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Identification of Factors Affecting Special Hardship Cases Shelters’ Interventions at Gaza Strip – UNRWA

El-Sawalhi, Nabil I.; Alyazji, Belal (The Islamic University of Gaza, 2018-12)

The sheltering and housing for special hardship cases families is one of main objectives of UNRWA. It contributes to alleviating the suffering of poor refugee families. There are many problems beyond noninterference in ...

Factors Affecting Cost Escalation in Construction Projects in Gaza Strip

El-Sawalhi, Nabil I.; Eleyan, Abdelhadi (Vandana Publications, 2018-12)

Cost escalation is one of serious difficulties that facing the construction industry. The construction sector suffers from ever-increasing cost of raw materials, construction inputs and inflation in domestic and international ...

Towards lean and green thinking in construction projects at Gaza Strip

El-Sawalhi, Nabil I.; Jaber, Bilal Majid; Al Shukri, Abed (Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2018-11-01)

Background and problem: Integrating lean and green principles while implementing construction project has become an important aspect of modern construction. Lean construction and green building are used to maximize the ...

Causes of Non-Prioritization of Infrastructure Projects in the Gaza Strip

El-Sawalhi, Nabil I.; Sarhan, Mohammed Salah (Science Publishing Group, 2018)

Infrastructure projects are the backbone of the economy of the developed counties. Gaza Strip is suffering from non-prioritization of infrastructure project implementation. The objective of this paper was to identify the ...

Multi-Attribute Utility Theory for Selecting an Appropriate Procurement Method in the Construction Projects

El-Sawalhi, Nabil I.; EL Agha, Osama (Universiti Sains Malaysia Press, 2017)

The selection of an appropriate procurement method is becoming an increasingly important issue due to complex decision making that clients are facing early in the lifecycle of construction projects. The aim of this paper ...

Development of Awarding System for Construction Contractors in Gaza Strip Using Artificial Neural Network (ANN)

El-Sawalhi, Nabil I.; Abu Hajar, Yousef J H (Korean Institute of Construction Engineering and Management, 2016-09-01)

The purpose of this paper is to develop a model for selecting the best contractor in the Gaza Strip using the Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The contractor’s selection methods and criteria were identified using a field ...

Multi-Attribute Utility Model for Selection of Appropriate Procurement Method in the Construction Projects

El-Sawalhi, Nabil I.; EL Agha, Osama (2016)

The selection of an appropriate procurement method is becoming an increasingly important issue due to complex decision-making that has to be made by clients early in the project lifecycle. The aim at this paper is to improve ...

Support Vector Machine to Measure the Risk of Payment Delay on Construction Projects in Gaza Strip

El-Sawalhi, Nabil I.; Nasser, Abdelsalam H. (الجامعة الإسلامية - غزة, 2015)

Payment delay to contractors is a common cause of disputes in Gaza Strip construction industry. The aim of this paper is to formulate a model to measure the risk of payment delay in terms of cost overrun. Factors that ...

Factors affecting stakeholder management in construction projects in the Gaza Strip

El-Sawalhi, Nabil I.; Hammad, Salah (Taylor & Francis, 2015)

One of the major emerging concerns in the management of construction projects is the recognition and management of project stakeholders, since the stakeholders are a major source of uncertainty in construction projects. ...

Support vector machine cost estimation model for road projects

El-Sawalhi, Nabil I. (2015)

A cost estimate is one of the most important steps in road project management. There are ranges of factors that mostly affect the final project cost. Many approaches were used to estimate project cost, which took into ...