A Comparative Study on the Readiness Parameters of Highway Construction Projects

Successful highway projects could help contribute to a country's economic development and growth. One of the factors that cause delays in highway projects is starting too early (i.e., premature start), and assessing the readiness of the project before construction could prevent it from happenin...

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Main Authors: Nur Afiqah, Mohd Radzi, R. A., Rahman, Doh, Shu Ing, M., Esa
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Language:English
Published: IOP Science 2021
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M., Esa
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description Successful highway projects could help contribute to a country's economic development and growth. One of the factors that cause delays in highway projects is starting too early (i.e., premature start), and assessing the readiness of the project before construction could prevent it from happening. However, different types of highway projects can have various causes of delay. Therefore, having inappropriate readiness parameters can impair the process of assessing construction readiness. This study aims to compare the construction readiness parameters (CRPs) between different types of highway projects. To achieve that objective, questionnaire survey data from 105 industry practitioners with highway construction working experiences is analyzed using the analysis of variance (ANOVA), descriptive statistics, and mean score ranking technique. The results reveal 32 CRPs that are critical for both highway and expressway projects. Also, there are 6 CRPs that are only critical for highway projects. This study contributes to the current body of knowledge by illustrating any discrepancies of the readiness parameters between types of highway projects. The lessons from this study could help the industry to justify the usage of the parameters for assessing their highway projects in preventing premature starts.
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spelling ump-309022021-03-10T06:47:58Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30902/ A Comparative Study on the Readiness Parameters of Highway Construction Projects Nur Afiqah, Mohd Radzi R. A., Rahman Doh, Shu Ing M., Esa TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements Successful highway projects could help contribute to a country's economic development and growth. One of the factors that cause delays in highway projects is starting too early (i.e., premature start), and assessing the readiness of the project before construction could prevent it from happening. However, different types of highway projects can have various causes of delay. Therefore, having inappropriate readiness parameters can impair the process of assessing construction readiness. This study aims to compare the construction readiness parameters (CRPs) between different types of highway projects. To achieve that objective, questionnaire survey data from 105 industry practitioners with highway construction working experiences is analyzed using the analysis of variance (ANOVA), descriptive statistics, and mean score ranking technique. The results reveal 32 CRPs that are critical for both highway and expressway projects. Also, there are 6 CRPs that are only critical for highway projects. This study contributes to the current body of knowledge by illustrating any discrepancies of the readiness parameters between types of highway projects. The lessons from this study could help the industry to justify the usage of the parameters for assessing their highway projects in preventing premature starts. IOP Science 2021 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30902/1/A%20Comparative%20Study%20on%20the%20Readiness%20Parameters-iop.pdf Nur Afiqah, Mohd Radzi and R. A., Rahman and Doh, Shu Ing and M., Esa (2021) A Comparative Study on the Readiness Parameters of Highway Construction Projects. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, International Conference of Sustainable Earth Resources Engineering 2020 , 19 June 2020 , Virtual mode, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia. pp. 1-12., 641 (012008). ISSN 1755-1315 (Published) https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/641/1/012008
spellingShingle TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
Nur Afiqah, Mohd Radzi
R. A., Rahman
Doh, Shu Ing
M., Esa
A Comparative Study on the Readiness Parameters of Highway Construction Projects
title A Comparative Study on the Readiness Parameters of Highway Construction Projects
title_full A Comparative Study on the Readiness Parameters of Highway Construction Projects
title_fullStr A Comparative Study on the Readiness Parameters of Highway Construction Projects
title_full_unstemmed A Comparative Study on the Readiness Parameters of Highway Construction Projects
title_short A Comparative Study on the Readiness Parameters of Highway Construction Projects
title_sort comparative study on the readiness parameters of highway construction projects
topic TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
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