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Information modelling for a construction project risk management system
J.H.M. TAH, V. CARRThe construction industry is greatly plagued by risk; too often, this risk is not dealt with adequately, resulting in poor project performance. Communication of construction…
Business failures in the construction industry
DAVID ARDITI, ALMULA KOKSAL, SERDAR KALEThe objective of the research presented in this paper is to explore the factors associated with company failures in the context of the construction industry. To that end, the four…
Safety behaviour and safety management: its influence on the attitudes of workers in the UK construction industry
D. LANGFORD, S. ROWLINSON, E. SAWACHAThis paper identifies the critical factors that influence the attitudes of construction workers towards safe behaviour on construction sites. It studies these attitudes by using a…
Rethinking construction: the Generic Design and Construction Process Protocol
MICHAIL KAGIOGLOU, RACHEL COOPER, GHASSAN AOUAD, MARTIN SEXTONThe complexity of construction projects and the fragmentation of the construction industry undertaking those projects has effectively resulted in linear, uncoordinated and highly…
Total factor productivity in Singapore construction
WILLIE TANThis study uses the Tornqvist index to estimate the total factor productivity (TFP) for the Singapore construction industry between 1980 and 1996. Throughout the period, the main…
Competitive pressures on middle‐market contractors in the UK
IAN STUMPFMedium‐sized regional building contractors in the UK are exhibiting poorer performance in the 1980s and the 1990s and are less likely to survive than their larger or smaller…
The compatibility of construction companies' human resource development policies with employee career expectations
ANDREW R.J. DAINTY, BARBARA M. BAGILHOLE, RICHARD H. NEALEIn order to retain and motivate employees, organizations must respond to their expectations, both in terms of meeting formal aspects of their employment contracts and in…
Structuring information on residential building: a model of preference
AYMAN H. AL‐MOMANIThe purpose of this paper is to describe the methodological problems involved in planning and designing housing programmes and to discuss the cognitive structure and context of…
Some empirical observations of service quality in construction
P.E.D. LOVE, J. SMITH, G.J. TRELOAR, H. LIArchitectural and engineering firms (design firms) have eschewed implementing quality assurance (QA) and other subsequent aspects of quality such as continuous improvement. Their…
Target cost contracts: an analysis of the interplay between fee, target, share and price
JOHN G. PERRY, MARTIN BARNESTarget cost contracts are growing in popularity but concerns remain about the interplay between fee, target, sharing ratios and the final price. This paper offers a fundamental…
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