Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 25 Issue 9

Barriers faced by new-adopter of Last Planner System®: a case study

Athena Maria Perez, Somik Ghosh

Documented evidence supports the improvements resulting from the use of the Last Planner System® (LPS) as a lean construction technique; however, several barriers to the…

A systematic approach for public-private partnership projects CSFs evaluation

Liping Wang, Pu Zhang, Pei Zhang, Rongbo Li, Yanke Zhang, Yueqiu Wu

Public–private partnership (PPP) projects are increasingly significant in many countries. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of critical success factors (CSFs) on…

Factors affecting the market development of steel construction

Albert P.C. Chan, Yang Yang, Ran Gao

The steel construction market has undergone gradual development in the past decades given its profound impacts on environment, economy and society. The purpose of this paper is to…

Risk paths in BIM adoption: empirical study of China

Xianbo Zhao, Peng Wu, Xiangyu Wang

The purpose of this paper is to model the paths of risks associated with building information modeling (BIM) adoption in the Chinese architecture, engineering and construction…

The use and abuse of safety indicators in construction

David Oswald, Rita Peihua Zhang, Helen Lingard, Payam Pirzadeh, Tiendung Le

The purpose of this paper is to present a critical review of the use of safety performance indicators in the construction industry. The authors consider the strengths, limitations…

Innovation in construction firms of different sizes: drivers and strategies

Xianhai Meng, Andrew Brown

The importance of innovation has been increasingly highlighted in construction as a large and complex industry sector that is more challenging than ever before. To bridge the…

A structural equation model for enhancing effectiveness of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) major projects: End-user’s perspective

Mohamed Aldhaheri, Amal Bakchan, Maqsood Ahmad Sandhu

The purpose of this paper is to define and analyze causal factors shaping the effectiveness of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) major projects in meeting the…