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Ahiaga-Dagbui, D D and Smith, S D (2014) Dealing with construction cost overruns using data mining. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 682-94.
Bijleveld, F R and Dorée, A G (2014) Method-based learning: a case in the asphalt construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 665-81.
Buser, M and Koch, C (2014) Is this none of the contractor’s business? Social sustainability challenges informed by literary accounts. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 749-59.
Close, R and Loosemore, M (2014) Breaking down the site hoardings: attitudes and approaches to community consultation during construction. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 816-28.
Collinge, W H and Harty, C F (2014) Stakeholder interpretations of design: semiotic insights into the briefing process. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 760-72.
Ju, C and Rowlinson, S (2014) Institutional determinants of construction safety management strategies of contractors in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 725-36.
olde Scholtenhuis, L L and Dorée, A G (2014) High reliability organizing at the boundary of the CM domain. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 658-64.
Rutten, M E J, Dorvan der Veen, B, Voordijk, H and Dorée, A (2001) Innovation of construction in the Dutch railways: lessons from inter-organizational co-operation. In: Akintoye, A (Ed.), Proceedings 17th Annual ARCOM Conference, e, A G and Halman, (2014) Together on the path to construction innovation: yet another example of escalation of commitment?. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 695-704.
Sage, D, Dainty, A, Tryggestad, K, Justesen, L and Mouritsen, J (2014) Building with wildlife: project geographies and cosmopolitics in infrastructure construction. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 773-86.
Sherratt, F (2014) Exploring ‘Zero Target’ safety programmes in the UK construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 737-48.
Shipton, C, Hughes, W and Tutt, D (2014) Change management in practice: an ethnographic study of changes to contract requirements on a hospital project. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 787-803.
Smiley, J-P, Fernie, S and Dainty, A (2014) Understanding construction reform discourses. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 804-15.
- Type: Journal Article
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- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2014.909049
- Abstract:
Attempts to drive change and reform of the UK construction industry have been an ongoing concern for numerous stakeholders, both in government and across industry, for years. The issue is a seemingly perennially topical one which shows little sign of abating. Scholarly analyses of the reform agenda have tended to adopt a Critical Theory perspective. Such an approach, however, lacks a certain nuance and perhaps only reveals one layer of social reality. What is arguably lacking is a more fundamental exposition concerning the historical, social and cultural explanatory forces at play. While it is illuminating to expose vested interests, ideology and power, what has led to the development of various views? How have they come to achieve such high accord in discussions? Drawing on the works of Max Weber, Georg Simmel and Barbara Adam, this paper seeks to develop a broader theoretical lens. It considers the wider socio-cultural structures and forces that influence behaviour, shape and constrain these views. This approach will contribute to a much needed broader philosophical and theoretical debate within the construction management community (and beyond) on the need to better engage with, and understand, the sources influencing the issue of policy formulation and diffusion.
Taggart, M, Koskela, L and Rooke, J (2014) The role of the supply chain in the elimination and reduction of construction rework and defects: an action research approach. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 829-42.
Tansey, P, Spillane, J P and Meng, X (2014) Linking response strategies adopted by construction firms during the 2007 economic recession to Porter’s generic strategies. Construction Management and Economics, 32(07), 705-24.