Introduction : tracing the history of construction reports from Simon (1944) to the Construction Sector Deal (2018)-- A critique of the modern construction industry -- Replacing target setting -- Setting out the priorities of the broad objectives -- The size and scope of the construction sector...

This is a book about the whole diverse range of firms that are found in the construction sector, about their decision-making and the economic environments in which they operate. The authors aim to provide a new and coherent perspective on these firms and the choices they have to make - both for...

This book will be of interest to built environment professionals and to students of the economics and management of the built environment. It shows the value of integrating ideas and data about the production of the built environment as an industrial process with theories and data about the...

Measuring construction activity in the UK / Noble Francis -- Construction output as gross fixed capital formation / Gerard de Valence & Jim Meikle -- Benchmarking international construction costs / Craig Langston.

As a method of procuring the services of the built environment, performance-based contracting (PBC) seeks to link the building supplier to longer term commitments than has traditionally been the case in the construction sector. By rewarding the building producer according to the way that...

There is a need to model construction industries in different countries for international construction marketing purposes and global construction and environmental policy. In the absence of a common method of construction data collection and analysis, estimates of the size of national...