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2003, Volume 21, Issue 2
- 101-102 Editorial
by Margaret Whittock - 103-106 The future of construction economics as an academic discipline
by Danny Myers - 107-111 Height and construction costs of buildings in Hong Kong
by David Picken & Ben Ilozor - 113-125 Preparing Singapore's construction industry for the knowledge-based economy: practices, procedures and performance
by George Ofori - 127-136 Modelling the dynamic performance of a construction organization
by Yu Hoe Tang & Stephen Ogunlana - 137-146 Re-engineering the construction process in the speculative house-building sector
by Rajat Roy & Justine Brown & Chris Gaze - 147-158 The quest for quality in public housing projects: a behaviour-to-outcome paradigm
by Anita Liu - 159-165 An application of regression analysis to quantify a claim for increased costs
by J. R. M. Ameen & R. H. Neale & M. Abrahamson - 167-174 The claims culture: a taxonomy of attitudes in the industry
by John Rooke & David Seymour & Richard Fellows - 175-185 Assessing the corporate service quality performance of design-build contractors using quality function deployment
by David Arditi & Dong-Eun Lee - 187-196 A matrix to indicate the utility of technologies
by Stephen Fox - 197-208 Accounting for rater credibility when evaluating AEC subcontractors
by Martin Ekstrom & Hans Bjornsson & Clifford Nass - 209-218 Redefining performance measures for construction project managers: an empirical evaluation
by Andrew Dainty & Mei-I Cheng & David Moore - 219-228 Integrated maintenance monitoring of hospital buildings
by Igal Shohet & Sarel Lavy-Leibovich & Dany Bar-On - 229-230 Book Reviews
by Dany Bar-On - 231-232 Forthcoming events
by Dany Bar-On - 233-233 Authors' Charter
by Dany Bar-On
2003, Volume 21, Issue 1
- 1-3 Editorial
by Tan Sui Ling Gracia - 5-5 Authors' Charter
by Tan Sui Ling Gracia - 7-10 Assessing the capability of construction processes to realize building designs
by Stephen Fox & Laurence Marsh & Graham Cockerham - 11-19 Analysis of value and project goal specificity in value management
by Mei-Yung Leung & Anita Liu - 21-30 TenSeM: a multicriteria and multidecision-makers' model in tender evaluation
by Jakrapong Pongpeng & John Liston - 31-41 Fuzzy decision-making for dynamic resource allocation
by H. Zhang & C. M. Tam - 43-67 Quantity surveyors' background and training, and their ethical concepts, conceptions and interests considerations
by Ho Man-Fong Christabel & Ng Chi-Wai Vincent - 69-80 The impact of individual and job characteristics on 'burnout' among civil engineers in Australia and the implications for employee turnover
by Helen Lingard - 81-94 Ownership advantages/disadvantages of Singapore transnational construction corporations
by Javier Cuervo & Low Sui Pheng - 95-97 Book Reviews
by Low Sui Pheng - 99-100 Forthcoming events
by Low Sui Pheng
2002, Volume 20, Issue 8
- 651-653 Editorial
by The Editors - 655-666 The effect of experience on contractors' competitiveness in recurrent bidding
by W. K. Fu & Derek S. Drew & H. P. Lo - 667-678 Simulation-based methodology for project scheduling
by H. Zhang & C. M. Tam & Jonathan J. Shi - 679-687 Key considerations for developing corporate and operational approaches for managing the small building works portfolio of large client organizations
by Alan Griffith - 689-696 Constructability rules: guidelines for successful application to bespoke buildings
by Stephen Fox & Laurence Marsh & Graham Cockerham - 697-705 Perceptions of gender roles and attitudes toward work among male and female operatives in the Scottish construction industry
by Andrew Agapiou - 707-721 Relationship marketing: a survey of QS firms in Singapore
by Low Sui Pheng & Tan Sui Ling Gracia - 723-728 Book reviews
by The Editors - 743-743 Forthcoming events
by The Editors
2002, Volume 20, Issue 7
- 553-556 Measuring the global construction industry: improving the quality of data
by Les Ruddock - 557-568 A multi-attribute utility model for dispute resolution strategy selection
by Sai-On Cheung & Henry Suen - 569-580 Multi-criteria evaluation model for the selection of architectural consultants
by Franco Cheung & Judy Leung Fung Kuen & Martin Skitmore - 581-591 Predicting downtime costs of tracked hydraulic excavators operating in the UK opencast mining industry
by David Edwards & Gary Holt & Frank Harris - 593-599 Construction and economic development in selected LDCs: past, present and future
by Willie Tan - 601-610 The factors influencing bid mark-up decisions of large- and medium-size contractors in Singapore
by Mohammed Fadhil Dulaimi & Hon Guo Shan - 611-620 Developing an optimal bidding strategy in two-envelope fee bidding
by Derek Drew & L. Y. Shen & Patrick Zou - 621-631 The construction industry as a loosely coupled system: implications for productivity and innovation
by Anna Dubois & Lars-Erik Gadde - 633-642 A Dutch public-private strategy for innovation in sustainable construction
by Bart Bossink
2002, Volume 20, Issue 6
- 465-472 Data modelling and the application of a neural network approach to the prediction of total construction costs
by Margaret Emsley & David Lowe & A. Roy Duff & Anthony Harding & Adam Hickson - 473-482 A theoretical framework for determining the minimum number of bidders in construction bidding competitions
by Stephen Ngai & Derek Drew & H. P. Lo & Martin Skitmore - 483-491 Three methods for verifying and validating the simulation of a construction operation
by Jonathan Jingsheng Shi - 493-505 Generic and specific IT training: a process protocol model for construction
by J. S. Goulding & M. Alshawi - 507-521 The impact of job and organizational demands on marital or relationship satisfaction and conflict among Australian civil engineers
by Helen Lingard & Anna Sublet - 523-533 Responses of selected economic indicators to construction output shocks: the case of Singapore
by Swee-Lean Chan - 535-543 Simulation optimization for earthmoving operations using genetic algorithms
by Mohamed Marzouk & Osama Moselhi
2002, Volume 20, Issue 5
- 387-390 Supporting the decision-making process for sustainable housing
by Helen Li & Qiping Shen - 391-401 Scheduling of deconstruction projects under resource constraints
by Frank Schultmann & Otto Rentz - 403-413 Preparations for ISO 9001:2000 - a study of ISO 9000:1994 certified construction firms
by Low Sui Pheng & Edwi Fong - 415-423 The divergence in aggregate and activity estimates of US construction productivity
by Paul Goodrum & Carl Haas & Robert Glover - 425-435 The performance of contractors in Japan, the UK and the USA: a comparative evaluation of construction cost
by Hong Xiao & David Proverbs - 437-448 Corporate growth of engineering consulting firms: a European review
by Gerhard Kreitl & Gerhard Urschitz & Wolfgang Oberndorfer - 449-456 Women's experiences of non-traditional employment: is gender equality in this area a possibility?
by Margaret Whittock
2002, Volume 20, Issue 4
- 305-314 Deterioration patterns of building cladding components for maintenance management
by I. M. Shohet & M. Puterman & E. Gilboa - 315-321 An assessment of the applicability of partnering in the Turkish construction sector
by Sevda Koraltan & Attila Dikbas - 323-330 Resource constrained project scheduling using simulation
by Mohammad Ammar & Youssef Mohieldin - 331-341 Antecedents and consequences of market orientation in chartered surveying firms
by Linda Tay & Neil Morgan - 343-351 A real options approach to valuing strategic flexibility in uncertain construction projects
by David Ford & Diane Lander & John Voyer - 353-364 Scheduling system for high rise building construction
by David Arditi & Pirasak Sikangwan & Onur Tokdemir - 365-377 The effect of attitudinal differences on interface conflicts in large scale construction projects: a case study
by Prapatpaow Awakul & Stephen Ogunlana
2002, Volume 20, Issue 3
- 201-210 An object-oriented model for planning and control of housing construction
by Khaled El-Rayes & Ramaneetharan Ramanathan & Osama Moselhi - 211-223 Assessing contractor quality performance
by Firuzan Yasamis & David Arditi & Jamshid Mohammadi - 225-235 Predicting completed project cost using bidding data
by Trefor Williams - 237-250 Measurement of the performance of ready mixed concreting resources as data for system simulation
by M. Anson & S. L. Tang & K. C. Ying - 251-261 Probability distributions of facilities management costs for whole life cycle costing in acute care NHS hospital buildings
by Richard Kirkham & A. Halim Boussabaine & Belal Awwad - 263-273 The effect of first aid training on Australian construction workers' occupational health and safety knowledge and motivation to avoid work-related injury or illness
by Helen Lingard - 275-284 Rethinking the multi-attribute utility approach based procurement route selection technique
by Chen-Yu Chang & Graham Ive - 285-296 Fuzzy membership functions of procurement selection criteria
by S. Thomas Ng & Duc Thanh Luu & Swee Eng Chen & Ka Chi Lam
2002, Volume 20, Issue 2
- 109-118 Market strategies and core capabilities in the building industry
by Job De Haan & Hans Voordijk & Geert-Jan Joosten - 119-130 Time to build options in construction processes
by Tien Foo Sing - 131-141 A genetic algorithm-based optimal resource-constrained scheduling simulation model
by Sou-Sen Leu & Tzung-Heng Hung - 143-156 An option pricing-based model for evaluating the financial viability of privatized infrastructure projects
by S. Ping Ho & Liang Liu - 157-166 Correcting the fee-technical score variability imbalance in two-envelope fee tendering
by Derek Drew & Po Yin Lai & Heng Li & H. P. Lo - 167-177 In search of 'project chemistry'
by Davide Nicolini - 179-192 A process approach in measuring quality costs of construction projects: model development
by Raymond Aoieong & S. L. Tang & Syed Ahmed
2002, Volume 20, Issue 1
- 3-12 The evidence of complex variability in construction labour productivity
by Milan Radosavljevic & R. Malcolm & W. Horner - 13-19 Construction related factors influencing the choice of concrete floor systems
by A. B. Idrus & J. B. Newman - 21-30 'Green procurement' of buildings: a study of Swedish clients' considerations
by Eva Sterner - 31-44 Project understanding, planning, flexibility of management action and construction time performance: two Australian case studies
by Derek Walker & Yue Shen - 45-54 Joint risk management through transactionally efficient relational contracting
by M. Motiar Rahman & Mohan Kumaraswamy - 55-66 An efficient search procedure for the resource-constrained multi-project scheduling problem with discounted cash flows
by Huan Neng Chiu & Deng Maw Tsai - 67-81 Developing a tendering strategy in two-envelope fee tendering based on technical score-fee variability
by Derek Drew & Sandy Tang & H. P. Lo - 83-89 Raftery curve construction for tender price forecasts
by Martin Skitmore - 91-102 Racial discrimination towards Asian operatives in the Australian construction industry
by M. Loosemore & D. W. Chau - 103-104 Book reviews
by Graham Winch
2001, Volume 19, Issue 8
- 759-764 The predictive ability of Bromilow's time-cost model: a comment
by Russell Kenley - 765-776 Making a risk-based bid decision for overseas construction projects
by Seung Han & James Diekmann - 777-788 An industrial organization economic supply chain approach for the construction industry: a review
by Kerry London & Russell Kenley - 789-798 Foreign workers and labour segmentation in Malaysia's construction industry
by Abdul-Rashid Abdul-Aziz - 799-808 Governing the project process: a conceptual framework
by Graham Winch - 809-817 Improving solid waste reduction and recycling performance using goal setting and feedback
by Helen Lingard & Guinevere Gilbert & Peter Graham - 819-829 Constructability implementation: a survey in the Malaysian construction industry
by Mekdam Nima & Mohd Abdul-Kadir & Mohd Jaafar & Riadh Alghulami - 831-840 The philosophy, structure and objectives of research and development in Japan
by Campbell Fraser & Anna Zarkada-Fraser - 841-848 Subcontractor perspectives on supply chain alliances
by Andrew Dainty & Geoffrey Briscoe & Sarah Millett
2001, Volume 19, Issue 7
- 663-668 Property rights implications of public-private joint ventures: a comment
by Raymond Tse & Peter Love - 669-673 Matrix organizational structure, culture and commitment: a Hong Kong public sector case study of change
by Steve Rowlinson - 675-687 Market structure of the construction industry in Hong Kong
by Yat-Hung Chiang & Bo-Sin Tang & Wing-Yu Leung - 689-697 Schedule-dependent evolution of site layout planning
by Emad Elbeltagi & Tarek Hegazy & Abdel Hady Hosny & Adel Eldosouky - 699-718 Application of Delphi method in selection of procurement systems for construction projects
by Albert Chan & Esther Yung & Patrick Lam & C. M. Tam & S. O. Cheung - 719-726 Assessing the service quality of building maintenance providers: mechanical and engineering services
by Gladys Kim Wan Siu & Adrian Bridge & Martin Skitmore - 727-740 A cost of quality analysis of a building project: towards a complete methodology for design and build
by Mark Hall & Cyril Tomkins - 741-751 A theory of waste behaviour in the construction industry
by M. M. M. Teo & M. Loosemore
2001, Volume 19, Issue 6
- 559-562 Intra-team boundaries as inhibitors of performance improvement in UK design and build projects: a call for change
by David Moore & Andrew Dainty - 563-567 The guaranteed maximum price contract as call option
by Said Boukendour & Rahim Bah - 569-576 Capital budget planning practices of building contractors in Hong Kong
by K. C. Lam & G. Runeson & S. T. Ng & T. S. Hu & S. O. Cheung & Z. M. Deng - 577-590 Benchmarking on-site productivity in France and the UK: a CALIBRE approach
by Graham Winch & Brid Carr - 591-599 Developing world class construction companies in Singapore
by Mohammed Fadhil Dulaimi & Tan Fu Hwa - 601-609 Genetic algorithm optimization in building portfolio management
by Thomas Tong & C. M. Tam & Albert Chan - 611-618 The effect of first aid training on objective safety behaviour in Australian small business construction firms
by Helen Lingard - 619-632 Chinese culture and successful implementation of partnering in Singapore's construction industry
by Ang Yee Kwan & George Ofori - 633-641 Implementing a multiskilled workforce
by Carl Haas & Ana Maria Rodriguez & Robert Glover & Paul Goodrum - 643-651 Resource allocation heuristic in construction simulation
by Zhang Hong & C. M. Tam & Jonathan Shi
2001, Volume 19, Issue 5
- 455-458 Australian project time-cost analysis: Statistical analysis of intertemporal trends
by Martin Skitmore & NG Thomas - 459-467 A procedure for quantitatively evaluating site layout alternatives
by Zhaoxia Li & Michael Anson & Guangming Li - 469-479 A linear programming model for cash flow management in the Brazilian construction industry
by Paulo Barbosa & Priscilla Pimentel - 481-491 Competencies of professional quantity surveyors: A South African perspective
by Raymond Nkado & Terry Meyer - 493-502 Design for manufacture: A strategy for successful application to buildings
by Stephen Fox & Laurence Marsh & Graham Cockerham - 503-510 Analysing a consultant's competitiveness in two-envelope fee tendering
by Derek Drew & Liwina Ho & Martin Skitmore - 511-518 An integrated approach to financing small contractors in developing countries: A conceptual model
by Alex Eyiah - 519-531 Processes, maps and protocols: Understanding the shape of the construction process
by Graham Winch & Brid Carr - 533-540 The influence of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 upon the procurement and management of small building works
by Alan Griffith & Nick Phillips - 541-549 General contractors' relationships with subcontractors: A strategic asset
by Serdar Kale & David Arditi - 551-552 Book review
by Andrew Lemer
2001, Volume 19, Issue 4
- 343-353 Culture and foreign companies' choice of entry mode: the case of the Singapore building and construction industry
by Timothy Fisher & Malik Ranasinghe - 355-363 Empirical tests to discern linkages between construction and other economic sectors in Singapore
by Chan Swee Lean - 365-377 Stockyard layout planning in precast concrete products industry: a case study and proposed framework
by Ramesh Marasini & Nashwan Dawood & Brian Hobbs - 379-391 Productivity oriented analysis of design revisions
by Mohan Raj Manavazhi & Zhang Xunzhi - 393-403 Study of attitude changes in people after the implementation of a new safety management system: the supervision plan
by C. M. Tam & Ivan Fung & Albert Chan - 405-415 Pricing strategy in the US construction industry
by Krishna Mochtar & David Arditi - 417-426 Integrated probabilistic schedules and estimates from project simulated data
by roy J. Le Isidore & W. Edward Back & Gary Fry - 427-437 An analytical hierarchy process based procurement selection method
by Sai-On Cheung & Tsun-Ip Lam & Mei-Yung Leung & Yue-Wang Wan - 439-447 Subcontracting in commercial and residential construction: an empirical investigation
by Nicola Costantino & Roberto Pietroforte & Peter Hamill - 449-450 Reply
by Hedley Smyth
2001, Volume 19, Issue 3
- 249-253 Representation in building
by Steven Groak - 255-258 The future of building economics: a note
by Ranko Bon - 259-265 A review of recent trends in house construction and land prices in Great Britain
by James Meikle - 267-274 Construction and capital formation in less developed economies: unravelling the informal sector in an African city
by Jill Wells - 275-284 Employment generation in public works: recent South African experience
by R. T. McCutcheon - 285-293 The idea of building business processes: the responsive housebuilder
by Denis Towill - 295-300 Custom made housing in Japan and the growth of the super subcontractor
by Shigeaki Iwashita - 301-306 A Japanese perspective on the decline of robust technologies and changing technological paradigms in housing construction: issues for construction management research
by Tomonari Yashiro - 307-315 Standardization and pre-assembly- distinguishing myth from reality using case study research
by Alistair Gibb - 317-319 Perspectives on component-based design in Japanese construction
by Shuichi Matsumura - 321-330 Putting academic ideas into practice: technological progress and the absorptive capacity of construction organizations
by David Gann
2001, Volume 19, Issue 2
- 131-133 Correlates of the length of the relationship between main and specialist trade contractors in the construction industry
by Zeynep Sozen & Olcay Kayahan - 135-144 Sources of competitive advantage of Turkish construction companies in international markets
by Ozlem Oz - 145-154 Factors influencing development of construction enterprises in Singapore
by George Ofori & Chan Swee Lean - 155-164 Are risk attitudes robust? Qualitative evidence before and after a business cycle inflection
by John Raftery & Josephine Csete & Sammy Hui - 165-173 The predictive ability of Bromilow's time-cost model
by S. Thomas Ng & Michael Mak & R. Martin Skitmore & Ka Chi Lam & Mark Varnam - 175-188 A fuzzy neural network approach for contractor prequalification
by K. C. Lam & Tiesong Hu & S. Thomas Ng & Martin Skitmore & S. O. Cheung - 189-205 Construction industry in China's regional economy, 1990-1998
by Sun Sheng Han & George Ofori - 207-215 Genetic algorithm model in optimizing the use of labour
by C. M. Tam & Thomas Tong & S. O. Cheung & Albert Chan - 217-226 Understandings of occupational health and safety risk control in small business construction firms: barriers to implementing technological controls
by Helen Lingard & Noni Holmes - 227-237 IntelliCranes: an integrated crane type and model selection system
by Anil Sawhney & Andre Mund
January 2001, Volume 19, Issue 1
- 5-7 Subcontract procurement: are relationships changing?
by David Greenwood - 9-17 The effects of money supply on construction flows
by Raymond Y.C. Tse & John Raftery - 19-36 A study of quantity surveyors' ethical behaviour
by Linda Fan & Christabel Ho & Vincent Ng - 37-47 Integrating project activities: the theory and practice of managing the supply chain through clusters
by Davide Nicolini & Richard Holti & Mark Smalley - 49-61 Using national input/output data for embodied energy analysis of individual residential buildings
by Graham J. Treloar & Peter E.D. Love & Gary D. Holt - 63-76 An integration of the fuzzy reasoning technique and the fuzzy optimization method in construction project management decision-making
by K. C. Lam & A.T.P. So & Tiesong Hu & Thomas Ng & R. K. K. Yuen & S. M. Lo & S. O. Cheung & Hongwei Yang - 77-84 Risk assessment on contractors' pricing strategies
by Tianji Xu & Robert L.K. Tiong - 85-95 Performance management in construction: a conceptual framework
by Michail Kagioglou & Rachel Cooper & Ghassan Aouad - 97-108 Periodic refurbishment and reductions in national costs to sustain dwelling services
by I. M. Johnstone - 109-117 Assessing management and performance of Sino-foreign construction joint ventures
by Jun Luo
2000, Volume 18, Issue 8
- 885-891 Knowledge infrastructure for sustainable building in The Netherlands
by Chiel Boonstra & Marjo Knapen - 893-902 Construction law and environmental harm: the liability interface
by Anthony Lavers & David Shiers - 903-916 Construction ecology and metabolism: natural system analogues for a sustainable built environment
by Charles Kibert & Jan Sendzimir & Brad Guy - 917-925 Building education for the next industrial revolution: teaching and learning environmental literacy for the building professions
by Peter Graham - 927-934 Environmentally sustainable development: a life-cycle costing approach for a commercial office building in Melbourne, Australia
by Lu Aye & Nick Bamford & Bill Charters & Jon Robinson - 935-947 Impact of ISO 14000 on construction enterprises in Singapore
by George Ofori & Clive Briffett & Gu Gang & Malik Ranasinghe - 949-957 Building environmental assessment methods: assessing construction practices
by Raymond Cole - 959-968 Towards a successful voluntary building environmental assessment scheme
by C. K. Chau & W. L. Lee & F. W. H. Yik & J. Burnett
2000, Volume 18, Issue 7
- 727-732 Modelling the dynamics of design error induced rework in construction: comment
by Paolo Tombesi - 733-745 Competition and the persistence of profits in the UK construction industry
by Michael Ball & Mahtab Farshchi & Maurizio Grilli - 747-756 Choice or necessity? A review of the role of DIY in tackling housing repair and maintenance
by Maggie Davidson & Philip Leather - 757-766 Occupational bias in construction management research
by Martin Loosemore & Chin Chin Tan - 767-774 Lowest price or value? Investigation of UK construction clients' tender selection process
by Chee Wong & Gary Holt & Patricia Cooper - 775-782 Does quality assurance deliver higher productivity?
by D. A. Langford & H. El-Tigani & M. Marosszeky - 783-796 ISO 9000 and beyond: from a Hong Kong construction perspective
by Mohan Kumaraswamy & Sunil Dissanayaka - 797-806 Antecedents of trust in intra-organizational relationships within three Singapore public sector construction project management agencies
by E. S. Wong & Danny Then & Martin Skitmore - 807-817 Innovativeness in British and French construction: the evidence from Transmanche-Link
by Graham Winch - 819-832 Building partnerships: case studies of client-contractor collaboration in the UK construction industry
by Mike Bresnen & Nick Marshall - 833-841 The effect of the workplace on motivation and demotivation of construction professionals
by Guinevere Smithers & Derek Walker - 843-852 Prediction of tender price index directional changes
by S. Thomas Ng & Sai On Cheung & R. Martin Skitmore & Ka Chi Lam & Lai Yi Wong - 853-862 UK construction skills shortage response strategies and an analysis of industry perceptions
by S. MacKenzie & A. R. Kilpatrick & A. Akintoye - 863-871 Evaluation of enhanced design and build system - a case study of a hospital project
by Albert Chan
December 2000, Volume 18, Issue 6
- 635-642 Strategic change and organizational learning in two 'Swedish' construction firms
by Lars Huemer & Katarina Östergren - 643-650 Innovative supply-based strategies in the construction industry
by Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini - 651-656 Mobilizing the skills of specialist firms to reduce costs and enhance performance in the European construction industry: two case studies
by Ezio Micelli - 657-665 A theoretical model for optimum project (time) performance based on European best practice
by D. G. Proverbs & G. D. Holt - 667-677 Quality management standardization in the French construction industry: singularities and internationalization prospects
by Eric Henry