Since the late 1970s, the <italic>Engineering News-Record</italic> (<italic>ENR</italic>) has produced annual lists ranking firms involved in development of the built environment on the basis of their international revenues. <italic>ENR</italic> lists, such as the Top 225 International Contractors and the Top 200 International Design Firms, have...

Based on the polluter pays principle, construction waste disposal charging schemes (CWDCS) have been deployed by various economies as one of the most effective ways of managing construction waste. Nevertheless, a means of rationalizing these schemes has not been well documented. Using the...