Built Environment Project and Asset Management: Volume 13 Issue 3

Pursuing alignment of clients' and contractors' perceptions of client satisfaction in Saudi Arabian projects

Fawaz Alshihre, Ezekiel Chinyio, Chinny Nzekwe-Excel, Emmanuel I. Daniel

The study explored the disparity between construction clients and contractors on what constitutes “client satisfaction”. Such disparity is important because it can lead to…

Pre-design CSFs (critical success factors) of building projects for Dubai's development boom

Salem Buhashima Abdalla, Emad Mushtaha, Mamun Rashid, Alex Opoku, Rawan Hamad, Fikri Dweiri, Abbas Elmualim

This paper aims to identify the pre-design critical success factors CSFs pertaining to different types of construction projects in the rapidly growing city of Dubai, by adopting…

Enhancing building performance of post-fire refurbished apparel manufacturing buildings in Sri Lanka

Ishara Rathnayake, Pournima Sridarran, Mahesh Abeynayake, Shashini Jayakodi

The creation of occupant satisfaction can be reached through the involvement of building performance mandates (BPMs) while enhancing the functionality of buildings. BPMs comprise…

Modelling the adoption of Internet of things (IoT) for sustainable construction in a developing economy

Oluwaseun Sunday Dosumu, Seth Moise Uwayo

The need to improve sustainable construction with the appropriate technology adoption in the fourth and fifth industrial revolutions cannot be overemphasized. This study modelled…

Construction in the digital age: exploring the benefits of digital technologies

John Aliu, Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke

The purpose of this article was to identify and evaluate the benefits of adopting digital technologies (DTs) in the Nigerian construction industry, to ensure that construction…

Factors influencing change orders in oil and gas construction projects in Saudi Arabia

Sadeq J. Alkhalifah, Firas M. Tuffaha, Laith A. Al Hadidi, Ahmad Ghaithan

The oil and gas construction projects in Saudi Arabia are commonly impacted by the frequent occurrence of change orders. Therefore, this study aims at determining the factors…

Decoding a construction organisation's tendency to litigate: an understanding through financial statements

Murali Jagannathan, Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi

Despite the availability of amicable means to resolve construction disputes, litigation remains a mainstream dispute resolution process in some countries. This tendency to…

Why not reprocessed: identifying factors limiting the uptake of reprocessed structural timber

Gihan Anuradha Tennakoon, Raufdeen Rameezdeen, Nicholas Chileshe

Timber waste from construction is downcycled into non-structural products, incinerated for energy generation or disposed of in landfills. Existing literature highlights that the…