@inproceedings{oai:kutarr.kochi-tech.ac.jp:00000979,
 author = {Iwabuchi, Akira and Shimizu, Tsuneyoshi},
 book = {Society for Social Management Systems Internet Journal},
 issue = {1},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {This paper is about how a consortium of five Japanese companies (COJAAL: Consortium Japonais Pour L’Autoroute Algerienne) is undertaking to build a 399 km, six-lane, limited-access highway across northern Algeria. The paper starts with the bidding process, the evaluation method and the structure of contracts that govern the construction of the project on a design-build basis. Since the contractor is allowed to alter, and therefore is responsible for, highway routing to a certain extent, the paper describes how this discretionary power was exercised to determine the final location of the highway. The paper then goes on to outline organizational setup, physical and design parameters, procurement and logistics, and construction execution plans. As of February 2009, the contractor is about 29 months into the project, whose duration was originally set at 40 months. The paper highlights events and/or issues that have had time impacts since its commencement in September 2006. Some sections of the project have faced major landslides. Other sections are being impacted by a shortfall of critical materials such as crushed gravels for pavement. The contractor also experienced complications from having to build a project to the French standard when natural conditions in Algeria do not necessarily lend themselves to the French standard. Sourcing and mobilizing labor from out-of-the-country markets in sufficient numbers and having them work efficiently on a stretch of construction sites extending over hundreds of kilometers have added to the task of coordination and control. As such, the paper represents an interim report on, and a case study of, managerial and technical challenges that an overseas project of this magnitude and scope can present to the contractor, as well as approaches that can be taken to meet such challenges.},
 publisher = {Society for Social Management Systems},
 title = {The Algeria East-West Highway : An Interim Report},
 volume = {5},
 year = {2009}
}