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<p>Despite the potential of various methods for calculating construction duration, few studies have focused on the application of these methods in the tender preparation stage, and even fewer have focused on their application in public housing projects. Moreover, research related to construction duration in Turkey has indicated that considerable delays occur in public housing projects. Therefore, we investigated the factors affecting the construction duration of housing projects and developed a novel calculation method for estimating the ideal construction duration. Data on public housing projects were obtained from a major Turkish construction authority. Statistical data analysis was performed using multiple linear regression analysis, chi-squared automatic interaction detection (CHAID), and classification and regression tree (CART) methods. The results revealed that several factors significantly affected the ideal construction duration for each statistical method. The cutoffs and standard errors were calculated to test the validity of all three statistical methods. The regression formula indicated statistical significance when the calculation method was tested. The implementation of the methods for other public housing projects significantly reduced the number of delayed projects. The findings of this study are expected to contribute by way of enabling senior project managers to estimate the ideal construction duration for housing projects during the tender preparation stage.</p>
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Despite the potential of various methods for calculating construction duration, few studies have focused on the application of these methods in the tender preparation stage, and even fewer have focused on their application in public housing projects. Moreover, research related to construction duration in Turkey has indicated that considerable delays occur in public housing projects. Therefore, we investigated the factors affecting the construction duration of housing projects and developed a novel calculation method for estimating the ideal construction duration. Data on public housing projects were obtained from a major Turkish construction authority. Statistical data analysis was performed using multiple linear regression analysis, chi-squared automatic interaction detection (CHAID), and classification and regression tree (CART) methods. The results revealed that several factors significantly affected the ideal construction duration for each statistical method. The cutoffs and standard errors were calculated to test the validity of all three statistical methods. The regression formula indicated statistical significance when the calculation method was tested. The implementation of the methods for other public housing projects significantly reduced the number of delayed projects. The findings of this study are expected to contribute by way of enabling senior project managers to estimate the ideal construction duration for housing projects during the tender preparation stage.

Estimation of ideal construction duration in tender preparation stage for housing projects

Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal

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Despite the potential of various methods for calculating construction duration, few studies have focused on the application of these methods in the tender...

Estimation of ideal construction duration in tender preparation stage for housing projects

Article Category: Research Paper

Published Online: Nov 25, 2023

Page range: 192 - 212

Received: Jan 01, 2023

Accepted: May 23, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2023-0014

Keywords
construction management, construction delays, ideal construction duration, Turkey, regression, CHAID, CART

© 2023 Hakan Tirataci et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Estimation of ideal construction duration in tender preparation stage for housing projects

Article Category: Research Paper

Published Online: Nov 25, 2023

Page range: 192 - 212

Received: Jan 01, 2023

Accepted: May 23, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2023-0014

Keywordsconstruction management, construction delays, ideal construction duration, Turkey, regression, CHAID, CART

© 2023 Hakan Tirataci et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
construction management, construction delays, ideal construction duration, Turkey, regression, CHAID, CART