Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 26 Issue 6

Effect of leadership and communication practices on the safety climate and behaviour of construction workgroups

Helen Lingard, Rita Peihua Zhang, David Oswald

The leadership style and communication practices of supervisors in the Australian construction industry were measured. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of…

Value conflicts between local government and private sector in stock public-private partnership projects: A case of China

Fangwei Zhu, Mouxuan Sun, Linzhuo Wang, Xiuxia Sun, Miao Yu

The complexity caused by conflicting values of stakeholders is a critical issue influencing the performance and sustainability of stock public–private partnership (SPPP) projects…

Life-cycle cost comparison of chip seal and striping: in-house workers versus private contractors

Kishor Shrestha, Pramen P. Shrestha, Mylinh Lidder

To maintain road systems in the USA, state departments of transportation (DOTs) generally use in-house workers or private contractors. Limited studies have calculated the cost…

Drivers for construction productivity

Jeff Seadon, John E. Tookey

The New Zealand construction sector is similar to many other countries with a few large companies and many small and micro enterprises. It seeks to achieve a 20 per cent increase…

Language and communication issues in HIV/AIDS intervention management in the South African construction industry: Interview survey findings

Peter Edwards, Paul Bowen

Effective communication is a key factor in presenting Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) awareness and prevention campaigns, and…

The incentive mechanism of knowledge sharing in the industrial construction supply chain based on a supervisory mechanism

Qiankun Wang, Qiao Shi

Knowledge sharing is an important way to improve the knowledge system of industrial construction, and the supervision mechanism is an important way to improve the efficiency of…

A decision support system (DSS) for facilitating the scenario selection process of the renegotiation of PPP contracts

Amira Shalaby, Amr Hassanein

Public private partnership contracts tend to have longer contract durations compared to other conventional procurement methods. A contract renegotiation becomes inevitable in most…

Exploring the use of Gestalt’s principles in improving the visualization, user experience and comprehension of COBie data extension

Mehmet Yalcinkaya, Vishal Singh

Until now, the usage and usability factors associated with AEC–FM standards have remained largely overlooked. This oversight could be a potentially significant factor in the…

User-centric work environments in modular healthcare facilities

Leena Aalto, Pia Sirola, Tiina Kalliomäki-Levanto, Marjaana Lahtinen, Virpi Ruohomäki, Heidi Salonen, Kari Reijula

The challenges arising from the reform of the social and healthcare sector call for efficient, effective and novel processes in both public and private health and medical care…

Green and sustainable practices in the construction industry: A confirmatory factor analysis approach

Jaber Shurrab, Matloub Hussain, Mehmood Khan

The purpose of this paper is to differentiate between sustainable and green construction and significantly contribute to empirical investigations related to the impact of green…

Probability of change orders and the effect on cost and schedule for new public school buildings

Pramen P. Shrestha, Kabindra Kumar Shrestha, Haileab B. Zeleke

Change orders (COs) adversely affect the cost and schedule of projects, specifically during the construction phase. COs of 95 new public school building projects contracted by the…

Creating social value within the delivery of construction projects: the role of lean approach

Emmanuel Itodo Daniel, Christine Pasquire

The purpose of this paper is to present the current knowledge surrounding social value (SV) and show how lean approach supports SV realisation in the delivery of construction…

APRT-FMEA buffer sizing method in scheduling of a wind farm construction project

Shakib Zohrehvandi, Mohammad Khalilzadeh

The purpose of this paper is to present an efficient model for project buffer sizing by taking failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) into account to reach a more realistic…

Description–experience gap under imperfect information: Information continuum and aggressive cost estimating in capital projects

Jing Du, Qi Wang, Qian Shi

Capital project delivery, such as the delivery of transportation networks and industrial facilities, often suffers losses due to overly aggressive planning. Planners often are…

Business value of integrated BIM-based asset management

Mustapha Munir, Arto Kiviniemi, Stephen W. Jones

Currently, building information modelling (BIM) is largely seen as a 3D model, not as an information model or information management tool. This wrong perception of BIM and low…

A review of global lean construction during the past two decades: analysis and visualization

Long Li, Zhongfu Li, Xiaodan Li, Guangdong Wu

The purpose of this paper is to provide comprehensive analysis and understanding of lean construction (LC) and to help researchers to find new gaps and research opportunities and…