The poor performance and inefficiencies of the construction industry are well recognized and documented. Through a variety of combined industry and government initiatives there has been a continual expression in the UK over the last decade of the urgent need to address the fragmented nature of...

Construction Informatics deals with subjects ranging from strategic management of ICTs to interoperability and information integration in the construction industry. Studies on defining research directions for Construction Informatics have a history over 20 years. The recent studies in the area...

Technology has developed dramatically over the past five and particularly three decades. The way we live our lives has changed and is set to change ever more with the effects this technology has on our planet’s environment. Construction is one of the world’s oldest industries and has been...

Electronic Trading is a business relationship that relies upon the use of computer and telecommunication technology for information exchange. In order to understand the development of electronic trading between construction firms, the CONNET model was developed. This model identifies the factors...

Literature and past research suggests that one of the reasons for the poor performance of the construction industry is due to the inappropriateness of the awarded contractor. In order to ensure a successful completion of a project, a comprehensive and careful assessment of contractors data in a...

The thesis considers the construction tender price index, an important area of construction economics, and models are developed to fit the trends in this index. Between 1980 and 1987, the UK Building Cost Index produced by the Building Cost Information Service increased at an annual rate of 6.3%...

Projections into future increasingly suggest that the intensity and frequency of Extreme Weather Events (EWEs) will increase in the future. This has demanded the business organisations as well to be prepared to face the increasing risk of EWEs, in order to ensure their business continuity....

Performance improvement in the construction industry is significantly influenced by the innovation performance of small construction knowledge-intensive professional service firms (SCKIPSFs). There is thus an urgent need to better understand the nature and process of innovation in such firms....

The financial liberalisation theorem postulates that liberalising the financial sector is a route to increasing savings and investment, and thus the promotion of growth. Endogenous growth models suggest that financial sector development increases savings mobilisation, transfers savings into...

This research discusses and analyses the role of construction in economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a special emphasis on Angola and Mozambique. This study follows research undertaken by previous writers who have investigated the relationship between the construction sector and...