Abstract: Political risk has been a pervasive problem in international construction projects. International contractors have, in response, endeavored to mitigate the high degree of political risk exposure to survive. Few prior works ...

Abstract: Many attempts have been made to thoroughly understand the lean approach and its application in construction. Among these efforts, the Toyota way model is viewed as an appropriate approach that pinpoints various aspects of ...

Abstract: Building sector is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions around the globe. Being green, or sustainable, is one pressing issue coming from both internal and external drivers for construction and engineering companies. ...

Abstract: Many studies have investigated the benefits that can be achieved through the use of the lean production philosophy to meet the challenges of sustainable development. These benefits include reduced waste, lead time, inventory, ...

Abstract: As a management philosophy, total quality management (TQM) is implemented differently in firms. This study investigates the implementation level and the types of TQM practices adopted in construction companies. Eight ...

Abstract: Building designers’ decisions affect long term quality and life cycle cost of buildings. Designers’ decisions are usually latent in nature and hard to detect at the early stage of construction. This research looks at failure ...

Abstract: Construction inspection can take place only during the construction phase of a project. This imposes limitations on what the building inspector can detect, and thus there is often a gap between perceived construction quality ...

Abstract: In recent years, green building has drawn the attention of both academics and practitioners and experienced rapid growth. In order to achieve the concept of sustainable development in the project life cycle of green building, ...

Abstract: Construction firms have been seen as prime candidates for enterprise risk management (ERM) adoption. The ERM maturity assessment helps them to identify weak areas of their ERM implementation and to prioritize resources to ...

Abstract: Although enterprise risk management (ERM) has been advocated in the construction industry, its implementation is still plagued with hindrances. The objectives are to identify the critical hindrances to ERM implementation ...