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Brewer, G and Strahorn, S (2012) Trust and the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 19(03), 286-305.

Duncan, K, Philips, P and Prus, M (2012) Using stochastic frontier regression to estimate the construction cost inefficiency of prevailing wage laws. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 19(03), 320-34.

Hughes, D, Williams, T and Ren, Z (2012) Is incentivisation significant in ensuring successful partnered projects?. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 19(03), 306-19.

Mahamid, I (2012) Factors affecting contractor's business failure: contractors' perspective. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 19(03), 269-85.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: business failures; Palestine; contracting failure; contractors; importance index
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0969-9988
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/09699981211219607
  • Abstract:
    Purpose - The main objective of this paper is to identify the factors that have the potential to cause a contractor's business failure in the West Bank in Palestine and to determine their impact level from the contractor's viewpoint. Design/methodology/approach - A survey of 84 contractors from the West Bank in Palestine was performed. A total of 44 factors were considered in this study and were listed under three groups, i.e. financial, managerial, and external. Findings - Contractors have ranked the following factors as highly influential with huge potential to cause contractor's business failure: fluctuation in construction material costs; delay in collecting dibs from clients; lack of experience in contracts; low margin of profit due to competition; and closure and limitation of movement between West Bank areas. Originality/value - This paper identified the factors that have the potential to cause contractor's business failure in the West Bank in Palestine and determined their impact level from the contractor's viewpoint.

Siva, J and London, K (2012) Client learning for successful architect-client relationships. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 19(03), 253-68.

Wan, S K M and Kumaraswamy, M M (2012) Improving building services coordination at the pre-installation stage. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 19(03), 235-52.