The project early design-stage indicative construction time estimate (Predicte) system is an expert system that is designed to provide indicative construction time estimates of concrete-framed, multistory building projects at the concept or early design stages when relatively little project information is available. Given a preliminary design concept for a multistory building, Predicte returns ...

Abstract The construction industry plays significant roles in the country’s economic development and growth. There would be a domino impact on economy if any projects are being delayed. As pandemic of COVID-19 had arisen into our global that affected industry, including building projects. Identifying underlying problems caused by can provide best solution to reduce pandemic’s impact. Consequent...

Performance of construction projects is a crucial driver economic growth and infrastructural development in Nigeria, but there still need for tool that can accurately analyze project performance from the design stage through completion. This study developed model building higher institutions, Southwest Nigeria. Literature was reviewed to identify previous measurement parameters were classified ...

This study is aimed at improving a formula that enables easy, correct, and fast estimation of an Early-Stage Cost Buildings (ESCE). formula, enabling ESCE, was developed by the authors based on artificial neural networks gene expression programming. A quantity survey conducted for hundred construction projects, data set created. analysed with many Artificial Neural Networks to determine variabl...

The aim of this paper is to present Decision Support Concept (DSC) for management of construction projects. Focus of our research is in application of multicritera methods (MCM) to decision making in planning phase of construction projects (related to the problem of construction sites selection). The problem is identified as a significant one from many different aspects such as economic aspect,...

Variability in construction projects usually leads to schedule delays, cost overruns and productivity losses. Among the different techniques and tools employed to manage a construction project the use of buffers is a common approach to handle variability and to protect production processes from its negative impact. Time float, resource inventories and budget contingencies are examples of buffer...

with rapid economic development and industrialization, the construction industry continues to rank among the most hazardous industries in the world. therefore, construction safety is always a significant concern for both practitioners and researchers. the objective of this study was to create a structural modeling of components that influence the safety performance in construction projects.we f...