Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 8 Issue 4

Towards a human resource information system for Australian construction companies

S. THOMAS NG, R. MARTIN SKITMORE, TULSIRAM SHARMA

The casual nature of employment in the construction industry makes planning human asset requirements a vague exercise. Human resource information systems (HRISs) offer a means of…

Bid cutting: an empirical study of practice in South‐East Queensland

DAYNE MAY, OWEN WILSON, MARTIN SKITMORE

The nature, status and role of bid cutting in construction bidding are examined from economic, legal, ethical and management perspectives. Some possible means of countering its…

Multi‐criteria selection or lowest price? Investigation of UK construction clients' tender evaluation preferences

CHEE H. WONG, GARY D. HOLT, PHIL HARRIS

The ‘lowest‐price wins’ philosophy has been a consistent theme of contractor selection over the years. To comprehensively elucidate this selection preference and compare it with…

Evaluating plans of work

WILL HUGHES

Plans of work for construction projects are published by various interest groups with increasing frequency. Each purports to explain how (all) construction projects should be…

International construction performance comparisons: a study of ‘European’ and Australian contractors

D.G. PROVERBS, O.O. FANIRAN

International research concerning the comparative performance and practices of construction contractors from three European countries (UK, France and Germany) has been previously…

Development of a conceptual model of construction partnering

EDDIE W.L. CHENG, HENG LI

This paper presents the development of a conceptual model of construction partnering. This model aims at exploring the relationship between two types of partnering (project and…

Effect of professional socialization on quantity surveyors' ethical perceptions in Hong Kong

C.N. LINDA FAN, M.H. CHRISTABEL HO, VINCENT NG

This paper proposes conducting extensive cross‐profession comparison regarding perceptions of various professionals towards professional ethics as the first step in professional…