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An intelligent approach to the engineering management of subsidence cases
Emerald - Tập 3 Số 3 - Trang 233-248 - 1996
DARRENSCOTT, CHIMAY J.ANUMBA
The engineering management of housing subsidence cases is an important field of work for many UK engineers, and remains of enduring interest to householders, insurers and other parties involved in the construction and maintenance of residential buildings. There are often difficulties in the diagnosis and repair of buildings subject to subsidence damage due to several factors, including the...... hiện toàn bộ
Cost‐significant modelling ‐ its potential for use in south‐east Asia
Emerald - Tập 2 Số 2 - Trang 121-139 - 1995
PAUL S.H.POH, R.MALCOLM W. HORNER
A rich variety of cost models is used in the world's construction industries. In countries exposed to British practice, the use of traditional bills of quantities is common. Elsewhere, bills of quantities may not be used at all. This paper briefly reviews the nature and purpose of cost models both in the UK and in south‐east Asia. It explains how the principle of cost‐significance can lead...... hiện toàn bộ
Dispute causation: identification of pathogenic influences in construction
Emerald - - 2010
PeterLove, PeterDavis, JoanneEllis, SaiOn Cheung
PurposeWhile a considerable amount of knowledge has been accumulated about dispute causation, disputes continue to prevail and disharmonise the process of construction with considerable cost. This paper seeks to identify the underlying pathogens that clients and contractors perceive to contribute to disputes in construction...... hiện toàn bộ
Knowledge management in consulting engineering – joining IT and human resources to support the production of knowledge
Emerald - Tập 10 Số 6 - Trang 391-401 - 2003
ChristianKoch
This article discusses how information technology and human resource oriented management tools can be integrated using their respective strengths to enable knowledge production. Two companies’ KM strategies encompassing a strong IT‐component in combination with organisation, training and office design are analysed. Their experience shows that joining information technology with the human r...... hiện toàn bộ
Making sense of research quality assessment
Emerald - - 2007
PeterLansley
PurposeFor many academics in UK universities the nature and orientation of their research is overwhelmingly determined by considerations of how that work will be graded in research assessment exercises (RAEs). The grades awarded to work in a particular subject area can have a considerable impact on the individual and their ...... hiện toàn bộ
Editorial
Emerald - - 2003
Information for the management of the building‐materials flow
Emerald - Tập 1 Số 2 - Trang 139-146 - 1994
EVERT R.POORTMAN, H.NORBERT M. BONS
The job satisfaction of UK architects and relationships with work‐life balance and turnover intentions
Emerald - - 2009
Katherine J.C.Sang, Stephen G.Ison, Andrew R.J.Dainty
PurposeThere is evidence that those working within the construction industry are exposed to a number of stressors which potentially negatively impact well‐being, namely; long working hours, high workload, poor work‐life balance, low sense of professional worth and lack of job security. Additionally there is some evidence ar...... hiện toàn bộ
Competitive strategy for quantity surveying practices: the importance of information technology
Emerald - Tập 3 Số 3 - Trang 163-186 - 1996
MARTIN J.JENNINGS, MARTINBETTS
Strategic planning in pursuit of competitive advantage has become a wide‐spread modern business objective. The construction industry shows some evidence of strategic planning implementation; however such concepts are mainly adopted by large contracting companies that have the resources to identify and develop competitive weapons such as information systems/technology (IS/IT). For professio...... hiện toàn bộ
Investigating interpersonal communication during construction progress meetings: challenges and opportunities
Emerald - - 2003
Christopher A.Gorse, StephenEmmitt
Progress meetings provide a central forum for requesting and exchanging the information necessary for the successful completion of construction projects. Although common to the majority of projects, little is known about the interaction between participants during these meetings. Reviews appropriateness of methodologies for the study of group interaction and discusses the problems encounte...... hiện toàn bộ
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