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Control Planning of Time, Cost and Quality for
Fast Track Projects
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ABSTRACT
Time, cost and quality are considered the most important factors in the
process of construction project management to finish the project on the schedules
set using all the means and resources available in the most efficient possible when
Fast Track method is chosen which will be useful to the concerned owners,
consultants, and supervision engineers.. The research aims to develop an essential
and practical proposals to control general planning mechanisms for fast track
construction projects besides detail plans for controlling time factor and other two
basic factors which are cost and quality, this will help to avoid any causes of delays
when assessing the time of completion for any project. Many site visits and
personal interviews were carried out with many prominent specialists and
engineers concerned with Fast Track methods in order to enrich the study with
their actual onsite experience on some of construction projects implemented by
such method. Many useful conclusions and recommendations have been deduced
to build a complete and serious vision for all project activities and works for
continuous improving by implementing this system in fast track projects

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