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Student Learning Experiences in Higher Education: Investigating a Quantity Surveying Programme in Malaysia Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2022-03-06 Jeffrey Boon Hui Yap,Queennie Lip Tin Hew,Martin Skitmore
Higher education institutions (HEIs) play a crucial role in fostering quality education. This paper examines the attributes that influence student learning experiences in a quantity surveying (QS) programme in a Malaysian private HEI and uncovers the underlying factors involved. The significance of these attributes as recognised by the students, obtained through a questionnaire survey, are subsequently
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Risks of Implementing Sustainable Construction Practices in the Nigerian Building Industry Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2022-03-06 Peter Uchenna Okoye,Kevin Chuks Okolie,Isaac Abiodun Odesola
This study assessed the risks level associated with implementation of sustainable construction practices through a questionnaire survey distributed to 256 building professionals in Nigeria. It identified 47 risk factors with different likelihood of occurrence and magnitude of impacts. A quantitative risk analysis result based on mean value method and risk prioritisation number showed that the three
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Contract Administration for Construction Professionals Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2022-03-06 Timothy O'Leary
Coggins, J., Schwarz, S., Davies, M., and Ma, T. Contract Administration for Construction Professionals. LexisNexis Australia at www.lexis.com.au, 2022. ISBN/ISSN 978-0-4093-5083-8 (Paperback, 588 pp) AUD 95, E-book, ISBN/ISSN 978-0- 9043-5084-5
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Impact of Oil and Gas Internal Risk Factors on Project Success: Moderating role of Government Support Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2022-03-06 Adekunle Qudus Adeleke,Waliu Adeniyi Ajibike,Gerry Nkombo Muuka,Mohd Ridzuan Darun,Taofeeq Durojaye Moshood
Organisational internal risk factors, which include management, material, finance, and design risk factors, affect oil and gas construction projects' success in emerging nations, in which Malaysia is no exception. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of these internal risk factors and government support on oil and gas projects among sixty-one (61) employees of oil and gas firms using
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Lessons Learned Framework for Efficient Delivery of Construction Projects in Saudi Arabia Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-12-06 Abdullatif A. AlMunifi,Saud Almutairi
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has the largest construction market in the gulf region. Nevertheless, the sector faces issues related to inefficiency and ineffectiveness in project delivery. This research aims to explore the impact of current practices across projects lifecycles, and to utilize findings to develop an integrated strategic construction project management framework (ISCPMF) that may
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Women Workforce in Construction during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Strategies Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-12-03 Bee Lan Oo,Teck Heng Benson Lim,Yixi Zhang
Changes and challenges in employment are inevitable under the measures enacted to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Early evidence suggests that the pandemic would disproportionately affect women compared to men. Focussing on women workforce in construction, this exploratory study examines the challenges associated with changes in their job situations, the adopted strategies in addressing the challenges
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Understanding the Performance of Construction Business: A Simulation-Based Experimental Study Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-12-03 Arun Bajracharya,Stephen Ogunlana,Hai Chen Tan,Goh Cheng Siew
Higher failure rates of construction business have been observed as a recurring phenomenon in the construction industry. This research focuses on the causes behind a range of performance modes of construction business. The growth and capacity under-investment archetype has been used as the main systems archetype to develop a causal structure for understanding the business performance. A system dynamics
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Role Conflict Related Job Stress among Construction Project Professionals: The Moderating Role of Age and Organization Tenure Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-12-03 Tharindu Dodanwala,Pooja Shrestha,Djoen San Santoso
Demographic variables play a vital role in determining stress occurring from workplace demands. Role conflict is a major workplace demand, specifically in the context of construction. However, the way demographic variables influence the stress occurring from role conflict is less explored in the literature. Specifically, the literature does not fully explain the positioning of age and organization
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Making Sense of Multi-Actor Social Collaboration in Building Information Modelling Level 2 Projects: A Case in Malaysia Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-12-03 Raja Nor Husna Raja Mohd Noor,Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim,Sheila Belayutham
Despite the diversity of thinking among the scholars on building information modelling (BIM) collaboration, there is a paucity of studies that capture the dimension of social collaboration in BIM projects. This study attempts to develop a comprehensive understanding on the key attributes of multi-actor social collaboration in BIM projects through the experience of practitioners in BIM-Level 2 construction
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Evaluation of Transportation Infrastructure: A Case Study of Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 1&2 Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-12-02 Craig Langston,Charles Crowley
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been increased reliance on new infrastructure projects to counter economic fallout and underpin employment security. Urban and inter-urban transportation projects, such as major road, rail and port facilities, are popular choices for national and state governments in Australia as they provide broad fiscal support across all sectors of the economy. The problem
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Lean and Sustainable Construction: State of the Art and Future Directions Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-08-21 Saad Sarhan,Stephen Pretlove
Only rapid and drastic reductions in greenhouse gases can prevent ever more widespread devastation and extreme weather events. Every increment in global heating is likely to compound the accelerating effects, according to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on climate science (IPCC, 2021). The aim of this special issue is to boost sustainable performance
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The Impact of Construction Labour Productivity on the Renovation Wave Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Soren Wandahl,Christina T. Pérez,Stephanie Salling,Hasse H. Neve,Jon Lerche,Steffen Petersen
The European Green Deal's Renovation Wave aims to renovate 35 million energy-inefficient buildings to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by at least 55% by 2030. Historically, efforts to reduce CO2 emissions focused on Operational Energy (OE) of the finished buildings. However, in recent years the Embodied Energy (EE) of the building’s construction process has gained attention because of its essential
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A Comparative Study of Energy Performance in Educational Buildings in the UAE Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Vian Ahmed,Sara Saboor,Fatima Ahmed Almarzooqi,Hessa Ahmed Alshamsi,Mariam Abdalla Alketbi,Fatema Ahmed Al marei
Sustainability has gained popularity and importance around the globe due to the ever-increasing effects of climate change and global warming on Earth. As of the 21st century, human endeavour has caused an enormous amount of damage to the environmental ecological system. Among which, one of the major contributors to the increase in the environmental issues and CO2 emissions are the conventional sources
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Assessing Psychological Safety in Lean Construction Projects in the United States Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Sevilay Demirkesen,Emel Sadikoglu,Eshan Jayamanne
The construction industry is hazardous, which requires careful consideration of occupational health and safety measures. Among various strategies that are proposed to enhance construction safety, Lean construction practices were widely implied and proved to be effective. However, the link between Lean implementation and construction safety has not been completely studied yet in previous research in
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Evaluating the Efficacy of a Dedicated Last Planner® System Facilitator to Enhance Construction Productivity Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-08-15 William Power,Derek Sinnott,Patrick Lynch
Construction unknowingly plans for poor levels of productivity with substantial waste, inefficiency, and rework stemming from a proliferation of non-value-adding activities embedded within traditional delivery processes. This approach negatively influences construction’s economic and environmental sustainability. Last Planner® System (LPS) is a key tool of Lean Construction (LC) and is lauded as a
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Application of Timber and Wood-based Materials in Architectural Design using Multi-objective Optimisation Tools Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Anna Stefańska,Marta Cygan,Kinga Batte,Joanna Pietrzak
Digital fabrication leads architects and structural engineers to modify the design optimisation methodology. The designers, as never before, are facing new technologies developed in the search for new materials based, among others, on wood components and the improvement of manufacturing methods at the same time. In this process, the material and manufacturing technology adjustment to desired aesthetic
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Integrated Model and Index for Circular Economy in the Built-Environment in the Indian Context Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Smitha J.S,Albert Thomas
Sustainable development aims at minimising waste and reducing exploitation of natural resources and energy, so that needs of the future generations are taken care of. Circular Economy (CE) is a new drift towards sustainability that aims at minimising waste and promoting material reuse, thereby creating a regenerative system. The construction industry is responsible for the extraction of raw materials
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Eco-innovation Adoption in Malaysian Contractor Firms: Understanding the Components and Drivers Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Siti Sarah Mat Isa,Nazirah Zainul Abidin
Eco-innovation (EI) is a concept that integrates eco-consciousness within innovation development. While EI has been widely applied in the manufacturing industry, its adoption in the construction sector remains uncertain. The rising concern of environmental impacts on construction necessitates the importance of finding more innovative ways to push environmental needs within the complexity of projects’
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Drivers of Applying Ecological Modernization to Construction Waste Minimization in New South Wales Construction Industry Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Sulala Al-Hamadani,Temitope Egbelakin,Willy Sher,Jason Von Meding
The application of ecological modernization (EM) (to delink industry growth from environmental damage) to minimize construction waste has not been explored within the construction industry in general, and the New South Wales (NSW) construction industry in particular. This study seeks to identify the drivers of applying EM to construction waste minimisation (CWM) in the industry. Also, to determine
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A Project Life-Cycle Readiness Approach to Manage Construction Waste in Jordan Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Saad Zighan,Moheeb Abualqumboz
The construction industry is well-known for generating the largest amount of waste amongst other industries, which significantly pollutes the environment. This study, therefore, examines the causes and sources of waste in construction projects, considering activities, inputs, and outputs of each phase of the construction projects’ lifecycle (i.e., concept, definition, deployment, and transition). Thirty
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Development of Lean Approaching Sustainability Tools (LAST) Matrix for Achieving Integrated Lean and Sustainable Construction Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Mughees Aslam,Zhili Gao,Gary Smith
Challenges exist across the three dimensions of construction sustainability (economic; social and environmental) due to low productivity, waste, safety, and environmental hazards attributed to existing construction management practices. Lean construction (LC) has been widely accepted as a robust philosophy to enable sustainable construction (SC) practices. However, the existing literature is more
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Synchronising Off-Site Fabrication with On-Site Production in Construction Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-08-15 Alan Mossman,Saad Sarhan
The aim of this study is to explore how offsite fabrication (OSF) can be tightly coupled with production and assembly on-site. Prefabrication is a production method that has potential to yield significant productivity and sustainability improvements in the construction industry. Failure to synchronise production in the factory with on-site production can lead to financial losses for the client/owner
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Changes in Job Situations for Women Workforce in Construction during the COVID-19 Pandemic Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-05-27 Bee Lan Oo,Benson Teck Heng Lim
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced unique circumstances to women workforce in construction including the need to work from home, changes in job situations and family responsibilities following the lockdowns. This exploratory study was conducted around six months into the pandemic in examining the changes of their job situations, and their perceptions of career aspects during the pandemic. The results
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Exploring Project Complexity Relations to Scope Changes in Construction Projects: A Case Study of NEC Projects in South Africa Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-05-27 Themba Lukhele,Brink Botha,Sijekula Mbanga
Construction projects are of very complex nature, and subject to circumstances of high uncertainties and risks due to the interdependences of activities and processes in the project performance. As a result of the dynamic complexities inherited in construction projects, changes in the scope of work are inevitable. Of particular concern is that, when scope changes are introduced in a project, contractors
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Influence of Internal Organizational Factors and Institutional Pressures on Construction Firms' Performance Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-05-26 Hassan Fehan,Osaro Aigbogun
A significant number of empirical studies have reported contrasting results regarding the effects of certain internal organizational factors (Leadership Style - Team competency and Skills - Effective Communication) on construction performance. As a result, generalizations remain sketchy, and a better understanding is needed. This study lends a voice to the literature's debate by introducing the part
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Digital and Social Media Marketing - Growing Market Share for Construction SMEs Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-03-03 Simon Malesev,Michael Cherry
The construction industry has not been an early adopter of social media and digital marketing, due largely to lack of knowledge of and skills in these areas. Nevertheless, effectively deployed, digital and social media marketing can be a disruptive force allowing smaller residential construction companies to build brand awareness and win business from larger competitors. This study uses a qualitative
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Modelling Customers’ Perception of the Quality of Services Provided by Builders: A Case of Victoria, Australia Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-02-24 Argaw Gurmu,Anna Galluzzo,John Kite
Consumer satisfaction is essential for quality assurance, business survival and economic prosperity. It can also be used as an indicator of the occurrence of defects in the houses delivered by builders. The objective of this study is to compare the quality of services provided by volume and small builders, and to develop a model for predicting the chance of occurrence of structural defects in houses
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Achieving Sustainable Procurement in Construction Projects: The Pivotal Role of a Project Management Office Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-02-24 Mahmoud Ershadi,Marcus Jefferies,Peter Davis,Mohammad Mojtahedi
Environmental and ecological impacts associated with construction activities have become an ever-increasing concern, especially the considerable amount of waste generated on construction sites. Regulations and growing client pressure on meeting environmental standards have led contractors to adopt sustainable practices and try to embed this concept in their processes. Sustainable procurement management
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Design Delays in Building Projects in India: Effects and Remedies Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2021-02-24 Dillip Kumar Das,Fidelis Emuze
Empirical evidence shows that design-related challenges influence delay in building projects in India. Based on case studies of building projects from the capital region of Odisha Province of India, the factors relating to consultants and design have been identified and policy interventions were compiled to reduce design linked delay. A survey method to collect data, statistical analysis and a Systems
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Project governance practices in urban public housing projects: a case study of public housing in Malaysia Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-11-19 Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Latiff,Aini Jaapar,Che Maznah Mat Isa
The urban public housing project, especially for low-income people, is essential to cater to the increasing urbanisation rate in Malaysia. This study aimed to gain an understanding of the project governance practices in urban public housing projects in Malaysia, which will lead to better project delivery and the successful outcome of the projects. A single case study was conducted on a public housing
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Further insights by project managers into the problems in project management Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-11-19 Peter Vincent Livesey
A Delphi study using twenty-three project practitioners over six rounds is aimed to identify significant problems in project management, arising from the nature of projects other than those readily identifiable in a literature review. The study goes on to identify project managers’ behaviours which are recognised as having successful impacts on the delivery of projects. A Relative Importance Index
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Energy and economic analysis of environmental upgrading of existing office buildings Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-11-18 Dinh Manh Nguyen,Grace Ding,Göran Runeson
Over many decades, buildings have been recognised as a significant area contributing to the negative impacts on the environment over their lifecycle, accelerating climate change. In return, climate change also impacts on buildings with extreme heatwaves occurring more frequently and raising the earth’s temperature. The operation phase is the most extended period over a building’s lifespan. In this
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Strategic determinants of big data analytics in the AEC sector: a multi-perspective framework Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-11-18 Sushil S. Chaurasia,Surabhi Verma
With constant flow of large data sets generated by different organisations, big data analytics promises to be a revolutionary game changer for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. Despite the potential of Big Data, there has been little research conducted thus far to understand the Big Data phenomenon, specifically in the AEC industry. The objective of this research therefore
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Identifying success criteria at the post-handover stage for international development projects Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-11-18 Johan Fahri,Julien Pollack,Duro Kolar
The question of how successful a project is beyond the handover stage is still echoing in the literature on project management and more magnified in international development (ID) projects. In addressing the question, this study aims to demonstrate the importance of time frame in assessing project success, particularly identifying the success criteria at the post-handover stages (outcome and impact
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Barriers to reusing and recycling office fit-out: an exploratory analysis of demolition processes and product features Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-11-17 Alireza Ahmadian Fard Fini,Perry Forsythe
Within the highly waste-generative context of Australia, waste from demolition of office fit-out significantly contributes to unsustainable landfilling. The extant literature is, however, slim on scrutiny of the situation. Therefore, this study aims to uncover office fit-out demolition processes and product features that drive high ratio of landfilling fit-out elements. The research used ten case projects
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4D visualization to bridge the knowing-doing gap in megaprojects: an Australian case study Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-11-16 Abhijnan Datta,Johan Ninan,Shankar Sankaran
The literature on megaprojects are oriented towards ‘knowing’ the problems and ‘knowing’ the solutions, and there is a dearth in literature aimed at explaining strategies adopted in ‘doing’ or implementing that knowledge. Particularly, the literature highlights communication as important as part of the ‘knowing,’ while there is a gap in ‘doing,’ as performance improvements are still not evident. This
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Relationship between contractor satisfaction and project management performance Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-11-15 Martin Skitmore,Bo Xiong,Bo Xia,Asrul Masrom,Sidney Newton
Despite the fast growth of project-based companies and industries, studies of the satisfaction-performance (S-P) nexus of project participants are lacking. This study aims to explore the role of contractor satisfaction in affecting contractor project management performance along with considering external effects from other key participants. Two broad dimensions of satisfaction toward noneconomic factors
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Innovation in the globalised world: educating future building professionals Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-09-04 Barry Cooper-Cooke, Monty Sutrisna, Oluwole Alfred Olatunji
© 2020 by the author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/), allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original
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Critical success factors for managing post-disaster reconstruction projects: the case of Angola Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-09-03 Nyamagere Gladys Sospeter, Pantaleo D Rwelamila, Joaquim G Gimbi
Although some studies have been carried out on project management of “typical” construction projects, little work has been done on what makes Post-Disaster Reconstruction Projects (PDRPs) successful. This paper analyses the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for implementation of PDRPs in Angola. The paper adopted a survey and interviews. Data was collected from project participants within the ministry
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The impact of a first-year orientation team building exercise Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-09-03 John Smallwood, Chris Allen
Experience and anecdotal evidence indicate that first-year students experience challenges in terms of adapting to our university construction management course environment. The purpose of the study is to determine the impact of a team building event on first-year students’ skills, core competencies, ability to manage themselves, work as a team, interface with each other, strategize, plan, evolve tactics
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Examining the impact of students’ attendance, sketching, visualization, and tutors experience on students’ performance: a case of building structures course in construction management Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-09-03 Fahim Ullah, Samad Sepasgozer, Faham Tahmasebinia, Saleh Mohammad Ebrahimzadeh Sepasgozar, Steven Davis
The aim of this paper is to examine students’ performance in a computation-based course by evaluating the effects of key factors including sketching, visualization resources provided to them during the lectures, their attendance and tutors’ experience. A systematic review was conducted including 192 articles published during January 2010 to December 2019. Further, a case study has been conducted in
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Facilitating reflective practice: developing built environment educators’ capacity for teaching and learning Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-09-03 Gesa Ruge, Lara Mackintosh
The international literature on higher education emphasises the importance for academics and professional staff to develop their disciplinary teaching and learning practice. Teaching staff in built environment degree programs tend to focus on ‘what’ subject content is taught and less on ‘how to’ improve and innovate teaching and learning contexts and students’ skills development. To investigate these
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DigiExplanation driven assignments for personalising learning in construction education Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-09-03 Imriyas Kamardeen, Marini Samaratunga
Personalising learning is critical for universities to achieving excellence in education. It entails maintaining an education system that is responsive to the learning needs, aptitudes and interests of individual students. Rather than imposing a ‘one-size fits all’ model, personalising learning is anticipated to ensure that every learner achieves his/her highest potential. Pedagogical literature suggests
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Early career women in construction: Are their career expectations being met? Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-09-03 Bee Lan Oo, Teck-Heng Benson Lim, Siyu Feng
The recruitment, retention and development of early career women have always been a challenge in the construction industry. With the focus on early career women or new female construction management degree graduate hires in construction, this study explores: (i) factors influencing their choice of career in construction; (ii) the extent of which their career expectations were met in their first few
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Innovation in project management education - let’s get serious! Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-09-03 Tim Tews, Greg Skulmoski, Craig Langston, Alan Patching
More educators use serious games (e.g., games where the primary objective is learning rather than enjoyment) to enhance learning due to benefits such as improved understanding and engagement. However, using serious games within project management education is not well understood. The aim of this research is to investigate project management serious games in higher education: i) determine the extent
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Factors influencing the performance of architects in construction projects Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-09-03 Amy Marisa, Nor'Aini Yusof
The construction industry has been accused of ineffectiveness and inefficiency because of delays, cost overruns and defects that are partly due to flaws in the design. As professionals responsible for design, architects should achieve optimum performance in the project delivery process. This study aims to investigate the factors that influence the performance of architects in construction projects
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Key ingredients for a collaborative urban regeneration strategy in the Global South Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-06-22 Luke Boyle, Kathy Michell
The paper documents the development of a collaborative regeneration strategy for a marginalised community in Cape Town that was led by a Non-Profit Company (NPC). NPC’s vision for the strategy was to incorporate key inputs from the community to unlock the economic potential of the area and promote upliftment. A case study methodology was adopted which included a series of interviews and community engagement
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Special issue: urban regeneration for sustainable development Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-05-09 Alex Opoku, Julius Akotia
© 2020 by the author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/), allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original
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The role of built environment practitioners in driving the socio-economic sustainability aspects of sustainable regeneration Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-05-09 Julius Akotia, Emmanuel Manu, Alex Opoku, Enoch Sackey
In the United Kingdom (UK), over the past three decades efforts have been made to ensure adequate promotion of sustainability objectives through various policy initiatives. However, despite the effort and the existence of these policy initiatives, sustainability projects in particular, regeneration projects are yet to deliver their intended sustainability objectives. While there is a rise in demand
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Trojans of ambiguity vs resilient regeneration: visual meaning in cities Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-05-09 Pieter Marthinus De Kock, Silvio Carta
Introduction: This paper presents a theoretical framework that helps identify visual sustainability in urban projects and evaluates its relevance for the use, design and making of public space. Aim: It is aimed at showing how the process of urban regeneration is far more nuanced and sophisticated than much of today’s building industry allows for. Methodology: The first part of the article provides
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Regeneration of Sub-Saharan Africa’s open market places: a case for Guileless stakeholder participation Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-05-09 Emmanuel Adinyira, Kofi Agyekum, Bernard Kofi Baiden, Obas John Ebohon, Godslove Ampratwum
Sub-Saharan Africa’s urban culture makes open market places an essential part of life in their cities. What goes on in these markets undoubtedly opens them up to threats of adversity, tragedy and other significant sources of stress. How can these open market places be regenerated into resiliently sustainable places? From a case study of the regeneration redevelopment of the largest open-air market
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An investigation of barriers and enablers to energy efficiency retrofitting of social housing in London Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-05-09 James Peel, Vian Ahmed, Sara Saboor
Carbon emissions, being hazardous, are triggering social concerns which have led to the creation of international treaties to address climate change. Similarly, the United Kingdom under the Climate Change Act (2008) has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emission by at least 80% over 1990 levels by 2050. However, being the oldest member of the EU states (before Brexit), the UK has the oldest
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Appraisal of the drivers of smart city development in South Africa Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-05-09 Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke, Douglas O. Aghimien, Clinton O. Aigbavboa, Opeoluwa I. Akinradewo
The quest for smart cities and development has been on the increase among infrastructural development stakeholders, including clients, government agencies responsible for the management of infrastructures, construction professionals, sponsors, and financiers of these projects. However, studies around the world have shown that less attention is being paid by these stakeholders to various indices and
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Holistic sustainability: advancing interdisciplinary building design through tools and data in Denmark Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-05-09 Nils Lykke Sørensen, Freja Nygaard Rasmussen, Turid Borgestrand Øien, Anne Kathrine Frandsen
Sustainable housing and buildings constitute a fundamental part of the future urban fabric. This study aims at clarifying how different actors employ parameters of sustainability in building design and what enables the holistic perspective of the interrelating social, economic and environmental parameters. Interviews with building developers and designers show that decision support tools are used late
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Framework of Socialisation, Authentic Leadership and Affective Commitment for Construction Professionals Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-03-14 Sachin Batra
This paper highlights the human resources (HR) or behaviour-related success factors in construction projects, and these are training, understanding, co-worker support, future prospects, authentic leadership, and affective commitment. There exists discrepancies in existing literature regarding the factor structure of organisational socialisation and authentic leadership. Therefore, this study aims to
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Development of a scale for factors causing delays in infrastructure projects in India Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-03-07 J.C. Edison, Harish Kumar Singla
The objective of the paper is to develop a validated scale to measure the factors that cause delays in infrastructure projects. The study employed a standard three phase scale development procedure of Churchill (1979) which was augmented subsequently by Nunnally, Bernstein and Berge (1994) and Prakash and Phadtare (2018). In phase one, 73 factors that cause delays were identified, which were reduced
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Exploring anti-corruption capabilities of e-procurement in construction project delivery in Nigeria Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-03-07 Egidario Aduwo, Eziyi Ibem, Adedeji Afolabi, Adedamola Oluwunmi, Patience Tunji-Olayeni, Emmanuel Ayo-Vaughan, Uwakonye Uwakonye, Aderonke Oni
The use of electronic (e-) procurement to support the execution of supply chain management activities in the different industrial sectors is permeating all regions of the world. However, in countries in sub-Saharan Africa where there is a significant level of corruption and unethical practices in the procurement process, there is a need for a better understanding of how e-Procurement can help to check
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Underlying structures of risk response measures among small and medium contractors in South Africa Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Berenger Yembi Renault, Justus Ngala Agumba, Nazee Ansary
Although attention has been given to the measures used to respond to risk in the construction industry (CI), there is limited literature that scrutinizes underlying structures of risk response measures (RRMs) especially among small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study, therefore, presents findings from an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of RRMs. A positivist paradigm was adopted to collect empirical
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A scientometric analysis and review of fall from height research in construction Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2020-03-01 Vigneshkumar C, Urmi Ravindra Salve
Fall from height (FFH) in the construction industry has earned much attention among researchers in recent years. The present review-based study introduced a science mapping approach to evaluate the FFH studies related to the construction industry. This study, through an extensive bibliometric and scientometric assessment, recognized the most active journals, keywords and the nations in the field of
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Life cycle carbon emissions and comparative evaluation of selected open source UK embodied carbon counting tools Construction Economics and Building Pub Date : 2019-11-21 Damilola Ekundayo, Solomon Olusola Babatunde, Aisha Ekundayo, Srinath Perera, Chika Udeaja
Life cycle carbon emissions (LCO2), made up of operational and embodied carbon, have become a major metric of building environmental performance and energy efficiency. Whilst there are now standard methods for operational carbon assessment due to its significance in LCO2, there is still less emphasis on embodied carbon counting. However, the relative contribution of embodied carbon is on the rise as