مختصر البحث:
. In construction industry, projects are usually completed in a budget more than what is
estimated for, finished in a time more than the contracted time, not executed properly according
to the specifications, and not constructed with the client …
. In construction industry, projects are usually completed in a budget more than what is
estimated for, finished in a time more than the contracted time, not executed properly according
to the specifications, and not constructed with the client satisfaction. The thing that causes
lowering the profits of contractors, clients losing, time to market prolonging, and other
consequences. Projects execution on or under the budgeted money requires valid practices,
precise decisions, good strategies, and needs developing new techniques, such as cost reduction
technique. Thus, this paper mainly aims to relieving part of the big concerns of those who
specialized in construction media respecting construction cost overruns by determining the most
economical structural design, which can be realized by studying, quantifying, analysing cost,
and comparing a number of structural elements with different dimensions, different design
combinations, and different materials proportions. Then, the optimum structural element, the
element that meets the design requirements, comprises the least materials quantities, and costs
least, was selected in case to achieve an economical construction.
