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Conference Paper Change Management, Risk Management, Decision Making, Construction 14 July 2010

A proposed construction design change management tool to aid in assessing the impact of design changes

By Hindmarch, Helen. | Gale, Andrew W. | Harrison, Robert Current practice shows that construction design change management relies heavily on the experience of practitioners to assess the impact of a proposed change. This U.K. government- and…

Conference Paper Decision Making, Construction 19 July 2006

A decision-making matrix model for estimating construction project overhead

By Chan, Caroline T. W. Construction project overhead--the expenses involving onsite construction-related services and facilities, including staff and offices--comprises a significant percentage of construction budgets.…

Conference Paper Decision Making, Leadership, Construction 2006

The Use of EVA—Earned Value Analysis in the Cost Management of Construction Projects

By Valle, Jose Angelo | Soares, Carlos Alberto Pereira Earned value analysis (EVA) provides project managers with a technique for determining a project's real gains and losses, for controlling project and cost performance, for making important project…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Decision Making, Cost Management, Resource Management, Construction 1 November 2001

Seminars & Symposium

PSEG experience in "just-in-time construction" – an effective way to minimize project expenses

By Shvartsberg, Boris Every Project has a time constraint (a scheduled service date), which should be met satisfying a cost constraint (budgeted funds). Sometimes, there is an incentive in completing the project ahead of…