Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 20 Issue 1

Research assessment and the activity hypothesis

Peter Lansley

Analyses of the results of research assessment exercises (RAEs) carried out in the UK in 1996 and 2001 supported a simple hypothesis, that the grade awarded to a university…

A contractor's classification of owner payment practices

Hanh Tran, David G. Carmichael

A common distraction to contractors is that of cash management, and particularly incoming payments. In the extreme, a failure to manage a project's cash flows may bring about…

Meeting sustainability challenges of mega‐event flagships

Ying Deng, S.W. Poon

A mega‐event flagship (MEF) refers to a popular instrument developed for staging a mega‐event and catalyzing area‐based urban regeneration. Despite its lasting appeal and…

A portrait of building services engineers in Hong Kong

Francis W.H. Yik, Joseph H.K. Lai, K.T. Chan, C.K. Chau, W.L. Lee

As part of a study that aimed at enhancing the future roles and functions of building services (BS) engineers in Hong Kong, a survey was carried out to obtain demographic…

Organizational learning in construction supply chains

Stuart Tennant, Scott Fernie

Learning within the supply chain is widely considered to provide the basis for enhanced competitive advantage. The purpose of this paper is to explore the theory and current…

Building information modelling in Denmark and Iceland

Per Anker Jensen, Elvar Ingi Jóhannesson

The purpose of this paper is to explore the implementation of building information modelling (BIM) in the Nordic countries of Europe with particular focus on the Danish building…

2012 Awards for Excellence

Editorial

Ronald McCaffer