Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 24 Issue 3

Bid or no-bid decision factors of indigenous contractors in Nigeria

Oluwole Alfred Olatunji, Olaniyi Isaac Aje, Sina Makanjuola

The decision to bid or not to bid for new projects determines contractors’ propensity for business success or failure. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that…

Aggregation of factors causing cost overruns and time delays in large public construction projects: Trends and implications

Abderisak Adam, Per-Erik Bertil Josephson, Göran Lindahl

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact that cost overruns and time delays exert on large public construction projects to clarify how past and current research regard…

The relationship between the last planner® system and collaborative planning practice in UK construction

Emmanuel Itodo Daniel, Christine Pasquire, Graham Dickens, Herman Glenn Ballard

The purpose of this paper is to identify how the newly emerging UK practice of “collaborative planning” (CP) for construction project delivery aligns with the advocated principles…

Using structural equation modelling (SEM) to understand the relationships among critical success factors (CSFs) for stakeholder management in construction

Jurbe Joseph Molwus, Bilge Erdogan, Stephen Ogunlana

Stakeholder management plays a significant role in successfully delivering construction projects. However, being able to carry out effective stakeholder management in construction…

Key risks in construction projects in Italy: contractors’ perspective

Ali Rostami, Chike F. Oduoza

Risks play an important role in the success of construction projects. Failure in identification and assessment of risks can lead to inadequacy in the process of managing risks…

The factors contributing to construction accidents in Pakistan: Their prioritization using the Delphi technique

Hafiz Zahoor, Albert P.C. Chan, Ran Gao, Wahyudi P. Utama

The highest number of accidents in proportion to the employment rate is found in construction industry among all industries in Pakistan. The purpose of this paper is to identify…

Visual management in highways construction and maintenance in England

Algan Tezel, Zeeshan Aziz

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current visual management (VM) practices in highways construction projects in England.

Rent-seeking behavior of BIM- and IPD-based construction project in China

Tingting Mei, Qiankun Wang, Yaping Xiao, Mi Yang

The purpose of this paper is to study the rent-seeking behavior of stakeholders in construction projects and to provide a reference for further studies on collaboration in China…

Beamless or beam-supported building floors: Is buildability knowledge the missing link to improving productivity?

Abdulaziz M. Jarkas

Due to a dearth of quantitative research into buildability factors affecting formwork labour productivity of in situ reinforced concrete construction, the purpose of this paper is…