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Arora, R (1997) Role and influence of emerging social dynamics in decisions on investment opportunities in construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Bhattacharya, S (2011) Enablers of growth for construction companies in India: a strategic approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Chaphalkar, N B (2007) Expert system for resolution of delay claims in construction contracts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: complexity; construction delay; cost overrun; construction project; arbitration; disputes; expert system; professional; India; questionnaire survey
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- URL: http://eprint.iitd.ac.in/handle/2074/6212
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The construction industry is the second largest industry in the India, being next to agriculture. Construction industry is vulnerable to time and cost overruns which lead to disputes. These disputes if not handled properly tend to drag on and consume time and money of all parties to the contract. The construction projects are of different types and magnitude and most of them are multidisciplinary in nature. With the increasing size and complexity in nature of projects the conditions of the contracts also tend to become more complicated. These complexities give rise to number of claims; which in turn, add to number of disputes to the already existing ones and further delay the settlement of disputes. It was thought appropriate that if a scientific tool was developed for resolution of disputes arising out of one of most dispute-prone clauses, it would serve as a model for further development. Hence this work is an attempt to formulate guidelines to assess the strength of claims arising out of `Time, delay and extension' clause through an expert system called "Construction Delay Claim Advisor". Study of 52 arbitration awards helped in the deeper understanding of the subject as well as grouping the delay claims in six broad areas. Also the factors in the form of probing questions which represent the facts being considered by the arbitrator while giving the award were identified. The database for the system was developed using the published cases settled in the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts of the states. The similarity matching scheme was developed to compare the responses given by the user and the data in the system. Relative importance of the factors in each domain was also determined using a questionnaire survey and fed into the system to get the level of overall matching of the user's case with that of the database cases. The expert system was developed using expert system shell 'iKen Studio' which displays the three matching cases from the database cases with the current case. The system was also validated for its satisfactory performance and stability. Due to non-availability of documented data, the system could not be designed to give the quantum of award. A template is suggested to be included in the award to help the readers including construction professionals and academicians in better understanding of the cases.
Deshpande, S D (1988) Some facility planning techniques for construction site layouts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Jayesh, M P (2020) Inter-state migration for employment in India: a study on construction workers in Kerala, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Jha, K N (2004) Factors for the success of a construction project: empirical study, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Johari, S (2021) Effect of socioemotional cognitive, and technical competencies of workers on construction labor productivity, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kar, S (2021) Developing a decision support system for effective material management in construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Karimi, Z (2016) Construction project performance metrics: conceptualization, measurement and application in metro rail, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kuldip, C (1989) OR applications in strategic sector constructions with capital budgeting, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kulshrestha, M (1997) Total Value Control in Construction through Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kumar, R (2020) Risk management framework for construction projects aligned to actualities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kumar, S V (2019) Identification and modelling of risk factors, mitigation measures, and entry strategies for Indian construction firms in international markets, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kumar, V S S (1993) Application of fuzzy set theory in construction management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Maddah, R (2019) An analysis of risks faced by foreign construction firms in India and their effect on project performance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Mathur, R N (1986) Perception of quality of working life and the related factors: a study of women workers in construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Mujumdar, P (2017) Modeling design interdependency and iteration for multiple two-way information exchanges in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Padala, S P S (2020) Matrix-based framework for modeling changes across multiple entity types in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Pandey, P (2019) Lean scheduling in construction projects: realistic milestone planning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Panwar, A (2019) Development of a many-objective model based on NSGA-III for construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
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