Construction Innovation: Volume 12 Issue 3

Value management: recent developments and way forward

Geoffrey Qiping Shen, Ann T.W. Yu

The purpose of this paper is to review the development of value management (VM) over the last few decades and propose ways for future development.

Significance ranking of parameters impacting construction labour productivity

Osama Moselhi, Zafar Khan

Construction labour productivity is often influenced by variations in work conditions and management effectiveness. It is substantially important to understand the nature and…

Factor analysis of partners' commitment to risk management in public‐private partnership projects

Xiao‐Hua Jin, Guomin Zhang, Rebecca J. Yang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate and uncover key determinants that could explain partners' commitment to risk management in public‐private partnership projects so that…

A critical reflection on sustainability within the UK industrial sectors

Suresh Renukappa, Charles Egbu, Akintola Akintoye, Jack Goulding

In the early part of the twenty‐first century, the term sustainability has become a buzzword. Although featuring strongly in the popular media, trade, professional and academic…

Building information modelling based energy performance assessment system: An assessment of the Energy Performance Index in Korea

Jaehyun Park, Junglo Park, Juhyung Kim, Jaejun Kim

The purpose of this study is to identify an objective energy performance assessment method in Korea, and to build a building information modelling (BIM) based system that can…

Differing perspectives on collaboration in construction

Deborah Hughes, Trefor Williams, Zhaomin Ren

The purpose of this research is to identify the key aspects present in collaborative projects with the objective of producing a clear definition for collaboration within the UK…

Is good enough “making do”?: An investigation of inappropriate processing in a small design and build company

Stephen Emmitt, Christine Pasquire, Basant Mertia

The purpose of this study is to address behaviour that often leads to inappropriate processing in a small design and build contracting organisation that employs direct labour. The…