Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 31 Issue 10

Exploration of exhaustion in early-career construction professionals in India

Ashish Rastogi, Harish Kumar Singla

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of job, organizational and personal factors on exhaustion (EXH) in early career construction professionals in India.

Effect of public–private partnership features on contractual complexity: evidence from China

Lu Zhang, Lei Shi, Li Ma

A public–private partnership (PPP) is an agreement between the government and private investors to deliver long-term public services. The efficiency of PPP projects depends on PPP…

Investigating the relationship between corporate social responsibility implementation and contractor competitiveness

Minh Van Nguyen

This study aims to (1) develop a structural equation model in understanding the relationships between corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance and contractor…

Bi-objective optimization framework for prefabricated construction service combination selection using genetic simulated annealing algorithm

Qiang Du, Xiaomin Qi, Patrick X.W. Zou, Yanmin Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to develop a bi-objective optimization framework to select prefabricated construction service composition. An improved algorithm-genetic simulated…

Buffer allocation in construction projects: a disruption mitigation approach

Seyed Ashkan Zarghami, Ofer Zwikael

A variety of buffer allocation methods exist to distribute an aggregated time buffer among project activities. However, these methods do not pay simultaneous attention to two key…

Safety climate in construction: a systematic literature review

Nini Xia, Sichao Ding, Tao Ling, Yuchun Tang

Safety climate plays an important role in the high-risk construction industry. Advances have been made in the understanding of construction safety climate in terms of four…

Psychological contract between contractors and owners in construction projects: the mediating role of inter-organisational teamwork

Win Myat Cho, Bonaventura H.W. Hadikusumo

The objectives of this paper are to examine the impact of psychological contract on project performance in private construction projects and to investigate if the positive effect…

Tackling stress of project management practitioners in the Australian construction industry: the causes, effects and alleviation

Xiao-Hua Jin, Sepani Senaratne, Ye Fu, Bashir Tijani

The problem of stress is increasingly gaining attention in the construction industry in recent years. This study is aimed at examining the causes, effects and possible alleviation…

Benefits, constraints and enablers of modular offsite construction (MOSC) in New Zealand high-rise buildings

Wajiha Mohsin Shahzad, Siddenki Mahender Reddy, Ravindu Kahandawa, James Olabode Bamidele Rotimi

The ascendancy of modular offsite construction (MOSC) over traditional construction methods is well known. Despite the known potential of this construction approach, its adoption…

Digital leadership enactment in the construction industry: barriers undermining effective transformation

Sambo Lyson Zulu, Ali M. Saad, Saheed O. Ajayi, Mohammed Dulaimi, Maria Unuigbe

In the past decade, transforming key processes and activities towards a more digital nature has been the focus of most industries to exploit the associated advantages. Despite…

Strategies for managing the political risk of investing in infrastructure projects, in developing countries

Weiling Jiang, Igor Martek

Political risk has been identified as a major impediment to the success of foreign invested projects, in developing countries. Infrastructure projects are especially sensitive to…

Comparative analysis between different risk score calculation approaches

Iman Youssefi, Tolga Celik

Total risk score (TRS) is considered one of the main indicators for risk evaluation. Several studies attempted to employ different types of risk indices for the evaluation of cost…

Formalizing the information requirements for decision-making of field managers during indoor construction activities

Ernesto Pillajo, Claudio Mourgues, Vicente A. González

Information technology provides important support for on-site decision-making of field personnel. Most literature focuses on the technological aspects of decision-support systems…

Do regional characteristics influence PPP contract governance skills requirements?

Abdullahi Ahmed Umar, Noor Amila Wan Abdullah Zawawi, Abdul Rashid Abdul Aziz

This study aims to seek, on the basis of Hofstede's culture consequences, to explore the notion that regional characteristics may influence the prioritisation of certain types of…

The effects of joint-contract functions on PPP project value creation: a mediation model

Xuewei Li, Jingfeng Yuan, Xuan Liu, Guangqi Wang, Qian-Cheng Wang

With the continuous improvement of public–private partnership (PPP) projects, the participants' value creation goals are not only limited to achieving the basic performance…

Holistic analysis for the efficiency of the thermal mass performance of precast concrete panels in hot climate zones

Sundus Shareef, Emad S. Mushtaha, Saleh Abu Dabous, Imad Alsyouf

This paper investigates thermal mass performance (TMP) in hot climates. The impact of using precast concrete (PC) as a core envelope with different insulation materials has been…