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Öz, Ö (2001) Sources of competitive advantage of Turkish construction companies in international markets. Construction Management and Economics, 19(02), 135-44.
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Al-Sudairi, A A and Al-Motairi, M S (2010) Multi objective land use allocation model using priority-based goal programming technique. Construction Management and Economics, 28(02), 61.
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Arditi, D and Lee, D-E (2003) Assessing the corporate service quality performance of design build contractors using quality function deployment. Construction Management and Economics, 21(02), 175-85.
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Azman, M A, Hon, C K H, Skitmore, M, Lee, B L and Xia, B (2019) A Meta-frontier method of decomposing long-term construction productivity components and technological gaps at the firm level: evidence from Malaysia. Construction Management and Economics, 37(02), 72–88.
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Burchett, J F and Tummala, V M R (1998) An application of the risk management process (RMP) in capital investment decisions for an EHV transmission line construction project. Construction Management and Economics, 16(02), 235-44.
Bygballe, L E, Håkansson, H and Jahre, M (2013) A critical discussion of models for conceptualizing the economic logic of construction. Construction Management and Economics, 31(02), 104-18.
Carbonara, N and Pellegrino, R (2020) The role of public private partnerships in fostering innovation. Construction Management and Economics, 38(02), 140–56.
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Chan, A P C (1999) Modelling building durations in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 17(02), 189-96.
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Chang, C-Y (2013) A critical review of the application of TCE in the interpretation of risk allocation in PPP contracts. Construction Management and Economics, 31(02), 99-103.
Chau, K W and Lai, L W C (1994) A comparison between growth in labour productivity in the construction industry and the economy. Construction Management and Economics, 12(02), 183-5.
Chau, K W and So, A T P (1995) A fuzzy expert system for contract decision making. Construction Management and Economics, 13(02), 95-103.
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Dainty, A R J, Bagilhole, B M and Neale, R H (2000) A grounded theory of women's career under-achievement in large UK construction companies. Construction Management and Economics, 18(02), 239-50.
Dainty, A R J, Cheng, M-I and Moore, D R (2003) Redefining performance measures for construction project managers: an empirical evaluation. Construction Management and Economics, 21(02), 209-18.
Dansoh, A (2005) Strategic planning practice of construction firms in Ghana. Construction Management and Economics, 23(02), 163-–8.
Dansoh, A, Frimpong, S and Oppong, G D (2020) Exploring the dimensions of traditional authority influencing stakeholder management at the pre-construction stage of infrastructure projects. Construction Management and Economics, 38(02), 189–206.
Dawood, N N (1995) An integrated bidding management expert system for the make-to-order precast industry. Construction Management and Economics, 13(02), 115-25.
Dawood, N N and Neale, R H (1993) Forecasting the sales of pre-cast concrete building products. Construction Management and Economics, 11(02), 81-98.
de Valence, G and Runeson, G (2015) Graham Ive and the methodology of construction economics. Construction Management and Economics, 33(02), 126-33.
Dewlaney, K S and Hallowell, M (2012) Prevention through design and construction safety management strategies for high performance sustainable building construction. Construction Management and Economics, 30(02), 165-77.
Drew, D S, Lai, P Y, Li, H and Lo, H P (2002) Correcting the fee-technical score variability imbalance in two-envelope fee tendering. Construction Management and Economics, 20(02), 157-66.
Edwards, B and Eckblad, J (1984) Motivating the British construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 2(02), 145-56.
Edwards, D J and Holt, G D (2006) Hand-arm vibration exposure from construction tools: results of a field study. Construction Management and Economics, 24(02), 209-17.
Ekstrom, M A, Bjornsson, H C and Nass, C I (2003) Accounting for rater credibility when evaluating AEC subcontractors. Construction Management and Economics, 21(02), 197-208.
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Fellows, M F, Phua, F T T and Tutt, D E (2023) Building bridges: the bilingual language work of migrant construction workers. Construction Management and Economics, 41(02), 153–71.
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Flanagan, R and Norman, G (1983) The accuracy and monitoring of quantity surveyors' price forecasting for building work. Construction Management and Economics, 1(02), 157-80.
Forsythe, P J (2007) A conceptual framework for studying customer satisfaction in residential construction. Construction Management and Economics, 25(02), 171–82.
Fox, S (2003) A matrix to indicate the utility of technologies. Construction Management and Economics, 21(02), 187-96.
Furusaka, S and Gray, C (1984) A model for the selection of the optimum crane for construction sites. Construction Management and Economics, 2(02), 157-76.
Galea, N, Powell, A and Salignac, F (2023) The role of homosociality in maintaining men’s powerfulness in construction companies. Construction Management and Economics, 41(02), 172–82.
Gannon, M J and Smith, N J (2011) An effective outline business case to facilitate successful decision-making. Construction Management and Economics, 29(02), 185–97.
Gerth, R, Boqvist, A, Bjelkemyr, M and Lindberg, B (2013) Design for construction: utilizing production experiences in development. Construction Management and Economics, 31(02), 135-50.
Glass, J (2005) A best practice process model for hybrid concrete construction. Construction Management and Economics, 23(02), 169-84.
Goh, B-H (1999) An evaluation of the accuracy of the multiple regression approach in forecasting sectoral construction demand in Singapore. Construction Management and Economics, 17(02), 231-41.
Goh, B-H (2000) Evaluating the performance of combining neural networks and genetic algorithms to forecast construction demand: the case of the Singapore residential sector. Construction Management and Economics, 18(02), 209-17.
Gottlieb, S C and Haugbølle, K (2013) Contradictions and collaboration: partnering in-between systems of production, values and interests. Construction Management and Economics, 31(02), 119-34.
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- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: analysis of variance; Europe; in situ concrete; labour cost; productivity
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/014461999371727
- Abstract:
Site productivity levels for high-rise, in situ concrete operations are compared among three groups of European construction contractors. Results confirm significant differences between the contractor’ s productivity rates for each of the three countries investigated (Germany, France and the UK). German firms are the most efficient at reinforcement and concrete placing operations, whereas French firms are most productive at formwork. UK firms are the l east productive for two operations, namely form work and concrete. French firms are least productive at fixing reinforcement. Based on a specific model project, it is determined that French and German firms require significantly fewer man-hours to carry out the said concrete operations than do UK firms. UK contractors achieve the lowest levels of labour productivity for the operations involved. The UK also exhibited greater productivity variation, i.e. providing evidence of extreme (most and least efficient) levels of labour output for several concrete operations. Leading on from these analyses, a construction (labour) cost comparison indicates that French contractors are the least expensive. Furthermore, the ideal solution for clients would be to have French firms build their projects in the UK, since this combination provides the most economic solution to the model building overall.
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