TY  - JOUR
T1  - Analysis of Government Residential Projects Overruns in Jordan
AU - A. Aldibat Albtoosh, Ja`Far AU - Tarmazi Haron, Ahmad AU - Shaqdan, Ashraf 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 9
SP  - 2570
EP  - 2574
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.2570.2574
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.2570.2574
KW  - Construction projects
KW  -Jordan
KW  -overrun
KW  -overcosts
KW  -budgets
KW  -cost
AB  - Construction sector is one of the major drivers in jordan economy to many sectors related directly
or indirectly to construction sector. Construction projects require a range of services that provide jobs for a
large fraction of population depends on. Recently, the construction industry economy is facing many
challenges that caused slow down. Therefore, a deep analysis for the construction industry is needed. This
research focuses on the understanding of Over Run (OR) situation in building projects in Jordan. It is designed
broadly in two parts. Part one aimed at establishing critical issues of OR and their causes in building projects
in Jordan. This part involved four stages; problem definition, literature review, case study. From the analysis,
we identified that overruns as major challenge that often cause additional cost burden on projects budgets.
ER  -