Author Description

This book draws on the author’s international experience to explore the management of construction projects in the Middle East. The unique characteristics of construction projects in the Middle East are discusses followed by a deep dive into the main issues affecting the management of these projects. The issues are classified into three main categories including People Issues covering topics like Leadership, Human Resources Management and Customer Happiness; Technical Issues covering Time and Cost Management, Quality Management and Productivity and last but not least Organizational Issues covering Politics, Project Tracking Systems, Procurement and Risk Management. The book also explores the adaptation of modern trends in Construction Project Management in the Middle East such as Project Management Offices, Project Management Maturity Models, Value Engineering and last but not least the use of Artificial Intelligence in Project Management.