10 articles in this issue
Chris Carson, Malcolm Abbott
Abstract In recent years there has been a rising interest in the level of productivity and efficiency of the New Zealand construction industry. This interest has meant that there has been an increased use of statistical techniques to determine the product... see more
Ram Karthikeyan Thangaraj, Toong Khuan Chan
This study involves a financial analysis of 43 publicly listed and large private companies in the building and construction supply chain from 2005 to 2010; straddling the period of the global financial crisis (GFC); and examines the impact of the GFC on t... see more
Ashwini Konanahalli, Lukumon O. Oyedele, Ron Coates, Jason von Meding, John Spillane
Increased globalisation within the British AEC (Architectural Engineering and Construction) sector has increased the need for companies to transfer their staff to manage their overseas operations. To be able to perform abroad, expatriates must harmo... see more
Rick Best, Brian Purdey
The building that houses the Mirvac School of Sustainable Development at Bond University is the first educational building to achieve a six Green Star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia. It has won numerous awards since opening in August ... see more
Guillermo Aranda-Mena, Rod Gameson
From PhD-doing to PhD-done is not as from A to B. This paper aims to increasing the understanding of the complex relationship between the doctoral research and the supervisory process. The research method is that of repertory-grids where the authors discu... see more
Rick Best
In a report published in June 2012 the Business Council of Australia (BCA) reported that it costs considerably more to build a variety of types of infrastructure in Australia than it does in the US. Airports (90% more costly) and hospitals (62%) were quot... see more
Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke, Deji Rufus Ogunsami, Stephen Ogunlana
The use of structural equation modelling (SEM) for research studies in construction related field has been on the increase over the years. The essence of this study is not to compare the level of usage of SEM with other modelling methods, neither is it to... see more
Gerard de Valence
The links between theory and construction management (CM), and for that matter construction economics (CE), are not strong (see de Valence 2011). This may be one of the reasons why they have not gained complete acceptance as academic disciplines and are n... see more
Xiangyu Wang
Matt Stevens
David Cattell, UCT Press, 2012, 150 pages includes CD Rom, ISBN 9781919895697. Price USD 34.95, ZAR 265.00