Construction Claims in United Arab Emirates: Types, Causes, and Frequency (Other (Not Listed) Sample)

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Article One: Construction Claims in United Arab Emirates: Types, Causes, and Frequency
In the article, Essam K. Zaneldin (2006: 453-459) presents a discussion of the manner in which construction claims impact the vibrant and ever-growing construction industry in the United Arab Emirates in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. In spite of the Zaneldin pointing out that the construction industry in the UAE is one of the largest single industries both in the country and global stage, the industry is complex as well as a fragmented evident from the multidisciplinary participants that it entails. For this reason, the construction industry is often subject to construction claims that derail the construction timeline as well as the cost leading to delays in the completion of these construction projects. Zaneldin cements his arguments in the article through underscoring the results of the types, causes along with the frequency of constructions claims in the country. This validation premises on information from 124 constructions claims on evident on projects in the Emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
The author classifies these construction claims into six types. These types are the contract ambiguity claims, changes claims, acceleration claims, extra work claims, delay claims and different site condition claims. In spite of Zaneldin highlighting twenty-six causes of these claims, the author underscores the primary causes to be change orders, delay attributing to the owner of the project, and planning errors. The author concludes the article by presenting recommendations to address the concern. The recommendations are allowing for reasonable time, setting up effective quality control techniques, having written records on the project that are clear, ensuring entire contract comprehension, involving a third party in analysing contracts, using contracting provisions, and maintaining proper job records for the project. Other recommendations are; having signed change orders prior to any changes, having strategies to address scheduling requirements, implementing constructability and nurturing cooperative and problem-solving attitudes in the project (Zaneldin, 2006: 453-459).
Article Two: Cost of Quality in Dubai: An Analytical Case Study of Residential Construction Projects
Hisham M. E. Abdelsalam and Medhat M. Gad (209: 501-511) in the article investigate the cost of quality in the residential construction projects within the Emirates of Dubai. To achieve this set objective, the two scholars employ the prevention-appraisal-failure (PAF) model to analyse the cost of quality (CoQ) as well as making out the optimum value of this CoQ. The authors underscore that the competitive nature of the construction industry in Dubai has compelled firms to rely on quality-oriented, result based improvements. To attain the desired results, the authors base the study on three objectives. The objectives are to use the PAF model to analyse the cost of quality as an overall cost percentage of the construction projects, to determine the cost of quality optimum value and to test the correlation between independent va...