Strengthening Early Warning Response in the Construction Sector: A Qualitative Study on Mechanisms Influencing the Response to Early Warning Signs in Dutch Construction Projects

Construction projects have become more complex over time, and cost overruns and time delays have become a global phenomenon. Signs that can indicate future project failure, such as cost overruns and time delays, in early project phases are Early Warning (EW) signs. EW signs are defined as indicators for potential future problems. This research...

Understanding the internal commissioning role: An explorative study on public managers in Dutch public sector organisations in their role as internal commissioner involved in the realisation phase of infrastructure projects

Previous research assessing public organisations in the delivery of infrastructure projects mainly focuses on public project delivery organisations and their interaction with private parties. However, many challenges experienced by these project delivery organisations relate to the interaction with the public parent organisation. In practice,...

Evaluation and Comparison of the Public Construction Legislations of Turkey and the Netherlands in the Context of Project Planning and Control

Completion of public-owned construction projects successfully is quite important for Turkeyas a rapidly developing country. However, schedule delays and budget overruns arefrequently encountered in such projects. One of the major reasons of this situation is thenonexistence of legislative provisions enforcing project parties to utilize advanced...

The Interplay between the Contract Type and the Management of Cost Groups: Exploring the relationship between the contract type and the management of cost groups in Dutch national infrastructure projects

Construction projects are argued to be the most complex of all production undertakings (Baccarini, 1996). Williams (2002, 2005) states that the complexity of these projects is a contributing factor to project failures, such as cost overrun, which are commonly seen in infrastructure project (Cantarelli, Molin, Van Wee, & Flyvbjerg, 2012). As...

Stimulating Early Warning Responses: A Qualitative Study on Dutch Infrastructure Construction Projects

Despite large scale application of performance- and risk management practices, project organisations struggle with responding adequately to early warning signs of project problems. This research investigates the main barriers in responding to early warning signs, and provides recommendations on how to deal with them, in order to stimulate the...

Fit-for-purpose project controls

Project controls are commonly understood in literature as the set of activities with capacity to assess and steer different variables towards a common purpose. Particularly in unique and complex conditions, it is crucial to understand how project controls contribute to project success, which is defined in literature through success factors and...