Construction Innovation: Volume 5 Issue 1

The challenge of customer orientation in the construction industry

Mohammed Fadhil Dulaimi

The construction industry has been criticized, in many countries around the world, for not keeping pace with developments in the rest of the economy. One of the key issues the…

An examination of the management challenges faced by growing SCEs in South Wales

G. Packham, C.J. Miller, B.C. Thomas, D. Brooksbank

Entrepreneurship and small business development has been subject to a considerable amount of academic speculation. Previous studies contend that small fast growth firms are more…

A knowledge‐driven management approach to environmental‐conscious construction

Zhen Chen, Heng Li, Stephen C.W. Kong, Qian Xu

This paper aims to introduce a knowledge‐based managemental prototype entitled E+ for environmental‐conscious construction relied on an integration of current environmental…

Factors hindering the performance of construction project managers

Andrew Powl, Martin Skitmore

It has been said that the effective performance of the Project Manager (PM) is the single most critical factor affecting successful project outcomes. Little is known, however, of…

Developing a framework to measure organizational and employee skills development in a professional engineering design consultancy

Isao T Matsumoto, John Stapleton, Jacqueline Glass, Tony Thorpe

As we move into a knowledge economy, employee skills are fast becoming an organization’s most valuable asset. Fundamental to successfully completing the complex range of tasks…