Site organization and supervision in housing projects in the Gaza Strip

Abstract

The supervisor's world can be viewed as a complex network of people, jobs, equipment, paperwork, materials, objectives, and goals. Each of these items must be carefully brought together in an organized, coordinated manner to create a smooth-running organization. The project management concept in the Gaza Strip should be based on an appropriate organizational form which secures the most efficient exploitation of the methods of planning, organizing and control in order to achieve a more efficient implementation of a construction project. It enables the successful exploitation of material resources, people and financial means as a particular construction project progresses. The main goal of this paper is to examine the site organizational structure and supervision for medium size housing projects in the Gaza Strip. Data for this study was obtained from 34 housing projects distributed in several locations in Gaza …