This paper summarizes the results of a comprehensive systematic literature survey on the
front-end of a project, commissioned by the Project Management Institute. The dedicated …

Purpose The oil and gas construction projects are affected negatively by the drop in oil price
in recent years. Thus, most engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies …

Relationship management is recognized as a focus of the next generation of project
management. As a major sector, the construction industry has increasingly embraced the …

This study investigates whether integrative and collaborative practices of the construction
industry can be exclusively attributed to integrated project-delivery methods or whether …

Abstract In International Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (IEPC) projects the
main contractor carries out the work at distant sites for the project owner with support from …

Rooted in the profit-seeking motives of social exchange theory, this study aims to investigate
the factors that facilitate leverages of firm's business systems and their sharing of information …

Although the social capital, in terms of stronger interpersonal relationships between group
borrowers, has been found to exert a positive impact on group loan repayment, there is no …

This research explores the failure of competitively tendered projects in the UK construction
industry to procure the most suited contractor (s) to conduct the works. Such work may have …

Purpose The role of conventional contracts in achieving sustainability goals in public–
private partnership (PPP) projects has been questioned. From the multifunctional …

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impact of relationship quality among team
members in the project team on knowledge transfer effectiveness and analyze the role of …