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Preventive Approach to Unsubstantiated Claims and Disputes in the UK Construction Industry
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Globally, claims and disputes are an unfortunate reality in construction projects. Recent statistics reveal that construction claims in the UK increased by 21% in 2018 compared to other countries such as India (8%), Mexico ...
Risk Management for Qatar Expressway Program
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The construction of expressway projects associated with the various main risks such
as political risks, legal risks, economic risks, cultural risks, and construction risks
are considered critical and essential to be ...
The Lean Enterprise at the Design Office
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
This paper presents the lean practice implementation, which led to a transformation in
the design offices/projects explaining how implementing lean principles is affecting the
projects at the design phase and also affecting ...
How Public Works Authority Has Built a Portfolio Dashboard Through Agility Approach
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The aim of this paper is to share PWA experience to develop a Portfolio Performance
Dashboard (PPD) that suits its unique requirements. The case study sheds light on the
challenges that PWA faced to develop an interim front ...
Stakeholder Management: An Insightful Overview of Issues
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
This paper attempts to contribute towards investigating the existing literature base of
stakeholder management (SM), provide a compilation, and define any gaps in this area.
Besides, explore different groups of critical ...
Innovative Pavement Materials and Design: Smart Roadways and Smart Road Maintenance for the Future
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
break any industry or economy. The transportation construction sector is no exception, however, innovation and doing things differently in this sector has been dead slow for centuries, compared to other industries. Automobiles ...
Design and Construction Risk Management of Souq Waqif Station of Gold Line, Doha Metro
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The case of redesigning Souq Waqif station by raising the base slab formation level due
to significant water inflow during the excavation and dewatering works and the break in
activities of two EPB TBMs under adverse ...
Challenges Facing Building Information Modelling in Construction Industry in Sudan
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a valuable and promising approach in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry, which is gradually gaining acceptance by owners, architects, engineers, and contractors ...
Performance of University-Construction Industry Collaboration: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
University-construction industry collaboration (UIC) has become an essential part of driving innovation and fostering construction industry growth. Measuring performance of such collaboration is an emergent field of study. ...
Strategies for Communicating Health and Safety Information on Construction Sites in Nigeria
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Qatar Univesrity Press
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
The construction industry (CI) has earned the notoriety of being a risky or profoundly
unsafe industry. Studies have credited the majority of the mishap on construction sites
to poor communication of health and safety (H&S) ...