TY  - JOUR
EP  - 414
KW  - Budget control; Construction industry; Costs; Economic analysis; Machinery
KW  -  Construction projects; Economic growths; Estimation models; Inflation rates; Project cost
KW  -  Industrial economics
N2  - Owing to its significant contribution to GDP and other sectors, the construction industry plays an important role in economic growth. The economy of countries depends on a number of variables in which inflation is one of them. The position of inflation in economic growth cannot be overlooked, as it is retaliating either positively or negatively. This paper explores the role of inflation and how it affects the economy and the construction industry. It is concluded that the inflation rate is neglected in most of the construction projects economics and budgeting that causes the project cost overrun as the building materials prices, labour wages, and machinery hire rates are changing annually. Moreover, a framework has been proposed that highlights the strong relationship between the inflation rate and the construction industry. The framework is useful for the future budget estimation model to eliminate project cost overrun which occurs due to the inflation rate. © 2020 THE AUTHORS
JF  - Ain Shams Engineering Journal
VL  - 12
AV  - none
ID  - scholars15172
SN  - 20904479
TI  - Impact of inflation rate on construction projects budget: A review
Y1  - 2021///
A1  - Musarat, M.A.
A1  - Alaloul, W.S.
A1  - Liew, M.S.
N1  - cited By 49
IS  - 1
SP  - 407
PB  - Ain Shams University
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85086455403&doi=10.1016%2fj.asej.2020.04.009&partnerID=40&md5=1d4757b9a332d03bd4b28f2855dff723
ER  -