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ALRAQABA . ISSUE 16
Diagram on types of controls according to their respective time scaling standard
Inputs Control
Transformation
Process Control
Outputs
Control
Feed forward
Control
Concurrent
Control
Feedback
Control
The research paper covered the following
themes:
1. What is concurrent control on construction
projects?
2. Advantages of concurrent control as
opposed to feedback control.
3. Overview on the current status of SAB
control over construction projects.
4. Overview on experiences of some countries
adopting the concurrent control, and the
means for capitalizing on such experiences.
The research paper has also included a practical
case for a construction project, which was
not subject to a concurrent control during the
execution phase. It was then explained how the
Concurrent control on the execution of
construction projects is aimed at following up
on the main processes of planning, design,
execution, operation, and maintenance of
construction projects, in order to check whether
all such activities were executed with high
efficiency and effectiveness. Another objective
of concurrent control is to investigate whether
such projects have positively achieved their
defined goals within the time frame, cost, and the
required quality standard, in line with the legal
norms and the allocated appropriations.
Concurrent controls on construction projects:
• will either result in verifying the soundness of
all procedures and activities undertaken for
the execution of such construction projects;
or
• will demonstrate the existence of risks or
detect deviations in these operations.
In such cases, it is necessary to investigate the
causes of such risk and deviations and to present
recommendations for their prompt treatment
and rectification during the execution phase.
Considering that construction projects may often
be complex and intricate, being overseen and
utilized by several overlapping parties where
each party has its own interest in the project, the
potential for risk and deviations in the execution
of activities is present.
Monitoring deviations and the timing of
monitoring such deviations are also of a particular
importance. The earlier a deviation is monitored,
the greater the impact of reform and the lower
the cost and duration of its reform would be. For
example, if a decision maker finds from the first
day that the planned project is unfeasible, he or
she can decide to cancel the project and save the
project and the public fund were affected by the
absence of this type of control.
Below are some of the selected headlines and
excerpts from the research paper:
What is concurrent control on construction
projects?
Definition of concurrent control:
According to time scaling standard, concurrent
control can be defined as a set of methods,
procedures, and arrangements used in the
detection of deviations, during the execution
of program activities and the process of
transforming inputs into outputs, in order to ensure
their compliance to the defined organizational
standards.
