PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT SUCCESS IN COST PLANNING OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
A number of factors contribute to cost overruns and delays in projects, some within the control of the project team, most of them not. These cost overruns and delays lead to additional costs and loss of productivity on work sites because of time lost. These factors are also not limited to certain re...
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ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-ufs-oai-etd.uovs.ac.za-etd-08202014-1000452014-08-21T04:01:11Z PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT SUCCESS IN COST PLANNING OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Ramabodu, Molusiwa Stephan Quantity Surveying and Construction Management A number of factors contribute to cost overruns and delays in projects, some within the control of the project team, most of them not. These cost overruns and delays lead to additional costs and loss of productivity on work sites because of time lost. These factors are also not limited to certain regions, but occur in similar projects across the globe. Optimism bias and strategic misrepresentation are identified as the main causes of cost overruns in construction projects, estimates and costs. While the estimation process for this type of project is very complicated, certain techniques have been developed to assess risk and to plan for contingency for these types of problems. This is significant because the cost performance of construction projects is a key success criterion for project sponsors, since construction projects are notorious for running over budget. The concept of cost contingency, estimates, cost overruns, procurement, risk management and value management will be dominant in this study. The aim of this study is to propose a project flow chart model. When followed correctly, this model can reduce the risk of project overrun from the cost plan point of view. The results of the research indicate that the estimator must have the experience and skill to be able to produce accurate estimates. A model is proposed to guide the estimators on what to do before they can start with the estimating process. Dr MM Campbell University of the Free State 2014-08-20 text application/pdf http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-08202014-100045/restricted/ http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-08202014-100045/restricted/ en-uk unrestricted I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to University Free State or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report. |
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A number of factors contribute to cost overruns and delays in projects, some within the control of the project team, most of them not. These cost overruns and delays lead to additional costs and loss of productivity on work sites because of time lost. These factors are also not limited to certain regions, but occur in similar projects across the globe. Optimism bias and strategic misrepresentation are identified as the main causes of cost overruns in construction projects, estimates and costs. While the estimation process for this type of project is very complicated, certain techniques have been developed to assess risk and to plan for contingency for these types of problems.
This is significant because the cost performance of construction projects is a key success criterion for project sponsors, since construction projects are notorious for running over budget. The concept of cost contingency, estimates, cost overruns, procurement, risk management and value management will be dominant in this study.
The aim of this study is to propose a project flow chart model. When followed correctly, this model can reduce the risk of project overrun from the cost plan point of view. The results of the research indicate that the estimator must have the experience and skill to be able to produce accurate estimates. A model is proposed to guide the estimators on what to do before they can start with the estimating process. |
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PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT SUCCESS IN COST PLANNING OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
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PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT SUCCESS IN COST PLANNING OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
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PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT SUCCESS IN COST PLANNING OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
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PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT SUCCESS IN COST PLANNING OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
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procurement guidelines for project success in cost planning of construction projects |
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