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Chan, D W M and Kumaraswamy, M M (1999) Modelling and predicting construction durations in Hong Kong public housing. Construction Management and Economics, 17(03), 351-62.

Gaafar, H K and Perry, J G (1999) Strategies for insuring sub-contracted works. Construction Management and Economics, 17(03), 383-91.

Green, S D (1999) A participative research strategy for propagating soft methodologies in value management practice. Construction Management and Economics, 17(03), 329-40.

Irurah, D K and Holm, D (1999) Energy impact analysis of building construction as applied to South Africa. Construction Management and Economics, 17(03), 363-74.

Kenley, R (1999) Cash farming in building and construction: a stochastic analysis. Construction Management and Economics, 17(03), 393-401.

Leung, A W T and Tam, C M (1999) Prediction of hoisting time for tower cranes for public housing construction in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 17(03), 305-14.

Okoroh, M I and Torrance, V B (1999) A model for sub-contractor selection in refurbishment projects. Construction Management and Economics, 17(03), 315-27.

Pietroforte, R and Bon, R (1999) The Italian residential construction sector: an input-output historical analysis. Construction Management and Economics, 17(03), 297-303.

Runeson, G and Skitmore, M R (1999) Tendering theory revisited. Construction Management and Economics, 17(03), 285-96.

Scott, S and Assadi, S (1999) A survey of the site records kept by construction supervisors. Construction Management and Economics, 17(03), 375-82.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: claim; documentation; progress records; site operation; role; supervisor
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/014461999371574
  • Abstract:

    A number of writers have cited poor records as limiting the ability of supervisors, and indeed of contractors, to carry out some of their most important functions. The study reported in this paper aimed to identify the problems in detail. This was achieved by conducting a mail-shot survey of construction supervisors working for firms of civil engineering consultants. The results indicate that there is considerable room for improvement in the records kept on most sites, where guidelines are said to be inadequate and the problems of enforcing these inadequate guidelines were also recognized. The main source data for progress records was identified as the site diaries kept by individual members of the supervisor’ s team, and these were found to be particularly difficult to access for a number of reasons. Since the site diaries are such an important source of information, it is argued that most benefit may be gained by taking steps to improve these daily logs, which, in turn, will allow better overviews of progress to be produced.

Slaughter, E S (1999) Assessment of construction processes and innovations through simulation. Construction Management and Economics, 17(03), 341-50.

Stocks, S N and Singh, A (1999) Studies on the impact of functional analysis concept design on reduction in change orders. Construction Management and Economics, 17(03), 251-67.

Vermande, H M and Mulligen, P-H v (1999) Construction costs in The Netherlands in an international context. Construction Management and Economics, 17(03), 269-83.