construction Engineering and …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Contract conditions are crucial as they outline an agreement between different parties. The
semantic terms in contract conditions need to be precisely designated. Where these …

Assessment of readability risks in contracts causing conflicts in construction projects

K Koc, A Pelin Gurgun - Journal of Construction Engineering and …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Readability and comprehensibility of contracts are important. A contract would be more
practical and functional if the clauses can be interpreted more consistently. Therefore, an …