Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 16 Issue 4

Construction process improvement through cognitive power under team generative learning

Grant Keeble Kululanga

The purpose of this paper is to report a study that explores the means through which cognitive power under team learning is exploited for generative learning in order to remain…

Modelling payment mechanisms for supply chain in construction

Ibrahim Motawa, Ammar Kaka

Different direct/indirect managerial and contractual links throughout the supply chain have been researched to improve project performance. These links are undoubtedly influencing…

New stability field tests for construction excavators

David J. Edwards, Gary D. Holt

The extensive use of mini‐excavators in construction presents a significant health and safety risk from their tendency to become unstable, or in the extreme to roll‐over, under…

Competencies required by project managers for housing construction in Ghana: Implications for CPD agenda

D.K. Ahadzie, D.G. Proverbs, P.O. Olomolaiye, N.A. Ankrah

The purpose of this paper is to delineate “senior managers'” perception of the competencies required by project managers (PMs) in Ghana for mass house building projects (MHBPs…

Integrating numerical tools in underground construction process

Ahmed Attar, Mohamed Amine Boudjakdji, Nadia Bhuiyan, Khaled Grine, Said Kenai, Ali Aoubed

The purpose of this paper is to show how the time frame for the execution of a construction project in Algeria is rarely respected because of organizational problems and…

Enhancing visualization of 4D CAD model compared to conventional methods

Vacharapoom Benjaoran, Sdhabhon Bhokha

The 4D CAD model has been accepted for better conceptualizing and comprehending the sequences and spatial constraints in a construction schedule. The purpose of this paper is to…

Editorial

Ronald McCaffer