Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 26 Issue 5

Assessing the true value of construction and the built environment to the economy

Les Ruddock, Stephen Gruneberg, Steven Ruddock

Reframing construction within the built environment sector

Gerard de Valence

Official statistics on the output of the construction industry capture on-site activities of contractors and sub-contractors; however, the role of the industry linking suppliers…

Measuring construction for social, economic and environmental assessment

Bahriye Ilhan, Banu Yobas

The purpose of this paper is to examine the issues that should be considered for a better gauge of the construction industry and built environment and to propose a set of…

Wealth measurement and the role of built asset investment: an empirical comparison

Les Ruddock, Steven Ruddock

The purpose of this paper is to assess the role of investment in built assets in the achievement of economic growth as part of a wealth measurement approach and to undertake an…

The implications of the construction industry to national wealth

Richard Glenn Fulford

The purpose of this paper is to explore how construction projects should be conceived and how the productivity of the construction industry impacts upon a nation’s wealth.

Construction productivity revisited: towards measuring performance of construction output

Kim Haugbølle, Jacob Norvig Larsen, Jørgen Nielsen

Construction is repeatedly criticised for its low productivity based on statistical data that do not represent the output of construction adequately. The purpose of this paper is…

Estimating the built environment stock in Cape Verde

Jorge Pedro Lopes, Rui Alexandre Oliveira, Maria Isabel Abreu

The purpose of this paper is to present the estimates of the value of the built environment stock in Cape Verde, a Sub-Saharan African country that is scattered through ten…

Improving efficiency in roading projects: a New Zealand study

Saeed Haji Karimian, Jasper Mbachu, Temitope Egbelakin, Wajiha Shahzad

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the key productivity constraints faced by New Zealand (NZ) road pavement maintenance and rehabilitation contractors (RPMRCs) and the…

Investment valuation model for sustainable infrastructure systems: Mezzanine debt for water projects

Juan David Gonzalez-Ruiz, Alejandro Arboleda, Sergio Botero, Javier Rojo

The purpose of this paper is to develop an investment valuation model using the mezzanine debt mechanism based on blue bonds that explicitly allude to public–private partnerships…