Success Factors and Barriers of Last Planner System Implementation in the Gaza Strip Construction Industry

RESEARCH ARTICLE Success Factors and Barriers of Last Planner System Implementation in the Gaza Strip Construction Industry Bassam A. Tayeh, Khalid Al Hallaq, Abdulla H. Al Faqawi, Wesam S. Alaloul and Soo Y. Kim Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 32610 Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia Department of Civil Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan, 48513, South Korea

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