Construction Innovation: Volume 17 Issue 2

Editorial

S. Thomas Ng

A future for facility management

Brian Atkin, Louise Bildsten

This paper aims to discuss the current debates in facility management to understand where the research community is working and where the facility management sector and discipline…

Benefits of visual management in construction: cases from the transportation sector in England

Algan Tezel, Zeeshan Aziz

The purpose of this paper is to explore the benefits of visual management (VM) systems in transportation construction projects in England.

Logistics optimisation in road construction project

Sanjay Choudhari, Amit Tindwani

This study aims to assist the project manager in minimising the material logistics cost of road project by planning the optimal movement of aggregate across three stages of supply…

Transaction formalism protocol tool in infrastructure management

Jehan Zeb, Thomas Froese

The purpose of this paper is to develop an eight-step procedure – transaction formalism protocol (TFP) – in the area of infrastructure management. The proposed TFP is developed…

Risk assessment in public-private partnership infrastructure projects: Empirical comparison between Ghana and Hong Kong

Robert Osei-Kyei, Albert P.C. Chan

The purpose of this paper is to empirically compare the risk factors in public-private partnership (PPP) projects in developing and developed countries, represented by Ghana and…

Exploring organisational attributes affecting the innovativeness of UK SMEs

Barry J. Gledson, Calum Phoenix

The UK construction sector of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has received criticism for a perceived lack of desire to innovate. Previous research has identified…

Architects’ perception of the innovativeness of the Swedish construction industry

Kerstin Hemström, Krushna Mahapatra, Leif Gustavsson

The aim of this paper is to enhance the understanding of architects’ perceptions of the propensity to adopt innovations in building construction.