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New Zealand Building Project Cost and Its Influential Factors: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach [PDF]
, 2019 Construction industry significantly contributes to New Zealand's economic development. However, the delivery of construction projects is usually plagued by cost overruns, which turn potentially successful projects into money-losing ventures, resulting in
Liu, Zhansheng +3 more
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The impact of contractor selection method on transaction costs: a review [PDF]
, 1998 The basic premise of transaction-cost theory is that the decision to outsource, rather than to undertake work in-house, is determined by the relative costs incurred in each of these forms of economic organization.
Chinyio, Ezekiel +2 more
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EngThe construction industry is central to the socio-economic and infrastructural advancement of developing countries; however, it continues to face persistent performance challenges, most notably recurrent cost overruns.
Kaleab Tsegaye Belihu +4 more
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Roles in construction projects: analysis and terminology [PDF]
, 2001 Standard form contracts are typically developed through a negotiated consensus, unless they are proffered by one specific interest group. Previously published plans of work and other descriptions of the processes in construction projects tend to focus on
Hughes, Will +2 more
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Health and safety in the Malawian construction industry
Acta Structilia, 2011 Construction Health and Safety (H&S) is of significant importance to the improvement and sustainability of the construction process. This is why at various levels of the construction process, clients, project managers, architects, engineers, contractors,
Charles Chiocha +2 more
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Taking forward public procurement reforms in Ghana [PDF]
, 2006 The construction industry in Ghana, like many others worldwide, has had its fair share of damning independent reviews. Huge and unsustainable foreign debt, excessive budget deficits, huge contractual payment arrears, poor construction performance ...
Anvuur, A, Kumaraswamy, M, Male, S
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Information technology in construction: How to realise the benefits? [PDF]
, 2003 Advancement in the utilisation of computers has, in recent years, become a major, even dominating research and development target in the architecture, engineering and construction industry.
Kazi, AS, Koskela, LJ
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Understanding construction delay analysis and the role of pre-construction programming [PDF]
, 2014 Copyright © 2013, American Society of Civil Engineers. This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below.Modern construction projects commonly suffer from delay in their completions.
Braimah, N
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What are the costs of procurement and who bears them? [PDF]
, 2000 The costs of procurement are transaction costs which are separate from the direct costs of a project. In this paper discussion is concentrated on costs of tendering.
Hillebrandt, P M, Hughes, Will
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Skill competency development strategies by a contractor [PDF]
, 2009 Construction skills are one of the vital aspects of construction work which is growing in importance due to skill gaps and skill shortages during different economic cycles.
A. S. Oyegoke +15 more
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