Abstract: The resolution of claims for loss of productivity can be one of the most controversial and challenging areas in construction projects. The challenges usually come from labor productivity’s susceptibility to many factors, ...

Abstract: Industry has recognized that the cumulative impact of changes is a factor that may possibly affect labor productivity. The ripple effect of changes may be impossible to capture in the discrete effects of individual changes. ...

Abstract: In construction claims, in order to prevail, contractors must establish entitlement, causation, and quantum. Though all these aspects can be very challenging, proof of causation often is subtle and intangible. There is no ...

Abstract: Changes’ cumulative effects are often seen as the cascading ripple impact of multiple changes and can influence labor productivity in construction projects. Because individual change orders for scope modifications typically ...

Abstract: A new concept for the evaluation of flowmeter dynamic response is presented. A technique based on hydraulic line dynamics is applied to achieve accurate measurements of the reference flowrate. ...

Abstract: Infrastructure facilities are generally heavy, fixed, and normally irreversible once construction has been completed. As existing facilities, they may confront economic competition of an increased space demand and the need ...

Abstract: Optimal infrastructure development and expansion decision making requires taking into account contingent expansion decisions and underlying uncertainty, such as demand, during the planning period. Recent publications on ...

Abstract: The measured mile/baseline method has been widely accepted to quantify labor productivity loss, which is demonstrated by comparing the impacted and unimpacted/lightly impacted portions of the work. Although the distinctions ...

Abstract: It is a difficult and challenging task to quantify lost labor productivity in construction claims. Project-specific studies, such as the measured mile analysis, for calculating loss of productivity are generally more ...

Abstract: Labor productivity is susceptible to many factors, including those related to working conditions, methods, and construction resources. It is not uncommon to see that contractors performed the work in a different manner ...