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Amadi, C, Carrillo, P and Tuuli, M (2019) PPP projects: improvements in stakeholder management. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(02), 544–60.
Burford, N K and Smith, F W (1999) Developing a new military shelter system: a technical study in advanced materials and structures. Building Research & Information, 27(02), 64–83.
Elazouni, A (2009) Heuristic method for multi-project finance-based scheduling. Construction Management and Economics, 27(02), 199–211.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: cross-cultural research; construction industry; leadership; management; future research
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190802673110
- Abstract:
A heuristic method is proposed for scheduling multiple projects subject to cash constraints. The heuristic determines cash availability during a given period, identifies all possible activities' schedules, determines the cash requirements for each schedule, ranks schedules based on the contribution to minimizing the increase in the project duration, schedules all activities of the selected schedule and determines the impact of the scheduled activities on the project cash flow. The effectiveness of the heuristic method was validated by comparing the results with the optimum results obtained by using the integer programming (IP) technique for 15 networks comprising up to 60 activities. The comparison indicated that the solutions obtained using the proposed heuristic are very comparable to the optimum solutions. An example of two concurrent projects was presented to demonstrate the proposed heuristic method. The proposed heuristic offers the ultimate flexibility to enter cash outflows and inflows at the actual occurrence time, the ability to rationalize the scheduling process, the flexibility to either devise or update schedules, and the ability to schedule practical-size multiple projects. Finally, this heuristic can be easily coded in software to help managers schedule projects under finance-constrained conditions.
Horne, M, Hill, R and Giddings, R (1999) Visualization of photovoltaic clad buildings. Building Research & Information, 27(02), 96–108.
Huo, X, Yu, A T W, Zezhou, W and Jayantha, W M (2019) Site planning and design of green residential building projects: case studies in China. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(02), 525–43.
Hyung, W, Kim, S and Jo, J (2019) Improved similarity measure in case-based reasoning: a case study of construction cost estimation. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(02), 561–78.
Johari, S and Jha, K N (2019) Challenges of attracting construction workers to skill development and training programmes. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(02), 321–40.
Lam, K C and Chow, W S (1999) The significance of financial risks in BOT procurement. Building Research & Information, 27(02), 84–95.
Li, X, Wang, X and Lei, L (2019) The application of an ANP-Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model to assess lean construction management performance. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(02), 356–84.
Mellado, F, Lou, E C and Becerra, C L C (2019) Synthesising performance in the construction industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(02), 579–608.
Ng, S T, Fan, R Y C, Wong, J M W, Chan, A P C, Chiang, Y H, Lam, P T I and Kumaraswamy, M (2009) Coping with structural change in construction: experiences gained from advanced economies. Construction Management and Economics, 27(02), 165–80.
Nwaogu, J M, Chan, A P, Hon, C K and Darko, A (2019) Review of global mental health research in the construction industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(02), 385–410.
Ofori, G and Toor, S-U-R (2009) Research on cross-cultural leadership and management in construction: a review and directions for future research. Construction Management and Economics, 27(02), 119–33.
Proverbs, D G, Holt, G D and Olomolaiye, P O (1999) Factors in formwork selection: a comparative investigation. Building Research & Information, 27(02), 109–19.
Robinson, H S and Scott, J (2009) Service delivery and performance monitoring in PFI/PPP projects. Construction Management and Economics, 27(02), 181–97.
Rosenfeld, Y (2009) Cost of quality versus cost of non-quality in construction: the crucial balance. Construction Management and Economics, 27(02), 107–17.
Salvado, F, Almeida, N and Vale e Azevedo, A (2019) Aligning financial and functional equivalent depreciations rates of building assets. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(02), 441–57.
van Mossel, H-J and Straub, A (2009) The need for customizing maintenance services in social housing. Construction Management and Economics, 27(02), 135–51.
Wang, X, Shi, L, Wang, B and Kan, M (2019) A method to evaluate credit risk for banks under PPP project finance. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(02), 483–501.
Warsame, A (2009) Organizational modes in the residential building sector in Sweden. Construction Management and Economics, 27(02), 153–63.
Wei, H, Minggang, H and Qun, H (1999) Quasi-static testing of composite masonry construction. Building Research & Information, 27(02), 120–3.
Yevu, S K and Yu, A T W (2019) The ecosystem of drivers for electronic procurement adoption for construction project procurement. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(02), 411–40.
Zarghami, S A and Gunawan, I (2019) A domain-specific measure of centrality for water distribution networks. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(02), 341–55.
Zhou, S, Ng, S T, Lee, S H, Xu, F J and Yang, Y (2019) A domain knowledge incorporated text mining approach for capturing user needs on BIM applications. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(02), 458–82.
Zohrehvandi, S, Vanhoucke, M, Soltani, R and Javadi, M (2019) A reconfigurable model for implementation in the closing phase of a wind turbines project construction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(02), 502–24.