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Bishop, D (1994) The professionals' view of the Health and Safety Commission's draft Construction (Design and Management) Regulations. Construction Management and Economics, 12(04), 365-72.

Cannon, J (1994) Lies and construction statistics. Construction Management and Economics, 12(04), 307-13.

Ganesan, S (1994) Employment maximization in construction in developing countries. Construction Management and Economics, 12(04), 323-35.

Groák, S (1994) Is construction an industry? Notes towards a greater analytic emphasis on external linkages. Construction Management and Economics, 12(04), 287-93.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: demand chain; external linkages; project; technological paradigm; technology fusion
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446199400000038
  • Abstract:

    There has been a frequent misconception in analyses of construction sectors of the national economy: the tendency to describe these activities as ’an industry’ or a small and stable set of ’industries’. This has led to confusion. Construction was inappropriately assimilated to various forms of manufacturing industry. Characteristics of the construction process were treated as ’problems’, to whose solution substantial energies were unnecessarily diverted. There has been muddle about the extent to which macro-level planning is appropriate, notably on R&D strategies and innovation for improved industrial efficiency. Construction projects increasingly use unfamiliar technological bases, comparable to ’technology fusion’ in other sectors. A more fruitful emphasis may be to regard construction as organized as agglomerations of projects - rather than as a discrete industry or a fixed constellation of firms. The idea of the ’demand chain’ is introduced. The paper concludes that a ’technological paradigm’ should replace the ’industry paradigm’ and that an enduring question remains to explore what is meant by construction ’capacity’.

Ive, G (1994) A theory of ownership types applied to the construction majors. Construction Management and Economics, 12(04), 349-64.

Lansley, P R (1994) Analysing construction organizations. Construction Management and Economics, 12(04), 337-48.

Meikle, J L and Connaughton, J N (1994) How long should housing last? Some implications of the age and probable life of housing in England. Construction Management and Economics, 12(04), 315-21.

Ofori, G (1994) Establishing construction economics as an academic discipline. Construction Management and Economics, 12(04), 295-306.

Sebestyén, G (1994) A bulletin of statistics: some considerations. Construction Management and Economics, 12(04), 373-5.