Close collaboration is considered important; but is close collaboration for all purchases necessary to create <italic>value-in-production</italic>? In construction as well as in other industries, companies purchase a variety of items that require different amounts of attention to the relationship with suppliers....

Industrialized building has drawn in ideas from many pioneering researchers during its decades of development; in this brief recapitulation we present some observations on selected moments in the history that have significantly shaped the approach to building construction. The first formative...

Use of frameworks is recognized by the <italic>UK Industrial Strategy: Government and Industry in Partnership</italic> as an innovative procurement method that may be used to deliver cost savings. Support for potential efficiencies from use of frameworks by practitioners is, at best, mixed. A single case study...

Across many construction projects, and especially infrastructure projects, efforts to mitigate potential loss of biodiversity and habitat are significant concerns, and at times politically controversial. And yet, thus far, very little research has addressed the interplay of humans and animals...

The market size of Japan's construction industry is decreasing. Preventing several major contractors from controlling the bidding of public works projects requires a certain number of other participants to be involved. Therefore, analysing the factors that affect the defaults or exits of small...

Apprenticeships in England are undergoing major reform which will likely require employers to make a cash contribution to meeting the fees of their training providers. In return employers will be given more influence over the content of the training. If employers are expected to make a cash...

Construction product innovation can exert a positive influence on project and industry performance. However, guidance is scarce on product innovation diffusion for road infrastructure, in contrast to the large body of literature on the manufacturing industry. A conceptual framework is proposed...

Briefing phase interactions between clients and designers are recognized as social engagements, characterized by communicative sign use, where conceptual ideas are gradually transformed into potential design solutions. A semiotic analysis of briefing communications between client stakeholders...