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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.

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.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: construction new orders; construction output; construction statistics; construction output price index; construction output forecasting
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2011.574713
  • Abstract:
    The Office for National Statistics in the UK has developed and adopted a new method for collecting and publishing construction statistics. The analysis of the revised construction new orders series and the associated new UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) output price index for all new construction leads to three conclusions: (1) the new indices have corrected two significant methodological errors, namely the underestimation of the number of main contractors and the underestimation of inflation by BIS output price indices for new construction; (2) the new indices addressed a concern, the orders?output ?credibility gap?, in the construction output forecasting literature; and (3) care should be taken when using the revised orders series and new output price index for historic research because a ?credibility gap? exists between the two back series prior to 1990.