ABSTRACT
In construction operations, many different and
sometimes unpredictable variables collide in a
kaleidoscopic effect, the negative effects of which
are frequently obscured in the eyes of owner,
engineering, and contractor organizations. These
organizations mostly fail to observe, understand,
and predict the negative effect of such variables on
their projects. This lack of understanding is most
accentuated on project sites, the teams of which
are devoted to rapidly shape their projects against
tight contractual milestones in a highly dynamic
and harsh environment with almost no time left for
realizing the effects or even the existence of the fac-
tors negatively affecting construction operations.
