Built Environment Project and Asset Management: Volume 13 Issue 2

Modeling of planning function management in Vietnam’s public construction works

Nguyen Luong Hai, Ngo Anh Tuan

The planning function is a central component of management principles, enabling the success of construction project management. Many works have been highlighting the topic of…

Stakeholder assessment in construction projects using a CRITIC-TOPSIS approach

Sulakshya Gaur, Satyanarayana Dosapati, Abhay Tawalare

Stakeholder assessment is based on attributes possessed by stakeholders, making the process heavily reliant on evaluating attribute weights. The present assessment methods are…

Evaluation of weather-productivity models of construction labour for tropics

Anas Al-Refaie, Ali Alashwal, Zulkiflee Abdul-Samad, Hafez Salleh, Ahmed Elshafie

Weather is one of the main factors affecting labour productivity. Existing weather-productivity models focussed on hot and cold climates paying less attention to the tropics. Many…

Towards improving the design and planning of post-conflict housing reconstruction projects: a conceptual framework

Heba Iskandarani, David G. Proverbs, Hong Xiao

There is a significant dearth of theoretical and practical knowledge with respect to the design and planning stages of post-conflict housing reconstruction projects. This…

Buildability attributes for improving the practice of construction management in Nigeria

Innocent Chigozie Osuizugbo, Olalekan Shamsideen Oshodi

The awareness and practice of buildability is still at its infancy stage in the construction sector of developing countries. Information gleaned from literature shows that…

An assessment of prevalence of poor sleep quality among construction workers in Southern India

S. Sathvik, L. Krishnaraj, Bankole Osita Awuzie

Sleep quality has been associated with health and safety issues influencing construction labour productivity in developing countries. Despite its significantly adverse…

Perception of the benefits of sustainable construction in Ghana

Moses Kwadzo Ahiabu, Fidelis Emuze, Dilip Das

The need to adopt sustainable construction (SC) practices in project activities will be appreciated when clear benefits are known to the stakeholders in Ghana. The purpose of this…

The role of purchasing in raising the maturity of smart maintenance management

Koos Johannes, Hans Voordijk, Guillermo Aranda-Mena

The aim of this study is to provide insights into how the purchasing function can increase the maturity of smart maintenance management (SMM) in construction clients by (1…