Construction Innovation: Volume 10 Issue 3

Using visualization technologies for design and planning of a healthy construction workplace

Romuald Rwamamara, Håkan Norberg, Thomas Olofsson, Ove Lagerqvist

The purpose of the paper is to investigate how health and safety gains and improvements of the construction workplace can be made through the use of three‐dimensional (3D) and…

Knowledge sharing in architectural design institutes: a multiple‐case study

Zhikun Ding, Fungfai Ng

The complexity of knowledge in architectural design results in its unique management characteristics not being fully recognized and appreciated. Little research has been done in…

Analysis of labour productivity of formwork operations in building construction

Osama Moselhi, Zafar Khan

Labour productivity plays an important role in the successful delivery of engineering, procurement and construction projects. This paper aims to present a field study that…

Contractor selection innovation: examination of two decades' published research

Gary Holt

The “problem” of selecting a contractor has attracted significant academic research endeavour over the last two decades. The principal aim here is to examine that research via…

Epistemology of capital structure decisions by building contractors in Hong Kong

Yat‐Hung Chiang, Eddie W.L. Cheng, Patrick T.I. Lam

This paper aims to identify a set of potential determinants of capital structure. By knowing the key determinants, it is possible to understand how building contractors make…

Using ANP priorities with goal programming in optimally allocating marketing resources

Gul Polat

Construction companies typically allocate limited resources, i.e. human resources and funds, for marketing activities; so, they commonly face the problem of deciding in which…

Editorial

Jack Goulding