Editorial

Citation

Shen, G. (2016), "Editorial", Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 23 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-05-2016-0121

Editorial

Article Type: Editorial From: Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Volume 23, Issue 4.

Welcome to the fourth issue of Volume 23 which is also the second issue that I am responsible for as Deputy Editor of this journal. It has been 18 months since I first got involved in the editorial team, during which time the number of papers submitted has significantly increased and the quality has gradually improved. I have selected seven good quality papers for this issue.

The first paper, written by Upstill-Goddard et al., investigates the relationship between sustainability certification schemes and organizational learning. It suggests that working to a given standard can enable a company to benchmark performance and improve site housekeeping.

Loosemore and Lim's paper uses theories of organizational justice to explore the extent of perceived injustice in the industry, how this varies across the construction workforce, and what forms it takes.

The paper by Zhang, Lu, and Bai focuses on the application of Zeuthen strategy and Bayesian learning to simulate the dynamic bargaining process of claim negotiations with consideration of discount factors and risk attitude.

The study by Oyedele et al. combines verbal protocol analyses with phenomenological research to identify competency-based measures for designing out construction waste.

The paper presented by Pellegrino, Carbonara, and Costantino develops a decision model for choosing a PPP tendering procedure that minimizes the transaction costs borne by the public sector. The application of the proposed model to an Italian highway demonstrates its ability to help a public authority choose between different tendering procedures while taking account of project-related and country-related factors.

Although collaboration is thought to offer significant benefits over traditional contracts, there has been little research into the optimization of these benefits. The paper by Chen and Manley addresses this gap by investigating the impact of client characteristics on the time and cost efficiency of collaborative infrastructure projects.

With many ongoing large-scale infrastructure and residential projects in Hong Kong, the construction industry is suffering from serious labour and skill shortages. The study by Ho identifies practicable strategies for resolving these problems, assesses the effectiveness of the strategies, and develops a conceptual labour supply model.

Geoffrey Shen