Research Plan for Cash Flow in Construction Industry

1 Abstract

2 Introduction

3 Literature review

3.1 Cash flow in construction industry

3.2 Concept of Construction Cash Flows

3.3 Contract Conditions

3.4 Payment Systems for Execution of Construction Project Cash Flows

3.4.1 Staged Cash Flow

3.4.2 Monthly Cash Flow

3.4.3 Turnkey Cash Flow

3.5 Methodologies of Forecasting Construction Cash Flows

3.5.1 Positive Cash Flow Methodologies

3.5.2 Negative Cash Flow Methodologies

3.5.3 Net Cash Flow Methodologies

3.6 Risk in Cash Flow Forecasting

3.6.1 Forecasted and Actual Construction Cash Flows

3.6.2 Variations between Actual and Forecasted Construction Cash Flows

3.6.3 Risk Factors Causing Variations on Construction Project Cash Flows

4 Methodology

4.1 Questionnaire Design

4.2 Data Collection

4.3 Response to Questionnaires

5 Results and Discussion

6 Conclusions and Recommendations

References