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Effects of overtime work and additional resources on project cost and quality
H. LI, P.E.D. LOVE, D.S. DREWDelays are an endemic feature of the construction industry. Typically, when a delay occurs in a project, the project manager often expedites progress through activity‐crashing…
Forecasting construction materials suppliers' financial turnover
J. NICHOLAS, G.D. HOLT, M. MIHSEINThrough the credit they furnish, materials suppliers provide a form of working capital for most construction contractors. This paper considers the implications of this for…
Integrated management systems: a single management system solution for project control?
ALAN GRIFFITHOver the last 25 years, the construction industry has embraced quality management systems (QMS). More recently, environmental issues and health and safety legislation have…
SPICE: a business process diagnostics tool for construction projects
M. SARSHAR, R. HAIGH, M. FINNEMORE, G. AOUAD, P. BARRETT, D. BALDRY, M. SEXTONThe construction sector is under growing pressure to increase productivity and improve quality, most notably in reports by Latham (1994, Constructing the Team, HMSO, London) and…
Decision support system for contractor pre‐qualification—artificial neural network model
K.C. LAM, S. THOMAS NG, TIESONG HU, MARTIN SKITMORE, S.O. CHEUNGThe selection criteria for contractor pre‐qualification are characterized by the co‐existence of both quantitative and qualitative data. The qualitative data is non‐linear…
Creation of a new design management system based on process optimization and proactive strategy
PERTH LAHDENPERÄ, VELIPEKKA TANHUANPÄÄThere are numerous designers involved in building design, and the various parties need information from each other as a basis for their design decisions. The design co‐ordinator…
Australian multi‐unit residential project construction time performance factors
DEREK H.T. WALKER, MARK W. VINESConstruction time performance (CTP) factors recently identified in work commissioned by the Construction Industry Institute Australia (CIIA) indicate that project team…
Benchmarking contractor selection practices in public‐sector construction—a proposed model
E. PALANEESWARAN, M.M. KUMARASWAMYBenchmarking of best practices has proved useful in the business and manufacturing sectors. However, benchmarking is not established in the construction industry in general and in…
The conditioning effect of objective decision‐making on the client's capital proposal
ROY M. WOODHEAD, STEVEN P. MALEThis paper explains how the capital proposals of large experienced clients of the UK construction industry are influenced by paradigms and perspectives. It shows how those…
Growth paths of construction enterprises in Singapore, 1980–98
GEORGE OFORI, SWEE LEAN CHANConstruction companies have several possible growth paths to follow in their effort to develop. Studies show that the appropriate approach depends on the features of the company…
UK contractors' acquisitions strategy for Central and Eastern Europe
PATRICIA CARRILLO, IAN HEAVEYLarge construction companies operate in geographically diverse locations, often in very competitive conditions and in a dynamic environment. A strategy for continuing growth in…
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