Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 25 Issue 3

Safety climate as a relative concept: Exploring variability and change in a dynamic construction project environment

Rita Peihua Zhang, Payam Pirzadeh, Helen Lingard, Steve Nevin

The purpose of this paper is to use a longitudinal approach to measure safety climate at construction projects, and explore the relationship between safety climate and the level…

Identifying micro variables contributing to political risks in international construction projects

Xiaopeng Deng, Sui Pheng Low, Xianbo Zhao, Tengyuan Chang

The purpose of this paper is to explore the micro-level variables contributing to political risks in international construction projects.

Let’s change tack, not wind direction: a response to Kog and Yaman (2016)

Gary D. Holt

The purpose of this paper is to field a critical response to Kog and Yaman (2016) specifically; and more widely, to strengthen debate on contractor selection (CS) research.

An empirical investigation of the learning effect in concrete operations

Roberta Pellegrino, Nicola Costantino

The purpose of this paper is to focus on productivity as it unfolds during the execution of a particular task, i.e., reinforced concrete operations. The main aim is understanding…

From project partnering towards strategic supplier partnering

Viktoria Sundquist, Kajsa Hulthén, Lars Erik Gadde

Partnering has been at the top of the management agenda in the construction industry for many years as a means of improving performance. Previous research shows that partnering…

Labor crew workspace analysis for prefabricated assemblies’ installation: A 4D-BIM-based approach

Qiankun Wang, Zeng Guo, Tingting Mei, Qianyao Li, Peng Li

Construction industrialization is emerging in the construction industry, as a result, buildings with prefabricated assemblies are gaining more and more ground. In most situations…

Evaluating the effect of motivational dimensions on the construction project managers in Jordan

Mohammed Shurrab, Ghaleb Abbasi, Razan Al Khazaleh

Construction organizations and companies are concerned with the motivational factors of the project managers that influence the project success. Therefore, the purpose of this…

Soft skills of construction project management professionals and project success factors: A structural equation model

Jian Zuo, Xianbo Zhao, Quan Bui Minh Nguyen, Tony Ma, Shang Gao

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to identify the soft skills of construction project management; and second, to investigate the influence of these soft skills on…

Construction tender price estimation standardization (TPES) in Malaysia: Modeling using fuzzy neural network

Salihudin Hassim, Ratnasamy Muniandy, Aidi Hizami Alias, Pedram Abdullah

The pre-tender estimation process is still a hazy and inaccurate process, despite it has been practiced over decades, especially in Malaysia. The methods evolved over time largely…

Strategic competences for pricing quantity surveying consultancy services

Michael Adesi, De-Graft Owusu-Manu, Roisin Murphy

Professional quantity surveying (QS) services are critical to successful delivery of construction projects within planned budget, quality and duration. The supply of QS…