Construction Economics and Building  

Nuanthip Kaewsri, Tanit Tonghong

For over a decade, the public and the private sectors have carried out research aimed at attracting women engineers to the construction industry and retaining them. However, studies on women engineers working in other types of construction-related busines... see more

Thanuja Ramachandra, James Olabode Rotimi

Delay and loss of payment is a serious problem in the construction industry of many countries. These affect the cash flow of contractors which is critical to meeting their financial obligations. Payment defaults by the principal leads to insolvency of con... see more

Jeremy Coggins

Since the introduction of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act into New South Wales in 1999, construction industry payment legislation has progressively been enacted on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis throughout Australia. O... see more

Bassam Michael Baroudi, Mike Metcalfe

The contractor prequalification topic has had much written on it over the last two decades. In the past it has been primarily viewed in terms of the appropriate selection of contractors for construction projects. There has been extensive research interest... see more

Henry Ndubuisi Onukwube, Reuben Iyagba

AbstractJob performance is considered one of the most important constructs in human resources management because it helps to explain the value and utility that each employee adds to the organisation. The professionals in the Nigerian construction companie... see more

Thayaparan Gajendran, Graham Brewer, Goran Runeson, Andrew Dainty

The complex interrelationships commonly enacted as a consequence of project team activity take a number of different forms, including those formally dictated by contract conditions. However it is becoming increasingly apparent that project performance is ... see more

Goran Runeson

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Adrian John Bridge

Gerard de Valence (ed), Routledge, London, 232 pp. Hardcover, ISBN978-0-415-39706-3, USD 115.00 GDP 70.00