• Performance of University-Construction Industry Collaboration: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda 

      Al-Gasim, Ziad; Senin, Aslan Amat; bin Yusoff, Mohd Effandi ( 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. ...
    • Practical Implementation of Contract Administration Performance Model in Qatar Construction Projects 

      Gunduz, Murat; Elsherbeny,Hesham A. ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Globally, the performance of Construction Contract Administration (CCA) is becoming of significant interest as the industry suffers from notable delays, cost overruns, and disputes as a consequence of poor contract ...
    • Preventive Approach to Unsubstantiated Claims and Disputes in the UK Construction Industry 

      Nosheen, Asia; Arewa, Andrew Oyen; Akhtar, Hafiz Muhammad ( 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 ...
    • Project Management: Key Initiatives Case Study 

      Al Nass, Khaled; Melilla, Lavinia; Tolba, Mohamed ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Every project faces risk of delays and disruptions, especially the mega/complex projects of today, which have, amongst others, many interfacing parties engaged. Local roads and drainage projects in general, including DN016, ...
    • Project Risk Based Evaluation for Infrastructure Works in Qatar: Highway Projects 

      Abd Rahman, Nor Rozaini ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      The implementation of a project for infrastructure works such as highways, bridges, flyovers, underpasses, tunnels, etc. can be complexed and unique. This has always required a proper project management system that ...
    • Risk Management for Qatar Expressway Program 

      Abd Rahman, Nor Rozaini ( 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 ...
    • Solar DER Investment for MWANI Qatar Building at Hamad Port 

      Karama, Adel ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      This document discusses the benefits of adding a solar distributed energy resource (DER) investment to MWANI Qatar (MQ) building at Hamad Port. The social and environmental aspects of a Solar PV system with battery storage ...
    • Stakeholder Management: An Insightful Overview of Issues 

      Mashali, Ayman; Elbeltagi, Emad; Motawa, Ibrahim; Elshikh, Mohamed ( 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 ...
    • Strategies for Communicating Health and Safety Information on Construction Sites in Nigeria 

      Alara, Samuel Abiodun; Inuwa, Ibrahim Ibrahim ( 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) ...
    • The Lean Enterprise at the Design Office 

      Elmosalmi, Dawlat; Ibrahim, Mohamed Mohsen ( 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 ...
    • The New Construction Approach Adapted by Ashghal for the Public Projects in Qatar 

      Al-Buenain, Ahmad; Al-Muhanadi, Saeed; Falamarzi, Mohammad ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      "The purpose of this paper is to review the new strategy adapted by Ashghal to implement lean construction in Qatar to improve project performance and predictability of delivery. This is a significant change programme ...
    • Unfair Payment Issues in Construction: Re-Thinking Alternative Payment Method For Tier-1 Contractors to Subcontractors 

      Swai, Laura Peter; Arewa, Andrew Oyen; Ugulu, Rex Asibuodu ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Recent statistics reveal substantial increase in late payments cases from 18% to 27%; with over £30 billion unpaid invoices to UK contractors. Furthermore, 82% of overdue invoices are monies owed to subcontractor by tier-1 ...
    • Unique Structural Design and Construction Challenges for Al Bustan South Project in Qatar 

      Ganguli, Anshuman; Kara, Ali ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      The Al Bustan Street South (ABS) Expressway Project features the longest dual carriageway bridges in Qatar spanning 2.6 km each, with a minimum of four lanes in each direction from south of Al Waab Street to south of Rayyan ...
    • Utility Impact Assessment of Road Projects in the State of Qatar 

      Hamidy, Mohammad Mujtaba ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Qatar has been blessed with large reserves of natural gas and since the past 20 years its leaders have been busy formulating its path to modernization. Henceforth, the sovereign state has been and is still going through ...
    • Variation Orders in Building Projects in Khartoum State-Sudan: The Causes and the Impact on Projects Performance 

      Elshaikh, Eltahir; Mahmoud, Salma ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      "Occurrence of variation orders (VOs) is a common phenomenon in building projects and a challenging feature. Opinions and feedback of the stakeholders of building projects at Khartoum State – Sudan were investigated to ...