Title :
A new approach to improve functionality for cost reduction in construction project
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Project Manage., Tianjin Inst. of Urban Constr., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
This paper summarized and reviewed the current main strategies for cost reduction in construction projects. According to the feedback from ten experienced construction managers, we analyzed the implementation of the current main strategies and nine possible factors (reasons) that should influence these strategies. Then a new approach is introduced to improve functionality for cost reduction in construction projects.
Keywords :
construction industry; cost reduction; project management; construction project; cost reduction; functionality improvement; Finance; Guidelines; Human resource management; Materials; Organizations; Schedules; construction manager; cost reduction; feedback; functionality;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Macao
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8501-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2157-3611
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674646
