Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 25 Issue 2

Planning and controlling design in engineered-to-order prefabricated building systems

Josana Gabriele Bolzan Wesz, Carlos Torres Formoso, Patricia Tzortzopoulos

The purpose of this paper is to propose a model for planning and controlling the design process in companies that design, manufacture and assemble prefabricated engineer-to-order…

Construction manager’s technical competencies in Malaysian construction projects

Abd Halid Abdullah, Siti Khalijah Yaman, Hairuddin Mohammad, Padzil Fadzil Hassan

Problems of Malaysian construction industry have often been associated, in part to incompetent construction manager (CM) when managing the construction projects. Although various…

Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector

Chathuri Gunarathna, Rebecca Jing Yang, Nirodha Fernando

The purpose of this paper is to understand the prevailing conflict management styles in Sri Lankan commercial building industry from the main stakeholders’ perspective. The dual…

An analysis of the delivery challenges influencing public-private partnership in housing projects: The case of Tanzania

Neema Kavishe, Ian Jefferson, Nicholas Chileshe

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to identify and rank the challenges influencing the delivery of the housing public-private partnership (HPPP) in Tanzania; and second…

A comparison of the suitability of FIDIC and NEC conditions of contract in Palestine: A perspective from the industry

Haytham Besaiso, Peter Fenn, Margaret Emsley, David Wright

The standard forms of construction contract are receiving greater attention in the management of projects scholarship as they probably influence the project success and project…

Understanding why Chinese contractors are not willing to purchase construction insurance

Junying Liu, Sen Lin, Yingbin Feng

Construction insurance has been advocated as a useful financial means to transfer risks and mitigate potential project losses. However, there is a general reluctance to purchase…

Priming effects on safety decisions in a virtual construction simulator

Xueqing Lu, Steven Davis

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of priming on people’s risk perceptions and safety decisions in a virtual construction simulator.

Total Construction Management: Lean Quality in Construction Project Delivery

Bryan Franz