Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction: Volume 20 Issue 1

Infrastructure debt fund policy framework in India – issues and challenges

Mayank Khandelwal, Vivekanand Khanapuri

This paper aims to identify gaps and critical issues in policy framework for infrastructure debt fund (IDF) to become financially viable in the Indian context. Growth of any…

Estimating in geometric 3D CAD

Oluwole Alfred Olatunji, Willy Sher

The purpose of this paper is to elicit the activities in geometric 3D computer-aided design (CAD) estimating. Construction estimators usually target the structural integrity of…

An empirical analysis of the discontinuance of business for startup contractors and property companies in Japan

Yukiko Konno

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that affect the discontinuance of business of start-up contractors and property companies in Japan. It will help managers of…

Modelling building construction durations

Hassan Adaviriku Ahmadu, Yahaya Makarfi Ibrahim, Ahmed Doko Ibrahim, Muhammed Abdullahi

– This paper aims to develop a multivariate model that will be applicable to the Nigeria construction industry.

Finance-based scheduling using meta-heuristics: discrete versus continuous optimization problems

Ashraf Elazouni, Anas Alghazi, Shokri Z. Selim

The purpose of this paper is to compare the performance of the genetic algorithm (GA), simulate annealing (SA) and shuffled frog-leaping algorithm (SFLA) in solving discrete…

Editorial

Akintola Akintoye, Gary D. Holt, Peadar T Davis