Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 18 Issue 4

Construction management research at the interface of design and explanatory science

Hans Voordijk

The purpose of this study is to characterize construction management research at the interface of explanatory science and design science.

Method and tools for building maintenance plan arbitration

Franck Taillandier, Gérard Sauce, Régis Bonetto

Buildings maintenance is a complex activity: importance of issues, scales crossing, diversity of civil engineering domains … The key point of this activity is the elaboration of…

The politics of sameness in the Australian construction industry: Comparing operative and manager attitudes towards cultural diversity

Martin Loosemore, Florence T.T. Phua, Kevin Dunn, Umut Ozguc

Australian construction sites are culturally diverse workplaces. This paper aims to compare operative and manager attitudes towards cultural diversity on Australian construction…

Criteria for achieving efficient contractor‐supplier relations

Mikael Frödell

Despite numerous examples of benefits when adapting supplier relationship management in the manufacturing industry, the construction industry still lags behind in such areas as…

Perception on benefits of construction waste management in the Singapore construction industry

Bon‐Gang Hwang, Zong Bao Yeo

Increased disposal costs and reduction in number of landfills have created a need for implementing effective waste management in the construction industry. As every construction…

Relationship between the financial crisis of Korean construction firms and macroeconomic fluctuations

Sangki Kim, Sanghyo Lee, Jaejun Kim

This study aims to analyze the relationship between the financial crisis of Korean construction firms and macroeconomic fluctuations.

Editorial

Ronald McCaffer