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Arewa, A and Farrell, P (2015) The culture of construction organisations: the epitome of institutionalised corruption. Construction Economics and Building, 15(03), 59-71.

Chancellor, W (2015) Drivers of productivity: a case study of the Australian construction industry. Construction Economics and Building, 15(03), 85-97.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Productivity; efficiency; construction
  • ISBN/ISSN: 2204-9033
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v15i3.4551
  • Abstract:
    Australian construction productivity has grown slowly since 1985 and remains arguably stagnant. The importance of this study is therefore to examine several factors through to be drivers of construction productivity and to understand possible avenues for improvement. The drivers tested are research and development, apprentices, wage growth, unionisation and safety regulation. Expenditure on research and development and the number of apprentices were found to be drivers of productivity growth in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. These findings are important because collectively, these three states account for a majority of construction activity in Australia.

Eriksson, T (2015) Developing routines in large inter-organisational projects: a case study of an infrastructure megaproject. Construction Economics and Building, 15(03), 1-18.

Fahri, J, Biesenthal, C, Pollack, J and Sankaran, S (2015) Understanding megaproject success beyond the project close-out stage. Construction Economics and Building, 15(03), 48-58.

Ko, J-H, Park, S-H and Kim, D-C (2015) Efficiency analysis of project management offices for large-scale information system projects: insights for construction megaprojects. Construction Economics and Building, 15(03), 34-47.

Lu, Y, Li, Y, Pang, D and Zhang, Y (2015) Organizational network evolution and governance strategies in megaprojects. Construction Economics and Building, 15(03), 19-33.

Manderson, A, Jeffries, M and Brewer, G (2015) Building information modelling and standardised construction contracts: a content analysis of the GC21 contract. Construction Economics and Building, 15(03), 72-84.