Construction Economics and Building  

Rick Best, Goran Runeson

Vol 2 No 2 (2002): AJCEB

Derek Drew, Connie Kwong, Patrick Zou, L.Y Shen

Two envelope fee bidding is a mechanism used by construction clients to allocate commissionsto willing consultants such as architects, engineers and surveyors. In two envelopefee bidding the client scores the competing consultants’ fees and technical prop... see more

Jane Cioffi, Lesley Wilkes, Jess O'Brien

Outdoor workers are at high risk of developing skin cancer. Primary prevention can potentiallyreduce the incidence of skin cancer in this group. This study aimed to determine theknowledge and sun protective behaviour of outdoor workers towards skin cancer... see more

M Loosemore, M.M.M Teo

Recent world events in the international relations arena and the subsequent knock-on affect on the insurance industry, have sent shock-waves through Australia’s business community,elevating crisis management to the top of the managerial agenda. This paper... see more

Hong Xiao, David Proverbs

Construction cost is a major concern to both clients and contractors. Based on a hypotheticalconstruction project (a six-storey concrete framed office building), cost and otherrelated information was collected through a survey of contractors in Japan, the... see more

Dun Tran, Martin Skitmore

This paper provides the results of an exploratory survey of construction industry managersin Singapore to isolate some of the common effects of national and organisational culture,together with the personal characteristics of managers, on the efficacy of ... see more

P.A Bowen, K.S Cattel, K.A Hall, P.J Edwards, R.G Pearl

This paper examines the relative intrinsic importance of the effective management of projecttime, cost and quality in the attainment of client objectives. The findings from a questionnairesurvey are presented. The survey explored the perceptions of South ... see more

Xin Janet, Ka-Chi Lam

This paper builds a house prices forecasting model for private residential houses in HongKong, based on general macroeconomic indicators, housing related data and demographicfactors for the period of 1980 to 2001. A reduce form economic model has been der... see more

Anthony Mills, Jim Smith, Peter Love

Small and medium sized companies (SMEs) operating in the construction industry in regionalareas of Australia often struggle to compete against city-based companies for constructionwork. This paper identifies the barriers that confront SMEs in areas outsid... see more

Craig Langston

RED MAN GREEN MANby Jayne Cox, David Fell and Mark Thurstain-Goodwin