The correct planning of investment costs and the effective monitoring of implementation
process are significant problems in the management of investment projects. At the stage of …

In the recent years, many construction projects faced many challenges that hinders it
success despite of much effort has been done to manage it. It is noted that, most construction …

Cost deviation is a global issue that has negative impacts on projects, stakeholders and the
industry. Egypt, a developing nation with the rising demand for high-rise buildings is also …

System dynamics (SD) is a fundamental model that facilitates research by defining and
modeling a project's scope and estimation. Scoping and estimation is a set of approaches …

Renovation of buildings has become a major area of development for the construction
industry. In the building construction sector, generating a precise and trustworthy cost …

Poor cost performance is a typical problem in construction projects where few projects were
completed within the original estimated cost. The previous researches (literature) show that …

Construction projects are getting progressively complex and their scales are getting
sophisticated. Along these lines, it is getting more problematic to finish the projects inside …

Purpose Preparation of preliminary estimate is difficult owing to the lack of full project details
in the early phases of the construction project. This paper seeks to assess the estimation …

Cost estimation of construction projects is the basis for project life cycle cost management.
The accuracy of project cost estimates depends on many factors, such as: Labor and …

Cost deviation has been a key stumbling block in the completion of road construction
projects worldwide. Cost overrun in construction projects has become the talk of the media …