11 articles in this issue
Kevin McLain, Douglas D. Gransberg, Micheal C. Loulakis
Awarding design-build (DB) contracts before a complete subsurface investigation is completed, makes mitigating the risk of differing site conditions difficult, if not impossible. The purpose of the study was to identify effective practices for managing ge... see more
Sayali Shrikrishna Sandbhor, Rohan P. Botre
Construction sector has always been dependent on manpower. Most of the activities carried out on any construction site are labour intensive. Since productivity of any project depends directly on productivity of labour, it is a prime responsibility of the ... see more
Nitin Balkrishna Chaphalkar, K. C. Iyer
Construction industry in India is second largest next to agriculture. In current era of infrastructure development construction projects occupy a key position. In any construction project contract time and cost overrun is a common feature, whi... see more
Claus Nesensohn, David James Bryde, Edward Ochieng, Damian Fearon
In recent years there has been an increasing interest in maturity models in management-related disciplines; which reflects a growing recognition that becoming more mature and having a model to guide the route to maturity can help organisations in managing... see more
Parviz Ghoddousi, Nima Bahrami, Nicholas Chileshe, M.Reza Hosseini
The aim of this study is to apply a recently proposed model of motivation based on expectancy theory to site-based workers in the construction context and confirm the validity of this model for the construction industry. The study drew upon data from 194 ... see more
Abukar Warsame, Han-Suck Song, Hans Lind
It has been reported that productivity developments in construction are slow compared to other sectors. Measuring productivity is however not easy and it might have been underestimated due to deficiencies in the index that is used when the value added in ... see more
Rosemarie Rusch, Rick Best
Little consideration has been given to the context of housing in remote areas. It is important for the economic survival of many remote communities that appropriate and sustainable housing solutions are decided and implemented.This report examines h... see more
Ryan Stanley, Derek Pierre Thurnell
Building Information Modelling (BIM) models are relational and parametric in nature, and 5D BIM is where model objects include specification data and other properties which can be directly used for pricing construction work. There is huge potential for it... see more
Shamsulhadi Bin Bandi, Fadhlin Abdullah, Roslan Amiruddin
Detail literature review indicates a growing concern over the purpose of the BQ to the practice and needs of contracting organisations. However, the number of studies dedicated to comprehensively review how BQ is used by these organisations is limited. Th... see more
Craig Langston
Peter Caplehorn, Routledge, London, 2012 136 pp., ISBN 978-0-415-43423-2, GBP 34.99 (pb)
PC Thomas
Ian Ellingham and William Fawcett, RIBA Publishing, London, 2013, 160 p., ISBN 978 1 85946 450 2, AUD 56.84, GBP 30.84, USD 51.17