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Baker, S, Ponniah, D and Smith, S (1999) Risk response techniques employed currently for major projects. Construction Management and Economics, 17(02), 205-13.
Baldwin, A N, Austin, S A, Hassan, T M and Thorpe, A (1999) Modelling information flow during the conceptual and schematic stages of building design. Construction Management and Economics, 17(02), 155-67.
Chan, A P C (1999) Modelling building durations in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 17(02), 189-96.
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.
Green, S D (1999) The missing arguments of lean construction. Construction Management and Economics, 17(02), 133--7.
Gyi, D E, Gibb, A G F and Haslam, R A (1999) The quality of accident and health data in the construction industry: interviews with senior managers. Construction Management and Economics, 17(02), 197-204.
Li, H and Love, P E D (1999) Combining rule-based expert systems and artificial neural networks for mark-up estimation. Construction Management and Economics, 17(02), 169-76.
Loosemore, M (1999) Bargaining tactics in construction disputes. Construction Management and Economics, 17(02), 177-88.
Proverbs, D G, Holt, G D and Olomolaiye, P O (1999) European construction contractors: a productivity appraisal of in situ concrete operations. Construction Management and Economics, 17(02), 221-30.
- 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.
Ray, R S, Hornibrook, J, Skitmore, M R and Zarkada-Fraser, A (1999) Ethics in tendering: a survey of Australian opinion and practice. Construction Management and Economics, 17(02), 139-53.
Sozen, Z and Kucuk, M A (1999) Secondary subcontracting in the Turkish construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 17(02), 215-20.
Tan, W (1999) Construction cost and building height. Construction Management and Economics, 17(02), 129-32.