Rapid transformation across all sectors through Saudi Arabia’s vision 2030 initiatives led to an increase in construction activities. However, the construction industry has been already facing huge cost and time overruns, affecting all stakehol...
Many construction projects exceed time and budget. The Saudi Arabian construction projects are not an exception to this phenomenon. However, the causes of time and cost overrun of Saudi Arabian oil and gas construction projects have never been studie...
Cost and time overruns in public mega-projects have been widely studied and considered as interdependent factors in the literature on project management and the public economy. On the other hand, small-scale projects for public works (costing under &...
Rural roads play an indispensable role in economic and social well-being, especially in developing countries, contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. For this reason, it is necessary to plan these projects properly to guarantee t...
The construction industry is one of the key industries for any country. It has been observed that this industry is suffering from sustainable solutions during project execution. It is evident from the literature that most of the construction projects...
Delay is one of the main challenges of construction projects, and there is still much to overcome in order to reach near zero delay in all construction projects. This project aims to conduct a systematic critical review including a bibliography analy...
This study aims to identify the key factors contributing to time and cost deviations in educational infrastructure projects in Colombia, using a data-driven approach based on open government datasets. By examining 175 procurement records from Colombi...
In the construction industry, it is of great importance for project managers (PM) to consider the resource allocation arrangement problem based on different perspectives. In this situation, the management of resources in construction becomes a challe...
The construction sector is one of the essential sectors in the world; it aids in developing all the countries in the world because it is the foundation of other industries. However, delays in construction projects are a common issue that has been fou...
The overrunning clutch, or freewheel, is a kind of universal part with a one-way drive character, and is widely used in machinery. Typical roller overrunning clutches and sprag overrunning clutches have shortcomings such as low load bearing capacity,...
Construction project cost overrun is a common problem in the construction industry. The cost of construction projects is thought to have increased by approximately 33% on average. Several types of research on construction project cost overrun have be...
One common problem in the construction industry is project cost overrun. Cost overrun can have significant impacts on financial profitability, project completion, project quality, and stakeholder satisfaction. The average percentage of construction p...
The high uncertainty of megaproject results in increasing complexity in the decision-making and ultimately leads to different degrees of cost overrun and project delays. One of the critical reasons for cost overrun and delay is the optimism bias of d...
Sustainable development is supported by infrastructure projects that have a long-term impact on economic development, societies, and the environment. In this paper, the aim is to estimate the cost performance, investigate the best-fit function for mo...
This paper assesses the economic benefits of 57 World Bank Group-sponsored hydropower dam plant investments. Hydropower dams are among the main sources for producing electricity and the largest renewable source for power generation throughout the wor...
The formidable need for building projects places greater pressure on stakeholders to deliver these projects on time, within the budget, and with high quality. However, many building projects have experienced extensive cost overruns despite extensive...
Changes during construction is one of the critical issues faced in the construction industry. Effective management of construction changes will reduce the financial burden faced in construction projects due to cost overrun, and practitioners will be...
This research focuses on developing neural network-based models for predicting time and cost overruns in construction projects during the construction phase, incorporating sustainability considerations. Previous studies have identified seven key perf...
Runway Safety Assistant Foreseeing Excursions (RUNSAFE) is a complete embedded system solution, that predicts a potential runway overrun of a civil aviation aircraft during takeoff and landing. This work examines the feasibility of such a system, thr...
In this study, the possibility of using ultrasound technology as an alternative to traditional pasteurization and homogenization in ice cream production was presented. Three types of ice cream with different proportions of oleogel (5, 6, and 7%) prep...
This study aims to contribute knowledge to the area of the ice cream industry by finding an effective way to prevent the recrystallization process in ice cream production. Stabilizers such as ɩ-carrageenan and its acid and enzymatic hydrolyzates...
Estimating the completion cost accurately in the early phases of construction projects is critical to their success. However, cost overruns are almost inevitable due to the risks inherent in construction projects. Hence, the completion cost fluctuate...
This study aimed to identify the water-vapor transport mechanisms through an aerated matrix during microwave freeze-drying. Due to the larger surface area and lower water vapor transport resistance of an aerated product compared to the solution, foam...
Polyglycerol esters (PGEs) are used as emulsifiers in recombined dairy cream (RDC) to improve product quality. In this study, the effects of four PGEs with different polymerization degrees and esterification on the particle size, viscosity, zeta pote...
Road infrastructure is a significant factor in the development of any country, affecting economic growth, social development, and environmental sustainability. Large infrastructure projects often face significant risks and uncertainties, which can le...
A challenge in the design of cyber-physical systems is to integrate the scheduling of tasks of different criticality, while still providing service guarantees for the higher critical tasks in the case of resource-shortages caused by faults. While sta...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the iota, kappa and lambda carrageenan fractions on the physical properties and crystal structure of a fruit sorbet prepared from frozen mango fruits. During this study, physical properties such as...
The incessant reportage of cost overruns and abandoned projects in contemporary literature have accentuated the need for a re-examination of the nature of the cost management strategies deployed to these projects. This study explores the potential of...
Building Information Modelling (BIM) has become a widely used concept in high-rise buildings in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, the risks associated with the design phase of multi-story high-rise building projects have, to date, not been add...
Road infrastructure plays a crucial role in the development of countries, significantly influencing economic growth, social progress, and environmental sustainability. Major infrastructure projects are frequently challenged by substantial risks and u...
In large-scale projects, such as transport infrastructures, the cost-planning phase stands out as one of the most crucial for the project’s success. Cost and time overruns, during the construction phase, are often the cause of project failure....
The Himalayan region has enormous potential for hydropower development. However, variations in geological and geotechnical conditions pose challenging tasks for the designers. If these variations are not tackled in a timely manner during underground...
In the context of constructing new power systems, distribution networks are increasingly incorporating distributed resources such as distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems, decentralized wind turbines (WTs), and new types of energy storage system (ESS...
Ice cream is a popular frozen food consumed worldwide throughout the year. However, as a thermally unstable product, it requires proper cold chain management. Thermal fluctuations alter the physicochemical properties of ice cream and reduce its quali...
Sorbets are a popular dessert, especially during hot summer days. They can also have health-promoting qualities, mainly due to the nutritional value of the fruit from which they are made. The production technology can also have an impact on the final...
This study investigates a novel approach in modeling the system limits of a braked, high-speed yarn-laying process with in situ impregnation. Special attention is paid to the investigation of the yarn spool overrun after the robot has come to a stand...
In this article, we focus on improving the sub-gradient extra-gradient method to find a solution to the problems of pseudo-monotone equilibrium in a real Hilbert space. The weak convergence of our method is well-established based on the standard assu...
Nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) is based on a numerical optimization method considering the target system dynamics as constraints. This optimization process requires large amount of computation power and the computation time is often unpred...
Oil and gas construction projects are of great importance to support and facilitate the process of operation and production. However, these projects usually face chronic risks that lead to time overrun, cost overrun, and poor quality, affecting the p...
Monitoring and management of construction sites are critical to ensuring project success, efficiency, and safety. Traditional methods often struggle to provide real-time, accurate, and comprehensive data, leading to delays, cost overruns, and errors....
The construction industry is shifting towards integration, digitization, and automation, necessitating an adaptive logistics system for enhanced performance. Despite this shift, poor supplier performance and lack of collaboration among stakeholders o...
Persistent cost overruns, schedule delays, and weak control mechanisms continue to hinder construction project delivery in Saudi Arabia, where 64% of projects exceeded their planned time and 53% experienced cost overruns. Although project control sys...
The aim of this study was to determine the possibility of using Olkuska sheep milk for the production of ice cream with probiotics and prebiotics. The study examined the effect of the storage and type of bacteria used for the fermentation of ice crea...
Construction time and time overruns for infrastructure projects have been frequently studied; however, the construction time of power plants has not been studied. This lack of study is problematic, as more renewable energy power plants, such as wind...
Failure to meet the deadlines for the implementation of investment-construction projects is a problem in all countries of the world and leads to unstable activity of construction companies. This article studies the most important destabilizing factor...
Various factors affecting the construction progress are regarded as bottlenecks giving rise to the project duration overrun. The contractor should combine the project schedule with the plan in order to reduce the uncertainty of the project activities...
Near real-time tracking of construction operations and timely progress reporting are essential for effective management of construction projects. This does not only mitigate potential negative impact of schedule delays and cost overruns but also help...
The concrete formwork process is a critical component of construction project control because failing to gain the necessary concrete strength can lead to reworks and, consequently, project delays and cost overruns during the project’s execution...
In this paper, we present a simulation-based approach for effectively estimating delay risks in project schedules and predicting the possibilities of in-time project completion for various deadlines. The main contribution of this study is the develop...
Cost overruns, delays, and poor quality are frequent in public investment projects under the contract modality, executed by the Executing Unit: Special Project Huallaga Central and Bajo Mayo (PEHCBM). The purpose of this research is to identify the f...
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