Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 14 Issue 1

Making sense of research quality assessment

Peter Lansley

For many academics in UK universities the nature and orientation of their research is overwhelmingly determined by considerations of how that work will be graded in research…

Estimating as a profession in UK construction

James A. Hackett, Carolyn M. Hicks

Both quantity surveyors (QSs) and estimators have pivotal roles in the profitability of construction contracts; however, only the QS is classified as a professional. Preliminary…

Construction duration of residential building projects in Germany

Christian Stoy, Frank Dreier, Hans‐Rudolf Schalcher

Planning the construction duration is an important consideration in any construction project. Indicators that permit an early forecast of the duration provide the basis for such…

Plant managers' perceptions of plant security systems

R. Carmichael, D.J. Edwards, G.D. Holt

Plant theft represents a serious and growing problem for the construction sector, with the present value of UK losses estimated to be in excess of £1 million per week. Along with…

“Negative interference” between Australian construction professionals' work and family roles: Evidence of an asymmetrical relationship

Helen Lingard, Valerie Francis

The paper sets out to describe the testing of a model of work and family life among a sample of professional and managerial employees in the Australian construction industry. The…

Facilitating knowledge pull to deliver innovation through knowledge management: A case study

Tayyab Maqsood, Derek H.T. Walker, Andrew D. Finegan

This paper aims to discuss how knowledge‐pull from external knowledge sources could systemise knowledge exchange as a knowledge management (KM) initiative and to argue how it…

Editorial

Ronald McCaffer

Emerald at 40

Rebecca Marsh