Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 26 Issue 4

Measuring installation productivity in prefabricated timber construction

Perry John Forsythe, Samad M.E. Sepasgozar

A problematic issue for new approaches to prefabricated timber construction is simply that there is insufficient productivity measurement data to assist estimation of resource…

Getting the balance right: Regulating occupational health and safety planning and coordination in the Australian construction industry

Helen Lingard, Amanda Warmerdam, Salman Shooshtarian

In Australia, national harmonisation of occupational health and safety (OHS) regulation was pursued through the development of model Work Health and Safety legislation. The model…

Ascertaining the impact of contractors pre-qualification criteria on project success criteria

Victor Karikari Acheamfour, Ernest Kissi, Theophilus Adjei-Kumi

The selection of a suitable contractor for a project has a significant impact on project success. In order to avoid the selection of an incapable contractor, the capabilities of…

Connecting adaptability strategies to building system lifecycles in hospital retrofits

Riikka Kyrö, Antti Peltokorpi, Lauri Luoma-Halkola

The fast advancement of medical technology and processes poses challenges to hospital construction and management. The purpose of this paper is to provide a structured approach to…

A three-step process for reporting progress in detail engineering using BIM, based on experiences from oil and gas projects

Øystein Mejlænder-Larsen

Traditionally, progress in detail engineering in construction projects is reported based on estimates and manual input from the disciplines in the engineering team. Reporting…

Designing with pixels: parametric thinking for patterning dynamic building facades

Zaki Mallasi

Advances in digital design tools enable exploration and generation of dynamic building facades. However, some processes are formally prescribed and manually driven to only…

Exploring sustainable post-end-of-life of building operations: A systematic literature review

Ruchini Senarath Jayasinghe, Raufdeen Rameezdeen, Nicholas Chileshe

The purpose of this paper is to explore the synergies between post-end-of-life of building (PEoLB) concepts and operations to achieve sustainability.

Dynamic changes of governance mechanisms in mega construction projects in China: The mediating role of opportunism

Dedong Wang, Shaoze Fang, Kaili Li

The purpose of this paper is to study the mechanisms governing dynamic changes in relational and contractual governance at different stages of government-funded mega construction…