Construction industry is characterized in nature as complex, fragmented, dynamic and
involves many parties therefore effective communication is essential to overcome these …

Detecting contractual risk information from construction specifications is crucial to
succeeding in construction projects. This paper describes clause classification using the …

Construction disputes can be instigated by several factors that are interrelated. Past studies
on dispute causal factors mainly focused on examining individual factors without revealing …

Modularization is a well-known approach that can potentially mitigate many of the current
construction industry's challenges including, for example, poor productivity, shortages in …

Effective communication in construction industry is a core competency element to the
success of the project. But it has been always a challenging mission to perform the …

Purpose The selection of a suitable contractor for a project has a significant impact on
project success. In order to avoid the selection of an incapable contractor, the capabilities of …

The partnership between the public and private sectors has led to a new and innovative way
of delivering infrastructure projects that is referred to as public–private partnership (PPP) …

Disputes arising out of several types of claims have become an inherent feature of the
construction industry. An overabundance of studies have been undertaken to identify the …

The main purpose of this research was to identify the core factors that engender construction
cost overruns in public buildings in Ghana. Adopting a positivist, realist and value free …

The aim of this study was to investigate the most frequent critical failure factors engendering
cost overruns of public construction projects in Ghana. Using a mixedmethod approach …