Purpose Request for information (RFI) documents play a pivotal role in seeking clarifications
in construction projects. However, perceived as inevitable “non-value adding” tasks, they …

South Africa is a developing country that invests billions of rands annually in the construction
industry. This industry consumes resources and, inevitably, waste is generated during the …

Purpose The inevitable change orders in construction projects have either direct or indirect
impacts on a project's duration. Reduced productivity is one of the indirect consequences …

Purpose Despite the benefits provided by the implementation of the lean philosophy, the
most recent research discusses whether the high degrees of efficiency obtained with the …

Purpose This paper aims to increase the integrity of the planning process with the executive
process by simulating the Last Planner System (LPS) technique using building information …

Design quality considers the extent to which the owner's requirements are accurately
synthesized into conformance specifications and drawings for the construction team to …

ABSTRACT Obtaining a Certificate of Occupancy (CO) for real estate projects in Chile is a
bureaucratic and confusing process, which often causes delays in the final reception of …

There exists many types of different RTLS systems that can be used in the construction
sector for tracking people and assets. Previous research showed that such system can be …

ABSTRACT A properly built and managed transport network forms part of the country's
economic backbone. Most countries have expanded their economy by investing in the …

O setor da construção civil afeta fortemente a economia, o meio ambiente, e a sociedade
como um todo. Porém, quando comparada a outras indústrias, sua produtividade, nas …