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An assessment of waste management efficiency at BAA airports

Pitt, Michael; Smith, Andrew - In: Construction Management and Economics 21 (2003) 4, pp. 421-431

The issue of waste management within airports is becoming increasingly important with enormous increases in passenger … numbers and is a key responsibility of the facilities manager. Airports are notoriously poor environmental performers and this … efficiency of waste management operations at BAA airports, with reference to best practices within airports in continental Europe …

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Establishing quantitative indicators for measuring the partnering performance of construction projects in Hong Kong

Yeung, John; Chan, Albert; Chan, Daniel - In: Construction Management and Economics 26 (2008) 3, pp. 277-301

Research into Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for partnering projects in construction becomes vital because an increasing trend of client organizations has been observed to introduce a partnering approach to their building and construction works internationally during the last decade. A...

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Critical stressors influencing construction estimators in Hong Kong

Leung, Mei-Yung; Ng, Thomas; Skitmore, Martin; Cheung, … - In: Construction Management and Economics 23 (2005) 1, pp. 33-44

The main task of contractors' estimators is to predict the likely costs involved in executing a future project. This is an onerous job as any errors made can undermine project success and ultimately reduce the contractors' profit margins. The inherent uncertainty of most construction work,...

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Construction and economic development: the case of Hong Kong

Wong, James; Chiang, Y. H.; Ng, Thomas - In: Construction Management and Economics 26 (2008) 8, pp. 815-826

The role of construction in economic development is an important issue facing the construction research community, government and international development agencies. Based on empirical analyses, the complexities of the relationship between construction activity and stage of economic development...

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Development of a partnering performance index (PPI) for construction projects in Hong Kong: a Delphi study

Yeung, John; Chan, Albert; Chan, Daniel; Li, Leong Kwan - In: Construction Management and Economics 25 (2007) 12, pp. 1219-1237

Over the past decade, research studies on benefits, critical success factors, difficulties, process, conceptual and theoretical models of construction partnering have been ubiquitous in the construction management discipline. In fact, there is adequate evidence that an increasing number of...

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Management of construction waste in public housing projects in Hong Kong

Poon, Chi Sun; Yu, Ann Tit Wan; Wong, Sze Wai; Cheung, … - In: Construction Management and Economics 22 (2004) 7, pp. 675-689

Waste management in the building industry in Hong Kong has become a major environmental issue in recent years. Of particular concern is the increasing amount of construction and demolition (C&D) waste being dumped at landfill sites. Greater consideration must be given to waste generation and...

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Modelling building durations in Hong Kong

Chan, Albert - In: Construction Management and Economics 17 (1999) 2, pp. 189-196

The duration of Australian construction has been modelled by a time-cost formula expressed in the form of T=KCB, where T is the actual construction time in working days, C is the final cost of contract in millions, K is a constant characteristic of building time performance, and B is a constant...

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Reducing building waste at construction sites in Hong Kong

Poon, C. S.; Yu, Ann; Jaillon, L. - In: Construction Management and Economics 22 (2004) 5, pp. 461-470

The building industry is using a considerable amount of resources, but if the life cycle of the material on site is closely examined, it is generally known that there is a relatively large portion of the materials being wasted because of poor material control on building sites. The problem of...

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Dynamics of control in construction project teams

Tuuli, Martin Morgan; Rowlinson, Steve; Koh, Tas Yong - In: Construction Management and Economics 28 (2010) 2, pp. 189-202

Control is pervasive in construction project environments. The management of projects through various planning and control tools has therefore been described essentially as rebureaucratization which increases control over individuals, teams and organizations through ideologies of efficiency and...

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The positive use of power on a major construction project

Walker, Anthony; Newcombe, Robert - In: Construction Management and Economics 18 (2000) 1, pp. 37-44

Although reasonably well developed in the general management literature, the source and use of power in organizations has received little attention in relation to its effect on the management of construction projects. This paper reviews the literature on power and its relationship to both formal...

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