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Administration Impairments Resulting from Imbalanced Contract Conditions: Owner Payment Default

Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Hanano, Hilmi F.; Turman, Hiba M. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2019)

It is not uncommon that construction contract conditions are found to be drafted in such a way that protects the interest of project owners, and that contractors fail to detect - or succeed in favorably negotiating - such ...
Administration of Construction Contract Interim Payments Based on Earned-Value Reduction Techniques

Demachkieh, Farah S.; Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2019)

Progress payment valuations and certifications represent a core construction contract administration function. If not attended to by the concerned contract administrators in accordance with prescribed provisions and in ...
Architect and Engineer's Spectrum of Engagement under Alternative Delivery Methods: Agreement Negotiation and Formation Implications

Kalach, Mayssa; Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Srour, Issam M. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020)

The proliferation of the several alternatives to the traditional design-bid-build (DBB) project delivery method (PDM), coupled with the ever-increasing demand to reach a faster delivery of construction projects, may commonly ...
Considerations for Filing Global Construction Claims: Legal Perspective

Demachkieh, Farah S.; Khalife, Salam; Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Hamzeh, Farook R. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020)

Delays and disruptions that frequently lead to cost overruns on, and late completion of, construction projects are often accompanied by claims for time extensions and/or additional compensations by construction contractors. ...
Decision-Making Governance Platforms for the Progression of Construction Claims and Disputes

Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Srour, Ali H.; Demachkieh, Farah S. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020)

Contractual mechanisms devised for construction claims and disputes administration and tracking nowadays involve multiple gated stages. The progression of claims through such multiple gates is an indication that the ...
Enhanced Roles and Traits of the Engineer in Assessing Claims

Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Hamdan, Salim Bou; Demachkieh, Farah S. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020)

Several standard forms of contract conditions call for a third-party assessment of construction claims, to be normally made at an early stage of the claim evolution process. The names given to such third-party participants ...
Investigation of the Reasonable Time Computation under Time-At-Large Construction Schedule Disputes

Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Mehdi, Reem K. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020)

Construction disputes, stemming from time extension claims, are not uncommon. Such disputes present a specifically challenging dimension when contractors call time on the project to have become at large. More complications ...
Legal Perspective on Treatment of Delay Liquidated Damages and Penalty Clauses by Different Jurisdictions: Comparative Analysis

Assaad, Rayan H.; Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020)

The treatment of liquidated damages (LD) and penalty clauses depends on the applicable laws under which the contract is construed. Although many attempts have been contemplated to unify the enforceability standards of LD ...
Liability Exposure and Indemnity for Architecture and Engineering Professionals Acting as Independent Consultants or Design Subcontractors

Kalach, Mayssa; Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Srour, Issam M. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2019)

Given the multiple approaches currently used by owners for the procurement of construction projects, design professionals end up undertaking their design and other related services either as independent consultants appointed ...
Managing the Risks of Third-Party Sustainability Certification Failures

Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Khalife, Fawzi G. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020)

The environmental risk levels are on the increase worldwide. As a result, building construction projects have been witnessing a paradigm shift in the way their development plans are approached, with more buildings being ...
Multilayered Framework for Testing the Justifiability of Time-at-Large Callings

Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Jaber, Abed Elkhalek (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2018)

One of the situations presenting major difficulties to the administration of construction contracts is when time is called by the contractor to have become at large. Several circumstances may evolve during the course of ...
Operational Mechanisms and Effectiveness of Adjudication as a Key Step in Construction Dispute Resolution

Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Senan, Mohammad Hasan (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020)

Construction contract conditions that address the administration of claims and disputes are nowadays expected to be designed following a multistep approach. Adjudication, among other alternative dispute resolution (ADR) ...
Particularized Analysis of AIA's Expeditious Mechanisms for Administering Claims and Disputes

Barakat, Mohammad; Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Khoury, Hiam K. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2018)

Contract conditions governing the administration of construction claims and disputes play a critical role concerning the efficiency and speed with which their resolutions can be concluded. Available standard conditions ...
Pivotal New Roles and Changes Introduced by the 2017 FIDIC's Claim and Dispute Resolution Mechanism

Barakat, Mohammad; Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Khoury, Hiam K. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020)

The inevitable nature of claims and disputes in construction projects necessitates effective administration and resolution mechanisms. To this end, mechanisms stipulated in the standard contract forms in use are frequently ...
Progression Analysis of the EJCDC's Underlying Claim and Dispute Resolution Mechanism

Barakat, Mohammad; Khoury, Hiam K.; Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2018)

Direct negotiation is the most common approach used for cost-effective resolution of construction claims and disputes. From among the several available standard conditions of contract, those issued by the Engineers Joint ...
Proposed Framework for the Rendering of Construction Contract Document Interpretations by Engineering Professionals

Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Hamie, Jamileh M.K. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2019)

Construction contract administrators are often required to make interpretations and, subsequently, give instructions as to what the contract documents are meant to prescribe. When such interpretations are challenged, other ...
Sequencing and Operational Variations of Standard Claim and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms

Barakat, Mohammad; Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U.; Khoury, Hiam K. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2019)

Construction contract conditions play a critical role in the administration and resolution of claims and disputes. In practice, such relevant conditions, including those of the widely adopted standard conditions, are found ...
Timing of Liquidated Damages Recovery and Related Liability Issues

Assaad, Rayan H.; Abdul-Malak, Mohamed Asem U. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2020)

Schedule overruns are persistently observed in the construction industry, and the process of accurately calculating the damages incurred by the injured party is perceived to be burdensome. To overcome that, liquidated ...

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Browsing Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (MSFEA) by Subject "Safety, risk, reliability and quality"

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