Mapping the Processes of Donor-Funded Construction Projects
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Urban Planning Engineering Department, An-Najah National University, Nablus P.O. Box: 7, Palestine
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Department of Informatics, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul 34427, Turkey
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Civil Engineering Department, An-Najah National University, Nablus P.O. Box: 7, Palestine
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School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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Faculty of Graduated Studies, An-Najah National University, Nablus P.O. Box: 7, Palestine
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Institut de Recherche en Constructibilité, École Spéciale des Travaux Publics Paris, 75009 Paris, France
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Sustainability 2018, 10(7), 2355; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072355
Received: 19 June 2018 / Revised: 3 July 2018 / Accepted: 3 July 2018 / Published: 6 July 2018
(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
Public construction projects in countries with economic difficulties are funded by donor organizations. These types of projects in low-income countries have been negatively influenced by the communication gap between the among, consultant and the construction contractor, which emerges because of unclear definitions of responsibilities and problems in exchange of information. All stakeholders face significant problems as a result of this gap. The main objective of this paper is to identify and map the processes of donor-funded construction projects to facilitate clear definition of tasks and roles, and support sustainable communication in donor-funded projects. Following a literature review, the paper provides an analysis of the current processes in donor-funded projects and presents a process map for donor funded projects which is developed based on expert interviews and five case studies. Finally, the process map is validated by a set of semi-structured interviews.
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Keywords:
process protocol; construction donor-funded projects; information exchange; communication gabs; low-income countries; constructability
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Hijazi, I.; Isikdag, U.; Abunemeh, M.; Li, X.; Hashash, M.; El Meouche, R.; Cansiz, S. Mapping the Processes of Donor-Funded Construction Projects. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2355. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072355
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Hijazi I, Isikdag U, Abunemeh M, Li X, Hashash M, El Meouche R, Cansiz S. Mapping the Processes of Donor-Funded Construction Projects. Sustainability. 2018; 10(7):2355. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072355
Chicago/Turabian StyleHijazi, Ihab; Isikdag, Umit; Abunemeh, Mohammed; Li, Xin; Hashash, Mariam; El Meouche, Rani; Cansiz, Sergen. 2018. "Mapping the Processes of Donor-Funded Construction Projects" Sustainability 10, no. 7: 2355. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072355
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