Table of contents - Special Issue: The true value of construction and the built environment to the economy
Guest Editors: Les Ruddock, Stephen Gruneberg, Steven Ruddock
Reframing construction within the built environment sector
Gerard de ValenceOfficial statistics on the output of the construction industry capture on-site activities of contractors and sub-contractors; however, the role of the industry linking suppliers…
Measuring construction for social, economic and environmental assessment
Bahriye Ilhan, Banu YobasThe purpose of this paper is to examine the issues that should be considered for a better gauge of the construction industry and built environment and to propose a set of…
Wealth measurement and the role of built asset investment: an empirical comparison
Les Ruddock, Steven RuddockThe purpose of this paper is to assess the role of investment in built assets in the achievement of economic growth as part of a wealth measurement approach and to undertake an…
The implications of the construction industry to national wealth
Richard Glenn FulfordThe purpose of this paper is to explore how construction projects should be conceived and how the productivity of the construction industry impacts upon a nation’s wealth.
Construction productivity revisited: towards measuring performance of construction output
Kim Haugbølle, Jacob Norvig Larsen, Jørgen NielsenConstruction is repeatedly criticised for its low productivity based on statistical data that do not represent the output of construction adequately. The purpose of this paper is…
Estimating the built environment stock in Cape Verde
Jorge Pedro Lopes, Rui Alexandre Oliveira, Maria Isabel AbreuThe purpose of this paper is to present the estimates of the value of the built environment stock in Cape Verde, a Sub-Saharan African country that is scattered through ten…
Improving efficiency in roading projects: a New Zealand study
Saeed Haji Karimian, Jasper Mbachu, Temitope Egbelakin, Wajiha ShahzadThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the key productivity constraints faced by New Zealand (NZ) road pavement maintenance and rehabilitation contractors (RPMRCs) and the…
Investment valuation model for sustainable infrastructure systems: Mezzanine debt for water projects
Juan David Gonzalez-Ruiz, Alejandro Arboleda, Sergio Botero, Javier RojoThe purpose of this paper is to develop an investment valuation model using the mezzanine debt mechanism based on blue bonds that explicitly allude to public–private partnerships…
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- Professor Chimay Anumba