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Developing the Construction Procurement Methods in the UAE to Implement Building Information Modelling (BIM)
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-03)
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a revolutionary technology that presents strong potential to evolve the productivity and performance of the construction industry through improving the integration among stakeholders. ...
The Use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Construction: An exploration of current challenges for collaborative construction
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-05)
The Construction market represents more than 10% of the global economy, and the demand for infrastructure project is increasing due to population increase. Particularly, in the UAE, the construction market is considered ...
A Study on Impact of Change in Contractor’s Project Organization Structure on Project Performance
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-10)
Project organization structure is considered the most important tool that used by senior
management of construction organizations for communication, staff evaluation, decision
making and achieving the project objective. ...
The New Role of the Client in Adopting Innovation in Construction Projects
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-03)
The rate of innovation adoption in the construction industry has been witnessed to have risen due to an increased awareness in clients about the perceived benefits of innovation. Two important innovation examples that have ...
Nominated Subcontractors and the Principle of Privity under the UAE and English Laws
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2015-11)
The privity principle is one of the primary intact rules of contract among the international
jurisdictions. Applying the same however on the parties having no direct binding relationship
but they are connected by a ...
Dealing with Late Payments - A Challenge for UAE Small Scale Subcontractors?
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2015-11)
The small scale subcontractors provide an extremely important service to the construction industry in UAE and they carry out more than 50% of the actual execution of the works at site in major projects as direct subcontractor ...
Solutions for the UAE Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry to mandate Building Information Modeling (BIM)
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2015-04)
For decades the construction industry has been challenged to improve its efficiency, therefore several attempts have been recorded proposing different initiatives. At the moment Building Information Modeling (BIM) is rapidly ...
THE ADMINISTRATION OF CONTRACTUAL DELAY AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2015-11)
This thesis examines the approach of the parties towards administering the conditions of contract with regards to contractual delay and ascertain as to why construction projects in the UAE are notoriously late in project ...
A Study on the Critical Success Factors using BIM for Precast Structures in the UAE’s Construction Industry
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-06)
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is useful for construction industry in the UAE but the process of adoption is very low and slow, and it might be because of lack of studies and researches in this area conducted in the ...
ADR’s Effectiveness in UAE, Is it worth it to take the Time?
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2015-10)
The paper aims to discuss the most successful internationally recognized ADR's (Alternative
Dispute Resolution) and the obstacles and difficulties facing the implementation the same ADR's in
UAE.
The paper also aims to ...