Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 14 Issue 2

Mutual objective setting for partnering projects in the public sector

Will Swan, Malik M.A. Khalfan

The use of partnering has grown within the public sector of the UK construction industry. Central to partnering is the use of the partnering charter. The charter establishes the…

“Considerate construction”: case studies of current practice

Jacqueline Glass, Mark Simmonds

The purpose of this paper is to report on the extent to which major contractors are delivering what can be termed “considerate construction”, using case studies of housing and…

Linking experience and learning: application to multi‐project building environments

Mai Anh Thi Lê, Carl Brønn

The ability to learn is an important organisational resource. The purpose of this paper is to identify issues involved in achieving transfer learning across large construction…

Applying rich picture diagrams to model case studies of construction projects

Monty Sutrisna, Peter Barrett

Information and findings from investigations of construction projects using qualitative methodologies such as the grounded theory methodology (GTM) are inevitably rich. When using…

Technology readiness among managers of Malaysian construction firms

Mastura Jaafar, T. Ramayah, Abdul‐Rashid Abdul‐Aziz, Basri Saad

The purpose of this paper is to assess the Technology Readiness Index (TRI) of the managers of Malaysian construction firms. Also, the backgrounds of the managers were examined to…

The significant factors causing delay of building construction projects in Malaysia

Wa'el Alaghbari, Mohd. Razali A. Kadir, Azizah Salim, Ernawati

The paper seeks to identify the major factors causing delay in building construction projects in Malaysia.

Editorial

Ronald McCaffer