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Carrillo, P, Harding, J and Choudhary, A (2011) Knowledge discovery from post-project reviews. Construction Management and Economics, 29(07), 713–23.
Choy, C F (2011) Revisiting the ‘Bon curve’. Construction Management and Economics, 29(07), 695–712.
Elbeltagi, E, Hosny, O A, Elhakeem, A, Abd-Elrazek, M E and Abdullah, A (2011) Selection of slab formwork system using fuzzy logic. Construction Management and Economics, 29(07), 659–70.
Gong, J, Borcherding, J D and Caldas, C H (2011) Effectiveness of craft time utilization in construction projects. Construction Management and Economics, 29(07), 737–51.
Levander, E, Engström, S, Sardén, Y and Stehn, L (2011) Construction clients' ability to manage uncertainty and equivocality. Construction Management and Economics, 29(07), 753–64.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: client; uncertainty; information processing; equivocality; industrialization
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2011.595423
- Abstract:
While risk and uncertainty management have received much attention within construction management research, management of information interpretation remains unexplored. Situations that are generally overlooked are those where increased amounts and flow of information are not the solution to the human problem of managing multiple meanings of information and conflicting interpretations, i.e. "equivocality". The aim is to identify and differentiate between construction clients’ uncertainty and equivocality about industrialized construction in Sweden, and, in the light of those findings, to evaluate clients’ current information processing practice on investment decisions in new-build in order to assess and discuss clients’ ability to manage uncertainty and equivocality. Based on information processing theory, analysis of aggregated data from three previous studies shows that there is a need to manage both uncertainty and equivocality. At the same time, clients’ ability to do this is found to be limited. Consequently, when industrialized construction moves clients beyond their current frame of reference, clients’ information processing practice does not support decision making. It is also proposed that differentiating between uncertainty and equivocality will enable a more profound understanding of the sequential order for information processing, i.e. that one must define questions (reduce equivocality) before one can find answers to the questions (reduce uncertainty).
Squicciarini, M and Asikainen, A-L (2011) A value chain statistical definition of construction and the performance of the sector. Construction Management and Economics, 29(07), 671–93.
Wilkinson, S J and Reed, R (2011) Examining and quantifying the drivers behind alterations and extensions to commercial buildings in a central business district. Construction Management and Economics, 29(07), 725–35.
Yu, M K W and Ive, G (2011) Orders and output in UK construction statistics: new methodology and old problems. Construction Management and Economics, 29(07), 653–8.