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Burchett, J F, Tummala, V M R and Leung, H M (1999) A world-wide survey of current practices in the management of risk within electrical supply projects. Construction Management and Economics, 17(01), 77-90.

Chapman, R J (1999) The likelihood and impact of changes of key project personnel on the design process. Construction Management and Economics, 17(01), 99-106.

Egbu, C O (1999) Skills, knowledge and competencies for managing construction refurbishment works. Construction Management and Economics, 17(01), 29-43.

Green, S D and Simister, S J (1999) Modelling client business processes as an aid to strategic briefing. Construction Management and Economics, 17(01), 63-76.

Laukkanen, T (1999) Construction work and education: occupational health and safety reviewed. Construction Management and Economics, 17(01), 53-62.

Loosemore, M (1999) A grounded theory of construction crisis management. Construction Management and Economics, 17(01), 9-19.

Moatazed-Keivani, R, Ghanbari-Parsa, A R and Kagaya, S (1999) ISO 9000 standards: perceptions and experiences in the UK construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 17(01), 107-19.

Proverbs, D G, Holt, G D and Olomolaiye, P O (1999) Productivity rates and construction methods for high rise concrete construction: a comparative evaluation of UK, German and French contractors. Construction Management and Economics, 17(01), 45-52.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: analysis of variance; construction method; European comparison; formwork; productivity
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/014461999371817
  • Abstract:

    Recent investigations concerning the productivity of the UK construction industry and its performance compared with other European and worldwide nations have reported conflicting endings. These investigations have utilized various methodologies in attempting to measure and compare productivity levels. The present investigation uses a customized method to gauge the productivity at site level of three European national construction industries, namely Germany, France and the UK. Analysis of variance is employed to compare the productivity rates used by contractors’ planning engineers for a specific concreting operation. The performance of UK contractors is found to be more disparate than those of contractors in either France or Germany. Although leading UK contractors can compete with the best on the continent, there are a number of companies whose performance is far worse than any in France and Germany, due mainly to the construction methods used by UK contractors. It is concluded, therefore, that a best practice recommendation for UK contractors would be for them to avoid using traditional timber formwork methods to beams, and instead adopt more productive approaches afforded using either proprietary or prefabricated systems.

Raftery, J (1999) Quasi-rational behaviour in the property and construction market. Construction Management and Economics, 17(01), 21-7.

Skitmore, M R and Mills, A (1999) A needs based methodology for classifying construction clients and selecting contractors: comment. Construction Management and Economics, 17(01), 5-7.

Yau, N-J, Yang, J-B and Hsieh, T-Y (1999) Inducing rules for selecting retaining wall systems. Construction Management and Economics, 17(01), 91-8.