Insights on critical management aspects in construction projects: evidences from large Portuguese companies

  • Authors:

  • Caroline Dominguez;Pedro Ribeiro;Anabela Paiva;João Varajão

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Vila Real, Portugal;University of Minho, Department of Information Systems, Guimarães, Portugal;Centre of Materials and Building Technologies, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal;Centro ALGORITMI, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

  • Venue:
  • EMESEG'10 Proceedings of the 3rd WSEAS international conference on Engineering mechanics, structures, engineering geology
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Failures in construction projects are very frequent, in part because of the great specificity of the construction industry and in another part because of the lack of adequate management procedures. Even though Portuguese constructions have improved in the last years, cost and schedule overruns, low productivity and lack of quality of final products are still very common. Throughout a comprehensive survey applied to medium and large Portuguese companies, it was possible to identify the main management aspects which are critical for the project success. In this paper are presented the main results obtained. They enable companies to focus their efforts in the more relevant aspects of project management.