Construction projects claims in Iraq : for a period from 2010 to 2014

Abstract EN

The construction industry in Iraq is one of the important areas because now we need to develop and set up a lot of projects in the sector of services and infrastructure as well as advanced industrial projects to support the Iraqi economy.

Usually projects development and complexity become a companion to a lot of claims, so it became necessary for us to study and diagnosis the most important claims faced projects in Iraq and identify which are more frequently and opening the way for researchers to develop appropriate solutions to those claims.

This study was presented the claims causes and their types inIraq construction projectsfor a period from (2010 to 2014) and its frequency by using anavailable information from more 30 claims causes for a different type of Iraqi projects.

The data were collectedfrom questionnaire distributed for this purpose and the results of this research wereanalyzed along with recommendations on how to prevent or reduce effect of those claims reasons, all these were shown in this paper.