Essays about: "cost overruns"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 16 essays containing the words cost overruns.

  1. 6. Uncertainties and cost overruns in Construction Industry : An explanatory multiple case study investigating the differences in cost management under uncertainties in conventional and green construction companies

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Abdel Rahim El Khawas; Sanaz Aghaei; [2020]
    Keywords : uncertainty; cost overrun; risk; sustainability; conventional construction; green construction;

    Abstract : Abstract Background Construction industry greatly affect the environment in the aspect of energy consumption and its contribution to global warming. Accordingly, green building construction is significantly growing, which makes it an interesting topic for researchers. READ MORE

  3. 7. Production Planning With the Last Planner System on Construction Projects in Sweden : An Exploratory Case Study of Challenges and Improvement Measures

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Maria Dag; Apoorv Garg; [2019]
    Keywords : Lean Construction; Production Control; Last Planner system; Lean Construction; Production Control; Last Planner system;

    Abstract : One of the main assumptions in conventional production process is that each component or part of the production process can be controlled separately as if they are not dependent on anything. This assumption gives rise to problems such as need of effective collaboration with different actors and constraints in budgets. READ MORE

  4. 8. Norra länken – A case study

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Jacob Palmquist; Anders Wennberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Norra länken; infrastructure; cost overruns; Norra länken; infrastruktur; kostnadsöverskridande;

    Abstract : This is an essay written at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in the degree programme Civil Engineering and Urban Management. The focus is on real estate economics, which is a part of the department of Real Estate and Construction Management. The paper studies the construction of Norra länken in Stockholm in a so-called case study. READ MORE

  5. 9. Project Cost Deviations : Determination of Causes and Correlations & Implications for Public Procurement

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan

    Author : Lars Massa; [2015]
    Keywords : Project Cost Deviations; Correlations; Cost Overruns; Implications; Public Procurement;

    Abstract : Looking at newspapers nowadays, you are likely to see reports about public projects which turn out to be more expensive than estimated, sometimes even fourteen times the planned cost budget as in the case of the Sydney Opera. In order to gain a new insight on how this problematic could be improved, this paper aims to find correlations between the causes of deviations in public procurement and in the private market. READ MORE

  6. 10. OFFSHORE WIND POWER INVESTMENT MODEL USING A REFERENCECLASS FORECASTING APPROACH TO ESTIMATE THE REQUIRED COSTCONTINGENCY BUDGET

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Pär Boquist; [2015]
    Keywords : offshore wind power; capital expenditures; reference class forecasting; investment model;

    Abstract : Forecasting capital expenditures in early stages of an offshore wind power project is aproblematic process. The process can be affected by optimism bias and strategicmisrepresentation which may result in cost overruns. This thesis is a response to issuesregarding cost overruns in offshore wind power projects. READ MORE