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Assessments of Barriers to Implementing Cost Control and Optimal Cost Reduction Techniques in Construction Projects: A Case Study of Egypt

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Civil Engineering: structural, Geotechnical, reinforced concrete and s…nd sanitary engineering, Hydraulic, Railway, construction Management.

Abstract

The earned value management is a leading technique in monitoring and analyzing project performance and project progress. To fill the gap of limited researches for studying factors inhibiting the ability of contractors to effectively control their projects, a survey was conducted on 22 construction project organizations. It was noted that most project managers and contractors in Egypt find difficulty in controlling project costs due to problems which include Change order, Changes in the design, Errors in the design, current economic situation deterioration, Delay project and Rising prices of materials. Main objectives of this paper are; 1) Identify and prioritize main problems for lack of techniques which cause poor management of cost control with poor site organization and inadequate supervision. 2) Demonstrate the modified Activity Based Costing system as best choices for cost accounting approach for determining construction project accurate cost. To improve capital project cost schedule and predictability using project control system for monitoring and predicting the construction project outcomes. The detailed scope of control systems must base on complexity, size and sensitivity strategy of studied project.

DOI

10.21608/jesaun.2021.68050.1041

Keywords

Ranking factors, Activity Based Costing, value engineering, Earned Value Management, Target Cost and Construction Management

Authors

First Name

Yasser

Last Name

Aboelmagd

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Affiliation

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and physics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Email

yasser.aboelmajd@alexu.edu.eg

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Volume

49

Article Issue

No 4

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18890

Issue Date

2021-07-01

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2021-03-16

Publish Date

2021-07-01

Page Start

509

Page End

529

Print ISSN

1687-0530

Online ISSN

2356-8550

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Technical paper

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1,439

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Publication Title

JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences

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23 Jan 2023