Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 24 Issue 2

Using BIM capabilities to improve existing building energy modelling practices

Tristan Gerrish, Kirti Ruikar, Malcolm Cook, Mark Johnson, Mark Phillip

The purpose of this paper is to present a review of the implications building information modelling (BIM) is having on the building energy modelling (BEM) and design of buildings…

International construction joint ventures between Singapore and developing countries: Risk assessment and allocation preferences

Bon-Gang Hwang, Xianbo Zhao, Eileen Wei Yan Chin

The purposes of this paper is twofold: first, to assess the risks associated with the international construction joint ventures (ICJVs) between Singapore and developing countries…

Mapping the knowledge flow in sustainable construction project teams using social network analysis

Veronika Lilly Meta Schröpfer, Joe Tah, Esra Kurul

The purpose of this paper is to examine knowledge transfer (KT) practices in five construction projects delivering sustainable office buildings in Germany and the UK by using…

Implementing health promotion programs in the Australian construction industry: Levers and agents for change

Rebecca Loudoun, Keith Townsend

The purpose of this paper is to identify possible agents and levers to trigger the development and implementation of work place health promotion programs (WHPPs) in the Australian…

Managing housing needs of post conflict housing reconstruction: Sri Lankan perspective

Krisanthi Seneviratne, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh

Post conflict housing reconstruction is crucial to development and peacekeeping. However, the success of it, is hindered by a number of problems related to a lack of addressing…

Participatory design, wicked problems, choosing by advantages

Zoya Evans Kpamma, Theophilus Adjei-Kumi, Joshua Ayarkwa, Emmanuel Adinyira

The phenomenon of wicked problems is inextricably associated with a design process, especially participatory design. The management of wicked problems in participatory design…

Analysis of delays in Tanzanian construction industry: Transaction cost economics (TCE) and structural equation modeling (SEM) approach

Murali Sambasivan, T.J. Deepak, Ali Nasoor Salim, Venishri Ponniah

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to develop theoretical underpinnings using TCE, and second, to run the analysis using an advanced tool such as structural equation…

Influence of initial trust on control from client perspective: construction industry in China

Weiping Jiang, Yujie Lu

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of initial trust on control in the construction projects from the perspective of the client. The results are a good…

Profiling causative factors leading to construction project delays in the United Arab Emirates

Bekithemba Mpofu, Edward Godfrey Ochieng, Cletus Moobela, Adriaan Pretorius

A voluminous amount of research has been conducted on project delay in the recent past; however, the persistence of the problem demands that a relentless quest for solutions is…