Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 5 Issue 4

Social network analysis: using a quantitative tool within an interpretative context to explore the management of construction crises

M. LOOSEMORE

There is growing dissatisfaction with the static, reductionist, socially insensitive and unimaginative methods used in construction management research. The present paper…

An application of case‐based reasoning to the planning of highway bridge construction

J.H.M. TAH, V. CARR, R. HOWES

Previous approaches to decision support for project planning using rule‐based expert systems techniques have failed to make an impact in practice. This is primarily because of the…

Risk and risk management in construction: a review and future directions for research

P.J. EDWARDS, P.A. BOWEN

The literature on construction and project risk management published during the period from 1960 to 1997 is reviewed and analysed to identify trends and foci in research and…

A comparative evaluation of reinforcement fixing productivity rates amongst French, German and UK construction contractors

D.G. PROVERBS, G.D. HOLT, P.O. OLOMOLAIYE

A contrast of site productivity levels for an in situ concrete operation (reinforcement fixing) on a high‐rise project amongst construction contractors from Germany, France and…

Modelling loan acquisition decisions

KC. LAM, G. RUNESON, C.M. TAM, S.M. LO

The present research explores capital requirement models used in medium‐size, private construction firms. The decision‐maker of a contracting firm can implement a cash flow…

The technocratic totalitarianism of construction process improvement: a critical perspective

S.D. GREEN

The current research agenda for construction process improvement is heavily influenced by the rhetoric of business process re‐engineering (BPR). In contrast to the wider…

Evaluating the client briefing problem: an exploratory study

J.M. SMITH, R. KENLEY, R. WYATT

Over the past 10 years, client briefing or facility programming of building projects, has received a great deal of attention from researchers and practitioners. Despite these…

Risk management of Shanghai's privately financed Yan'an Donglu tunnels

W.R. ZHANG, S.Q. WANG, R.L.K. TIONG, S.K. TING, D. ASHLEY

The build‐operate‐transfer (BOT) arrangement is becoming one of the prevailing ways for infrastructure development in China to meet the needs of China's future economic growth and…