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Desai, V., 2013. Functional Suitability of BIM Tools in Pre-Construction, Construction and Post-
Construction Phases of a Building Project. International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling, Volume
2, pp. 30-44.
This article present a research of the BIM systems commonly used for the functional suitability
for post-construction, construction, and pre-construction stages of the building. Different
functionalities of these three stages are derived and the relevant functional areas identified. The
communication of information between project stakeholders and building project management
has been made effective with the availability of BIM system which provides post construction,
construction, and pre-construction functionalities of all of them. This systematic approach to
determine the functional suitability of guidelines and systems to assist stakeholders of project to
analyze the BIM software for their necessity.
Fedotova, M., Maltsev, S. & Tazihina, T., 2015. PROJECT COST MANAGEMENT AT THE DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION STAGE. Effective crisis management, p. 68.
This article explain that the construction phase is significant in bringing the budget of the project
since cost issues arise from point of signing a lump sum contract with the issuance of change
order, or modification of contract, against the contract. It is important that the estimator
understands that the lowest possible price does not always attain the objective nor would be a
perfect price if the price provides more payment than expected to include sufficient incentives.
For productive construction project, there is need of developing budget study to determine the
returns and costs expected from the project so as to allocate the budget to the major project
elements and provide a basis for cost control.

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Gawari, S. & Phatak, U., 2018. Analysis of Causes of Wastages of Construction Materials on Building
Construction Site. Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education, Volume 15, pp.
527-531.
This article discuss magnitude and causes of wastage of construction materials during the
process of construction based on the opinion of owners, consultants, and contractors. The
building material wastage is defined as the difference between the value of materials properly
used as accurately measured and specified in the work and the materials accepted and delivered
on site. The authors reveal that the most significant causes of material wastage on construction
site include vandalisms, theft, damage during transportation, poor site conditions, lack of
experience of skilled workers, poor strategy of waste minimization, and frequent changes in
design by the client.
Hee-Sung, C., Ki-Hyun, K. & Young-Jin, K., 2012. Selecting Optimum Management Practicesin Pre-
construction Phase Considering Project Characteristics. Journal of Construction Engineering and
Project Management, Volume 2, pp. 1-4.
This article applies and classifies the improvements made by the work of operators so as to apply
success factors as the construction project and factors of performance management. The authors
note that the significance of project performance management as an alternative for solving issues
is rising, which are followed by the challenges of managing projects in construction industry.
Additionally, to predict the results reflecting the characteristics of the project of performance
management factor un-improvable by the operator in the initial construction stage, the impacts of
project characteristics to the performance is determined by the difficulty in performance.
Hydari, H., 2010. Book Review: Strategic Project Portfolio Management: Enabling a Productive
Organization. Project Management Journal, Volume 41, p. Project Management Journal.
This article discuss the organization bottle-necks, importance of cost performance, and planning
in ensuring productive construction project. A strategic approach of comprehensive and practical
compilation of the expertise portfolio management for executives, operation managers, program,

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portfolio, and project pf organizations of any size. This is a reference manual for project,
program, and portfolio management professionals and also team members who wishes to
understand how and why governance decisions are made in selecting and prioritizing work that
provides the best justification for the use of scarce resources in the organization for sustainable
benefits.
Jarkas, A., 2016. A new approach to benchmark the variability of construction labour productivity.
International Journal of Engineering Management and Economics, Volume 6, p. 38.
This article evaluates the importance of peer benchmarks in construction as a method of
improving project performance. There are different methodologies that have been established
hence different procedures of benchmarking which have been implemented by companies. The
author further propose performance benchmarking as a new method which represents the normal
operating conditions of the contractor and recommends accordingly criteria based on objective
limits of statistical control. The technique introduced is applied to productivity of formwork
labor of the building floor, and tested subsequently. The performance benchmarking promotes
robustness, reliability, and validity on similar projects under both disruptive and normal
circumstances.
Pearce, A., Shenoy, S., Fiori, C. & Winters, Z., 2010. The State of Sustainability Best Practices in
Construction: A Benchmark Study. Journal of Green Building, Volume 5, pp. 116-130.
This purpose of this article is to benchmark present industry application of best practices in
construction sustainability. During the last decade, practices and technologies related to
sustainability have become common increasingly among construction companies. Majority of
firms have tried the practices of sustainability in the field on more than a single of their projects,
without being aware that those practices were associated with sustainability. This article serves
as the initial step towards comprehending why sustainability innovations are readily being

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implemented compared to others, and may result to a better comprehension of how to promote
implementation of sustainability innovations.
Rakhmatullin, R. & Brennan, L., 2014. Facilitating innovation in European research area through pre-
competitive EU-funded COST Actions. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Volume 3, p. 6.
This article is about the facilitation of innovation through pre-competitive actions funded by the
European Union since innovation and knowledge are significant to the growth of Europe. The
capability of EU to facilitate innovations by strengthening its capabilities in research is important
to attain this objective. There are various formal pre-competitive networking programs being
financed by EU focusing on a better deployment of present national research capabilities through
inclusion of combined research initiatives. The authors also points out that increasing
collaboration levels amongst researchers promote scientific and research performance hence
encouraging productivity and quality control.
Sunday, O., 2018. Perceived Effects of Prevalent Errors in Contract Documents on Construction
Projects. Construction Economics and Building, Volume 18, pp. 1-26.
This article describe the modern construction projects, the prevalent errors in the contract
documents, and the impacts of the errors in construction projects. The author indicate that errors
in contract documents are prevalent moderately but overmeasurement in the bills of quantities is
prevalent in management, institutional, and private procured projects. Project procured
traditionally has 68% of errors in the document of contract among the methods of procurement.
Drawings has the highest number of errors followed by specifications, and bill of quantities. The
severe impacts of errors in contract document include contract claim, deterioration of buildings,
and structural collapse.

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Viliūnienė, O. & Inokaitytė, L., 2011. PLANNING CONSTRUCTION EXECUTION IN THE ENGINEERING
PRE-CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM. Engineering Structures and Technologies, Volume 3, pp. 123-135.
This article discuss construction execution in design or pre-construction since the entire success
of the project is built on the process before the first brick is even positioned. The authors define
pre-construction as the tasks between the initiation of the project and the detailed design. The
effectiveness of pre-construction phase can be ensured through pre-construction planning
practices which seek to improve the process to promote the probability of project success. The
cost performance indicated for a construction project include equipment allocation, maintenance,
social issues, utility flow, project design, project life cycle, and future expansion. These pre-
construction practices enable the practitioners to efficiently allocate limited resources to improve
the overall construction process.