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Edwards, D J, Holt, G D and Harris, F C (2000) Estimating life cycle plant maintenance costs. Construction Management and Economics, 18(04), 427-35.

Lingard, H, Graham, P and Smithers, G (2000) Employee perceptions of the solid waste management system operating in a large Australian contracting organization: implications for company policy implementation. Construction Management and Economics, 18(04), 383-93.

Loosemore, M, Nguyen, B T and Denis, N (2000) An investigation into the merits of encouraging conflict in the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 18(04), 447-56.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: attitudes; conflict; dispute; organizational structure; social systems
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190050024860
  • Abstract:

    Considerable energy is being directed towards an indiscriminate policy of conflict reduction in the construction industry but the problem of construction conflict may be in its management rather than in its incidence. Conflict reduction is a response to the industry’s inability to manage conflict constructively, and it may be more productive to focus upon building skills in this area as a basis for encouraging conflict. This paper explores the merits of this idea. It does so by discussing the results of a survey which used two psychometric tests to investigate whether the industry has an attitudinal and socio-structural base which is receptive to such efforts.

Love, P E D and Li, H (2000) Quantifying the causes and costs of rework in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 18(04), 479-90.

Manavazhi, M R (2000) Hybrid modelling framework for synthesizing virtual structures. Construction Management and Economics, 18(04), 415-26.

Ranasinghe, M (2000) Impact of correlation and induced correlation on the estimation of project cost of buildings. Construction Management and Economics, 18(04), 395-406.

Shapira, A and Goldfinger, D (2000) Work-input model for assembly and disassembly of high shoring towers. Construction Management and Economics, 18(04), 467-77.

Tah, J H M and Carr, V (2000) A proposal for construction project risk assessment using fuzzy logic. Construction Management and Economics, 18(04), 491-500.

Tam, C M, Deng, Z M, Zeng, S X and Ho, C S (2000) Quest for continuous quality improvement for public housing construction in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 18(04), 437-46.

Wanous, M, Boussabaine, A H and Lewis, J (2000) To bid or not to bid: a parametric solution. Construction Management and Economics, 18(04), 457-66.

Wong, E T T, Norman, G and Flanagan, R (2000) A fuzzy stochastic technique for project selection. Construction Management and Economics, 18(04), 407-14.