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Improving construction productivity: a subcontractor's perspective
Martin LoosemoreSurprisingly, given the prominence and front-line role of subcontractors in the construction industry, their perspective is almost completely absent from construction productivity…
Addressing effective construction logistics through the lens of vehicle movements
Fei Ying, John Tookey, Johannes RobertiConstruction logistics is an essential part of construction supply chain management (CSCM). However, limited attention has been paid to this issue in the New Zealand construction…
The effect of construction demand on contract auctions: an experiment
Alexander Soo, Bee Lan Oo– The purpose of this paper is to present an experiment to test the effect of construction demand on the mark-up price level in construction contract auctions.
Critical success factors for implementation of risk assessment and management practices within the Tanzanian construction industry
Nicholas Chileshe, Geraldine John KikwasiDespite the extensive research on critical success factors (CSFs), there is a paucity of studies that examine CSFs for the deployment of risk assessment and management processes…
Construction efficiency: a tale of two developed countries
Craig LangstonThe measurement of construction performance is a vexed problem. Despite much research effort, there remains little agreement over what to measure and how to measure it. The…
Highway maintenance: impact of framework agreements on contractor performance
Terence Lam, Keith GaleThe construction industry in the UK has a history of client dissatisfaction. A potential solution for improvement is through use of a framework agreement, where long-term…
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- Professor Chimay Anumba