Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 11 Issue 3

Evaluating engineering consultants' general capabilities during the pre‐selection process – a Hong Kong study

S. Thomas Ng, Lai‐Kit Chow

Consultant pre‐selection is an essential process to distinguish capable candidates before they are invited to submit their technical and fee proposals for consultancy assignments…

Balancing fee and quality in two envelope fee bidding

Derek S. Drew, Sandy L.Y. Tang, Christine K. Lui

Consultant commissions in two envelope fee bidding are awarded on the basis of fee and quality (i.e. technical score). Consultants' fees and technical score are combined using a…

An open framework for corporate strategy in construction

Charles Y.J. Cheah, Michael J. Garvin

A new conceptual model for corporate strategy in the construction industry is presented that is derived from two principal inputs. First, the fundamental components of the model…

Total quality management in Australian contracting organisations: pre‐conditions for successful implementation

Peter E.D. Love, David J. Edwards, Amrik Sohal

Total quality management (TQM) is widely recognised as an enabler for performance improvement in the construction industry. This paper presents empirical findings from eight…

Downtime model development for construction equipment management

Madhav Prasad Nepal, Moonseo Park

Downtime (DT) caused by non‐availability of equipment and equipment breakdown has non‐trivial impact on the performance of construction projects. Earlier research has often…

Critical path determination by incorporating minimum and maximum time and distance constraints into linear scheduling

Alexandros Kallantzis, Sergios Lambropoulos

A scheduling method for determining the critical path in linear projects is presented, that takes into account maximum time and distance constraints in addition to the commonly…

Editorial

Ron McCaffer