Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 8 Issue 3

An analysis of the problems faced by project management companies managing construction projects

SUZANNE WILKINSON

With the proliferation of clients using a separate project management company to manage construction projects, a number of problems arise. This paper analyses the problems found…

Forecasting UK construction plant sales

D.J. EDWARDS, J. NICHOLAS, R. SHARP

To sustain competitiveness, construction plant manufacturers must be able to accurately forecast market sales and moreover, their anticipated percentage of those sales. This paper…

William of Sen to Bob the Builder: non‐cognate cultural perceptions of constructors

DAVID R. MOORE

An examination from an historical perspective of the stereotype applied to constructors, with an emphasis on the contemporary stereotype of constructors within the UK construction…

Construction claims management: towards an agent‐based approach

Z. REN, G.J. ANUMBA, O.O. UGWU

Disputes are now considered endemic in the construction industry. They often arise from the poor resolution of claims in the course of construction projects. Efforts have been…

Addressing the contractor selection problem using an evidential reasoning approach

M. SÖNMEZ, J.B. YANG, G.D. HOLT

Selecting the ‘best’ main contractor is a complex decision process for construction clients. It requires a large number of criteria to be simultaneously measured and evaluated…

Ontology development for agent‐based collaborative design

O.O. UGWU, C.J. ANUMBA, A. THORPE

Domain ontologies facilitate sharing and re‐use of data and knowledge between distributed collaborating systems. A major problem in the design and application of intelligent…

Modelling the magnitude of plant downtime: a tool for improving plant operations management

DAVID J. EDWARDS, SILAS YISA

Utilization of off‐highway vehicles forms an essential part of UK industry's efforts to augment the productivity of plant operations and reduce production costs. However…