Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 18 Issue 2

An evaluation of construction skills in Tanzania

Geraldine John Kikwasi

The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a study related to availability of construction skills in Tanzania.

Management efficiency performance of construction businesses: Australian data

Maria C.A. Balatbat, Cho‐Yi Lin, David G. Carmichael

Construction businesses are perceived uncertainly by investors, and are generally assumed to represent more risk than other businesses. Added to this is the perception of poor…

Coworkers' response to occupational health and safety: An overlooked dimension of group‐level safety climate in the construction industry?

Helen Lingard, Tracy Cooke, Nick Blismas

The paper's aim is to document a survey of Australian construction workers that was conducted to examine whether conditions of within‐group homogeneity and between‐group…

Changing roles of the clients, architects and contractors through BIM

Rizal Sebastian

This paper aims to present a general review of the practical implications of building information modelling (BIM) based on literature and case studies. It seeks to address the…

Guaranteed maximum price (GMP) contracts in practice: A case study of a private office development project in Hong Kong

Daniel W.M. Chan, Patrick T.I. Lam, Albert P.C. Chan, James M.W. Wong

This paper aims to investigate the operational mechanism, project performance, motives behind, benefits, difficulties and success factors of adopting the guaranteed maximum price…

Theoretical framework of strategic behaviors in Thai contractors: An empirical case study

Arthasith Hastheetham, Bonaventura H.W. Hadikusumo

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the differences of the influence of implication of perceptions of business environment on Thai contractors' strategic behaviors and…

Editorial

Ronald McCaffer