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Dada, J O and Jagboro, G O (2007) An evaluation of the impact of risk on project cost overrun in the Nigerian construction industry. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 12(01), 37–44.
Hassanein, A A G and Nemr, W E (2007) Management of Change Order Claims in the Egyptian Industrial Construction Sector. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 12(01), 45–60.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Claim; claim documentation; change order; Egyptian industrial projects; contract conditions
- ISBN/ISSN: 1366-4387
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/13664380780001093
- Abstract:
The term claim has become of paramount significance in construction projects worldwide. This research is targeted at providing a deeper insight of the status of claims management in general and change order claims in particular with respect to the Egyptian industrial construction sector, as change orders have proven to be the main cause of claims in this sector. A questionnaire focusing on persistent issues noted in construction management literature within the past fifteen years was addressed to a selected sample of Egyptian construction industrial projects. The results furnished by the sampled projects demonstrated clearly that claims management in the Egyptian industrial construction sector has been suffering from a variety of impediments, including lack of proper notification procedures in public contracts and poor documentation management. The results indicated that oral change orders were present in nearly 76% of the sample projects and that half of these oral changes resulted in loss of rights due to improper documentation, which could be attributed to the lack of the contract awareness of the site team and to the "fear of consultant" phenomenon. The main cause of change orders was categorized by approximately 67% of the respondents as the additional scope of work, which was largely attributed to the fast track nature of the industrial sector. The research also identified several factors associated with time and cost increases of the sampled projects, among which were: private ownership and unit rate contracts. Finally, several recommendations for improving claims management are put forward. They included: the formation of a unified form of general contract condition for all the Egyptian industrial sector; the use of information technology systems in lieu of traditional filing procedures and the inclusion of a float-sharing provision in contracts.
Ke, Q and Isaac, D (2007) Ownership structure and corporate performance: empirical evidence of China’s listed property companies. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 12(01), 3–10.
Lowe, D J, Emsley, M W and Harding, A (2007) Relationships between total construction cost and design related variables. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 12(01), 11–24.
Wang, N and Horner, R M W (2007) Fuzzy rule based system approach to assess cleaning costs of carpet flooring. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 12(01), 25–36.