Construction costs

The Saudi Government encourages pre-college education and allocates a generous part of its budget every year for enhancing its quality and for making it available for all citizens. The Ministry of Education implements the governmental policy towards educations and builds hundred…

This thesis discusses the main factors that affect construction cost in Saudi Arabia. A survey of 52 contractors, 19 consultants and 13 owners from the Eastern Province was performed. The survey included 42 different factors affecting construction cost and their degree of import…

This study investigates and determines certain aspects of section 5 of Decree No. 10 of 1987 on the National Shipping Policy. It deals with the relative cost of construction of comparable vessels in Nigeria and in foreign countries (i.e. USA, U.K. Japan, and S. Korea). The Niger…

Research has shown that for many projects, up to 95% of the total project cost is spent on the execution of the construction phase. Hence, the costs incurred during this stage deserve special attention in terms of cost dynamics i.e., cost allocation in relation to time. Owners w…

Construction performance in Saudi public projects has been poor over the years, with 70% of projects considered as failures and costing the country over 1 trillion SAR (over £202 billion) between 2005 and 2015. The project delivery mechanism used to deliver construction projects…