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This study aims to develop an interrelation model between critical parameters for assessing the construction readiness (CR) of abandoned housing projects, using Malaysia as a case study. To achieve that aim, the study objectives are to (1) identify critical parameters for assessing the CR of abandoned housing projects; (2) develop underlying constructs to categorize interrelated critical parameters and (3) assess the influence of the underlying constructs on the CR of abandoned housing projects.

This study identifies potential parameters for assessing the CR of abandoned housing projects by reviewing existing literature and interviewing industry professionals. Then, the list was used to develop a questionnaire survey. The collected survey data were analyzed using normalized mean analysis to identify the critical parameters. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to develop underlying constructs to categorize interrelated critical parameters. Finally, the influence of the underlying constructs on the CR of abandoned housing projects was examined through partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).

The analyses suggest that 21 critical parameters are affecting the CR of abandoned housing projects. The critical parameters can be categorized into four underlying constructs: construction site evaluation, management verification, uncertainties mitigation and document approval. Finally, the analyses confirmed that all four constructs affect the CR of abandoned housing projects.

This study is a pioneering effort to quantitatively analyze the parameters for assessing the CR of abandoned housing projects. The findings significantly benefit researchers and industry professionals by providing a list of critical parameters associated with the CR of abandoned housing projects.

This paper aims to demonstrate the practical application of real options analysis to the evaluation of multistage projects, using an example involving a commercial real estate development.

The approach demonstrated builds on static discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis and requires knowledge of only the binomial option pricing model.

Real options analysis can be implemented in a spreadsheet and only one parameter – the volatility of the price of the completed project – needs to be estimated in addition to those required for static DCF analysis. The approach described can be used to evaluate a project at any stage of development, which is especially useful when the suspension of partly completed projects is under consideration.

The paper shows how to carry out real options analysis of complex multistage development projects using straightforward valuation tools, making an important project evaluation technique more readily available to practitioners.

In the continuing endeavour to work towards ever better management, experience plays a crucial role. We learn from success, but we can learn much more from failure. Further, it is far better and cheaper when we learn from other people′s failures rather than our own. This monograph assesses the requirements of project management in relation to industrial projects, illustrating the factors that can result in failure by means of a series of case studies of completed and abandoned projects worldwide that have failed in one way or another. The key roles played by project planning and project cost control in meeting and overcoming the practical problems in the management of industrial projects are examined in detail. In conclusion the lessons that can be learned are evaluated and presented, so that we may listen and learn – if only we will.

The purpose of this study is to offer original analysis to examine the prevalence of publication titles, subtopics and methods present in peer-reviewed articles containing the search term “resume content” in ProQuest Central.

As a means for understanding better the scope of empirical studies in resumes, a limited search was conducted in ProQuest to build a data set of research articles under the limited search heading of “resume content”. Using ProQuest Central, a popular repository of peer reviewed, indexed articles for database searches in academic and institutional settings, the researchers queried a 34-year period, from 1984 to 2018. The qualitative content analysis included recording the respective scholarly disciplines populating the articles, the publication subject titles, identification of subtopics that inhabit the empirical works in the data set across time and recognition of the methodologies evident in the 47-article population set.

The analysis revealed six subtopics, which included content, gender, recruitment, social, branding and ethnicity. The highest concentration of articles appeared in psychology, business and management publications, with the highest subtopic concentrations published in the areas of content and recruitment. Evidence of methodologies was also observed. The 34-year population consisted of 30 works using quantitative methods, seven with qualitative methods, six with mixed methods and four with no evidenced method – only offering instructional content. These findings offer insight to resume content articles on the ProQuest Central databases.

Although highly accessed and respected as an initial source for searching academic knowledge bases, using ProQuest Central created the limitation of one aggregate database search, with limited indexes, coupled with a focus on specific terms which limited the data set and breadth of the study. In addition, this study was limited in building a data set using one set of specific terms, rather than testing and comparing more search terms, which could be a strategy for future studies.

These findings outline the need for empirically grounded advice to inform teachers, professors and career counselors tasked with helping students with resume content creation, whether formally or informally. Understanding the disciplines and domains that are publishing resume content research provided a window into seeing how future studies can delve deeper into these search terms to harvest pinpointed articles that can benefit practitioners and researchers with interdisciplinary opportunities to marry resume content research with other domains. This has practical implications for the depth of scientifically drawn knowledge available on resume content and creation.

Resume creation and the teaching of resume content and design can be rooted better in research-based data rather than anecdotal suggestions from faculty, staff, teachers and advisors.

This original study illuminates that the evolution of resume research is slow on ProQuest, with a small group of disciplines yielding a majority of the research articles. This knowledge may help drive future studies and build a greater conversation on the need for empirical work in teaching and mentoring students in resume development at the secondary and post-secondary levels.

Policymakers are developing government-level pandemic response strategies (GPRS) to assist architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) enterprises. However, the effectiveness of the GPRS has not been assessed. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the interrelationships between GPRS and AEC enterprises. To achieve that aim, the study objectives are to compare GPRS effectiveness between small-medium and large AEC enterprises, develop groupings to categorize interrelated GPRS and evaluate the effectiveness of the GPRS and interrelated constructs.

A systematic literature review and semi-structured interviews with 40 AEC industry professionals were carried out, generating 22 GPRS. Then, questionnaire survey data was collected among AEC professionals. In total, 114 valid survey answers were received and analyzed using the Kruskal–Wallis H test, normalized mean analysis, factor analysis and fuzzy synthetic evaluation.

Small-medium enterprises have four distinct critical GPRS: “form a special task force to provide support in maneuvering COVID-19,” “provide infrastructure investment budgets to local governments,” “develop employee assistance programs that fit all types of working groups” and “diversify existing supply chain.” Large enterprises have two distinct critical GPRS: “provide help in digitalizing existing construction projects” and “mandate COVID-19 as force majeure.” Eighteen GPRS can be categorized into the following five constructs: “market stability and financial aid,” “enterprise capability management,” “supply chain improvement,” “law and policy resources” and “information and workforce management.” The former two constructs are more effective than other GPRS constructs.

This is the first paper that evaluates the effectiveness of GPRS for AEC enterprises, providing new evidence to policymakers for well-informed decision-making in developing pandemic response strategies.

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has tested the resilience of the construction industry, putting the safety of workers and overall businesses at risk. This study aims to explore the different strategies adopted by construction companies to protect the health and well-being of employees, security of the construction sites and projects, and keep the overall business operational amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

A preliminary study that involves field study and survey research was used to collect data for the study. The results from the preliminary analysis served as inputs for constructing the questionnaire, which was analyzed using descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis.

The results reveal that the key underlying measures put in place by construction businesses include restricted site access, support bubbling of office and site staff, enhanced hygiene and social distancing protocol, contract risk identification and mitigation, self-isolation measures and heightened construction site safety. Along with a further discussion of the underlying measures, the top-rated strategies that were adopted by construction firms are also discussed in the paper.

As many construction companies remained opened handling essential projects amid the pandemic, the study presents the effective and efficient strategies that were used in plowing through the trying times. This study provides the opportunity for construction companies that escaped the early impacts of Covid-19 due to site closure and policymakers to learn from the strategies adopted by construction companies that were operational amid the pandemic.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of construction professionals relative to factors that affect the delivery of optimum health and safety (H&S) on construction projects during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The study adopted a quantitative design which entailed the distribution of a web-based questionnaire among construction professionals, namely, architects, construction/project managers, engineers, H&S managers and quantity surveyors working for contractors and construction consultants in Zimbabwe. The data were analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics. Factor analysis was used to reveal interrelated significant sets of factors affecting the delivery of optimum H&S.

Factor analysis revealed nine components/factors: change and innovation-related, monitoring and enforcement-related, production-related, access to information and health service-related, on-site facilities and welfare-related, risk assessment and mitigation-related, job security and funding-related, cost-related and COVID-19 risk perception-related factors as the significant factors affecting the delivery of optimum H&S during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe.

The results highlighted the need for social dialogue among construction stakeholders to support initiatives that will enhance the delivery of H&S on construction projects. Construction stakeholders may find the results useful in highlighting the areas that need improvement to protect workers’ H&S during the pandemic. However, the small sample limits the generalisability of the results to construction sectors in other regions.

The study investigated factors affecting the delivery of optimum H&S during the COVID-19 to inform interventions to enhance H&S.

Offers an overview of the unique situations arising when installing a wafer fabrication facility into a pre‐existing structure. Discussion includes management techniques used to implement a “clean build”, while at the same time completing a state‐of‐the‐art facility in record time. Outlines suggestions for co‐ordinating construction phases with upgrades in protocol cleanliness and the organizational development of a safety and protocol team, composed primarily of manufacturing personnel. Draws final conclusions and makes recommendations to provide assistance for those contemplating a similar approach in constructing a sub‐micron, wafer fabrication facility.