Project performance control in reconstruction projects

Cost, schedule, and quality are the main indicators of performance in const ruction projects. These indicators are highly interrelated and require some balance and trade-off among them to achieve efficient overall control over project performance. Focusing on these performance indicators, the primary objective of this study is to investigate the use of conventional control techniques in projects involving reconstruction of occupied buildings. To f acilitate this analysis, performance data have been collected, using a ques tionnaire survey, from 25 reconstruction and 15 new construction projects. The survey was followed by structured interviews with construction practiti oners and project participants to elicit success-related factors and to ide ntify some of the unique problems affecting the control of reconstruction p rojects. Using the collected data, performance comparison was conducted bet ween new and reconstruction projects along with a detailed analysis of the suitability of existing techniques for the control of the cost, schedule, a nd quality in reconstruction projects.