Building procurement has become a fashionable term with industry practitioners and researchers. It determines the overall framework and structure of responsibilities and authorities for participants within the building process. It is a key factor contributing to overall client satisfaction and...

There is tremendous scope for improving claims management practice. This research comprised a postal questionnaire survey of contractors, project owners' architects, quantity surveyors and engineers, case studies on actual claims situations on projects, and structured interviews with consultants...

Compared with the manufacturing sector, the construction industry suffers from relatively lower productivity, although some attempts are being made to overcome low construction productivity by introducing manufacturing-based concepts to the construction industry. The just-in-time (JIT) concept...

This paper focuses on the principles and practices in formulating and assessing claims for extensions of time due to excusable delays. Typical frequency and magnitude profiles of claims for extensions of time are derived from a surveyed sample of 67 civil engineering projects in Hong Kong, and...

Construction management researchers have for too long ignored the centrality of theory to human activity. A simple analogy from everyday life, the quest for a suitable life partner, will demonstrate that all productive action depends on theory if it is to be shared and form a worthwhile addition...

The Building Maintenance Cost Information Service (BMCIS) offers a comprehensive and rigorous framework for collecting data about the running costs of buildings. Nevertheless, it is pitched at such a level of detail that the amount of data collected and analysed may be constrained. This paper...

Employee participation has attracted scant attention in the construction industry, yet the experience of firms in many other industries indicate that considerable benefits in terms of improved quality, lower production costs and greater competitiveness can be achieved from formal employee...

Projects can be delayed for a large number of reasons. The third phase of an investigation into such factors focused on the causes of construction delays in Hong Kong. A questionnaire was based on 83 factors identified in previous phases of the investigation. Analysis of the responses reveals...