ملخص الدراسة: The selection of an appropriate procurement method is becoming an increasingly important issue due to a complex decision-making that has to be made by clients early in the project lifecycle. The aim of this research is to improve and enhance procurement system in the Gaza Strip construction industry through identify, evaluate and rank […]

ملخص الدراسة: Purpose: Change orders have long been an inherent part of the construction industry around the world and especially in Gaza Strip where construction projects suffers from variation orders. These variation orders are high especially in Qatar projects. This research investigates the main causes of variation order (VO) in worldwide projects through the literature […]

ملخص الدراسة: Scheduling is a vital tool for successful management of construction project. The purpose of scheduling is to define activities, durations, and logic relationships among the project’s activities. There are several techniques used for scheduling construction projects, which mostly are traditional techniques. However, simulation is more powerful tool when used as a technique for […]

ملخص الدراسة: ABSTRACT It is recognized that the traditional construction life cycle has waste in time, materials, cost and quality issues as well as polluting materials. The main objective of this research is to propose a framework that integrates the traditional techniques into green-lean, to improve economic and environmental performance of the construction. The assessment […]

ملخص الدراسة: Movement of construction and reconstruction has been steadily rising across the Gaza Strip, accompanied by demolition of aging buildings and infrastructure, as a result of the rising population and limited lands. Over the last few years, demolition projects have increased throughout the Gaza Strip especially after the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip […]

ملخص الدراسة: The research highlights the environmental practices of concrete factories in Gaza Strip and the activities that harm the environment by these factories. The aim of the research is to define and measure the compatibility of these factories to environment protection aspects. It study any opportunity of developing and improving factories environmental practices in […]

ملخص الدراسة: Due to the Palestine refugee students need free education and due to population growth and increased rate of transfers from Palestinian Authority schools, where the quality of education and infrastructure is low due to conflict, closure, and political turmoil. Many UNRWA school buildings have been built to handle the increase and transfer of […]

ملخص الدراسة: Construction industry is considered to be one of the most unique and complex industries. It involves enormous number of activities that are accomplished by large number of parties from different sectors such as the owner, the consultant, the contractor, the supplier, the project manager, the man power, finance and other sectors. Those parties […]

ملخص الدراسة: This research studies the impact of Community Knowledge on the management of renovation of historical building projects in El Darj Neighborhood- in the old city of Gaza, from the perspectives of the public people reside in or work there. The study measures the level of current knowledge, level of awareness and Interest and […]

ملخص الدراسة: Purpose: Procurement system has recently attained widespread attention in the Construction Industry (CI). Where procurement system has been suggested by several professionals and researchers as the universal remedy to addressing the inefficiencies in the CI. In numerous cases in different countries, potential benefits and competitive advantages have been reported. However, in spite of […]