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An Analysis of Cost Overrun in the Construction Industry

abstract: This thesis presents a literature research analyzing the cost overrun of the construction industry worldwide, exploring documented causes for cost overrun, and documented parties responsible for the inefficiency. The analysis looks at a comparison between the metrics of construction projects in different continents and regions. Multiple publication databases were used to look into over 300 papers. It is shown that although construction demands are increasing, cost overrun on these projects is not decreasing at the same rate around the world. This thesis also presents a possible solution to improve cost overrun in the construction industry, through the use of the Best Value Performance Information Procurement System (BV PIPS). This is a system that has been utilized in various countries around the world, and has documented evidence that it may be able to alleviate the overrun occurring in the construction industry. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Construction 2017

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:44148
Date January 2017
ContributorsGoyal, Abhinav (Author), Kashiwagi, Jacob (Advisor), Kashiwagi, Dean (Committee member), Chong, Oswald (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMasters Thesis
Format75 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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