• Risk Management for Qatar Expressway Program 

      Abd Rahman, Nor Rozaini ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • Challenges Facing Building Information Modelling in Construction Industry in Sudan 

      Ibrahim, Ahmed; Abdelatif, Amged O. ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • Practical Implementation of Contract Administration Performance Model in Qatar Construction Projects 

      Gunduz, Murat; Elsherbeny,Hesham A. ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • Framework for Investigating the Level of Compliance to the OHS Regulatory by the Small and Medium Construction Companies in Oman 

      Al Alawi, Mubarak; Al Shahri, Mohamed; Al Ghafri, Amjaad ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      The construction industry is characterized with a high rate of work-related accidents. Some of the accidents result in severe injuries and sometimes death. One of the reasons for such happenings is due to the noncompliance ...
    • 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)
      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 Risk Based Evaluation for Infrastructure Works in Qatar: Highway Projects 

      Abd Rahman, Nor Rozaini ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • Project Management: Key Initiatives Case Study 

      Al Nass, Khaled; Melilla, Lavinia; Tolba, Mohamed ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      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, ...
    • Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Excess Summer Mortality in the UK 

      Abdi, Ali Mohamed; Arewa, Andrew; Tyrer, Mark; Ugulu, Rex Asibuodu ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      One of the main objective of the building design is to provide comfort and safety to occupants, particularly during adverse weather conditions. In most part of the world, people stay indoors during adverse weather conditions, ...
    • Solar DER Investment for MWANI Qatar Building at Hamad Port 

      Karama, Adel ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • Assessment of Response Strategy in Mega Construction Projects 

      Mashali, Ayman; Elbeltagi, Emad; Motawa, Ibrahim; Elshikh, Mohamed ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      "Mega Construction Projects (MCPs) that are executed unavoidably face several of the organizational challenges and pressures. Due to the stakeholder pressures in the execution of MCPs, organizations may adopt various ...
    • Effective Project Control within the Context of Lean Construction 

      Koluksuz, Andre F. ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      Two of the “Lean Thinking” principles relate to managing a project through relationships, shared knowledge and common goals and to removing waste where possible. Success of a project is only possible with the collaboration ...
    • Key Lessons Learnt from Stakeholder Management in Design and Build Projects in Qatar 

      Meyer, Larno; Kara, Ali ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      Stakeholders in the construction industry require accurate, reliable and timely information in order to streamline the design and construction of Projects. Design Bid Build or Design and Build contracts need a process for ...
    • Stakeholder Management: An Insightful Overview of Issues 

      Mashali, Ayman; Elbeltagi, Emad; Motawa, Ibrahim; Elshikh, Mohamed ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • 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)
      "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 ...
    • Utility Impact Assessment of Road Projects in the State of Qatar 

      Hamidy, Mohammad Mujtaba ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • How Public Works Authority Has Built a Portfolio Dashboard Through Agility Approach 

      Mchaweh, Abdulrahman ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • Strategies for Communicating Health and Safety Information on Construction Sites in Nigeria 

      Alara, Samuel Abiodun; Inuwa, Ibrahim Ibrahim ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      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) ...
    • BIM Based Facility Condition Assessment 

      Faqih, Faisal; Zayed, Tarek; Soliman, Ehab ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      Current practices of using traditional methods of managing data using spreadsheets or hard paper copies for various building data, are commonly being used during building inspection and condition assessment. Building ...
    • Unique Structural Design and Construction Challenges for Al Bustan South Project in Qatar 

      Ganguli, Anshuman; Kara, Ali ( Qatar Univesrity Press , 2020 , Conference)
      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 ...
    • 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)
      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. ...