Transparent insulation systems (TI-systems) of less than 20cm thick have been developed as an alternative to opaque wall insulation and windows, which provide a financial return to building occupants when applied to building facades. Lack of detailed cost analysis of TI-systems is a major...

Previous research suggests that construction industry companies use relatively little formal managerial procedures when managing knowledge. Instead, many construction companies are relying on informal networks and social capital as conduits for the sharing of knowledge. However, objects play an...

Value management (VM) practitioners often encounter problems of lack of active participation and insufficient time and information in decision analysis. The use of a group decision support system (GDSS) is proposed to overcome the above problems by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of...

The revenue risk is of great importance to ensure the success of a real toll public-private partnership (PPP) transportation project. Past research has proposed a revenue guarantee put option as an alternative way to quantify and potentially manage this risk. A practical, or commercial,...

The owner may involve design and construction service providers in a project at different stages of planning and design. Early involvement of the versatile know-how of service providers places the owner at the services providers' mercy as to pricing. Late involvement, when design is close to...

A survey of waged and salaried, project-based construction workers was conducted. The survey measured work-family enrichment, a type of positive interaction between work and family life. A six-item work-family enrichment scale confirmed the bi-directional nature of work-family enrichment....

Buildability is one of the most important factors affecting construction labour productivity. Nonetheless, an extensive search of the literature revealed a dearth of research into its effects on in situ reinforced concrete construction, especially at the rebar fixing trade level. Buildability...

Despite the wealth of research on partnering in construction, comparatively little work has attempted to understand partnering as a socially constructed and emergent phenomenon (Bresnen, 2009). Taking a practice-based approach, this paper deploys the concept of boundary object (e.g. Star and...

In the context of a major hospital redevelopment project, briefing is conceived as an organic and cyclical process of cultural learning whereby project and hospital representatives gradually converge upon a shared meaning of each other's values, beliefs and needs over time. Using a comparative...

A diary data collection method was used to collect data from project-based construction workers in a large civil engineering construction project in Melbourne, Australia. Data capturing the number of hours worked, satisfaction with work-life balance and capacity to complete required tasks at...