10 articles in this issue
Bee Lan Oo, Benson Lim, Siyu Feng
The recruitment, retention and development of early career women have always been a challenge in the construction industry. With the focus on early career women or new female construction management degree graduate hires in construction, this study explor... see more
Amy Marisa, Nor'Aini Yusof
The construction industry has been accused of ineffectiveness and inefficiency because of delays, cost overruns and defects that are partly due to flaws in the design. As professionals responsible for design, architects should achieve optimum performance ... see more
Nyamagere Gladys Sospeter, Pantaleo Daniel Rwelamila, Joaquim Gimbi
Barry Cooper-Cooke, Monty Sutrisna, Oluwole Alfred Olatunji
Guest Editorial
Shang Zhang, Hongxia Duan, Tingting Wei, Galvin Shane
The University-Enterprise-Cooperation (UEC) has been adopted by many universities globally to effectively utilize the high-quality resources of the construction industry, to improve the general competence, problem-solving skills and innovation capability ... see more
Fahim Ullah, Samad Sepasgozer, Faham Tahmasebinia , Saleh Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Sepasgozar, Steven Davis
The aim of this paper is to examine students’ performance in a computation-based course by evaluating the effects of key factors including sketching, visualization resources provided to them during the lectures, their attendance and tutors’ experience. A ... see more
Imriyas Kamardeen; Marini Samaratunga
Personalising learning is critical for universities to achieving excellence in education. It entails maintaining an education system that is responsive to the learning needs, aptitudes and interests of individual students. Rather than imposing... see more
Tim Tews, Greg Skulmoski, Craig Langston, Alan Patching
More educators use serious games (e.g., games where the primary objective is learning rather than enjoyment) to enhance learning due to benefits such as improved understanding and engagement. However, using serious games within project management educatio... see more
John Smallwood, Chris Allen
Experience and anecdotal evidence indicate that first-year students experience challenges in terms of adapting to our university construction management course environment. The purpose of the study is to determine the impact of a team building event on fi... see more
Gesa Ruge, Lara Mackintosh
The international literature on higher education emphasises the importance for academics and professional staff to develop their disciplinary teaching and learning practice. Teaching staff in built environment degree programs tend to focus on ‘what’ subje... see more