Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 15 Issue 4

Analysis of the quality attributes used in establishing best value tenders in the UK social housing sector

Steve Phillips, Jim Martin, Andrew Dainty, Andrew Price

A number of studies have highlighted the problems and challenges that have been encountered with the analysis of best value and partnering tenders carried out in the UK public…

Health and safety issues relating to construction excavators and their attachments

David J. Edwards, Gary D. Holt

In striving to minimise downtime and optimise the productivity of construction excavators, very often, they employ a “quick‐hitch” (Qh) as a means of changing attachments (like…

ToolSHeDTM: The development and evaluation of a decision support tool for health and safety in construction design

Tracy Cooke, Helen Lingard, Nick Blismas, Andrew Stranieri

The purpose of this paper is to describe an innovative information and decision support tool (ToolSHeD™) developed to help construction designers to integrate the management of…

Taking leadership research into future: A review of empirical studies and new directions for research

Shamas‐ur‐Rehman Toor, George Ofori

Researchers have traditionally focused on the technical and managerial features of construction projects and have tended to ignore the subject of leadership. However, recent…

Trends of skills and productivity in the UK construction industry

Mohamed S. Abdel‐Wahab, Andrew R.J. Dainty, Stephen G. Ison, Patrick Bowen, Guy Hazlehurst

UK government policy has emphasised the role of skills development and training as a means of improving productivity performance across all sectors of the economy. The purpose of…

Lost in transition: the transfer of lean manufacturing to construction

Bo Jørgensen, Stephen Emmitt

The purpose of this paper is to explore the transfer of lean manufacturing/production from the Japanese manufacturing industry to the construction sector in the west.

Editorial

Ronald McCaffer