Best Paper Prizes
Each year ARCOM awards a number of sponsored prizes for best papers. This is an important recognition of the hard work the delegates have put into conducting much interesting research and developing the papers that publish those efforts. The awards all enjoy a £250 prize (or equivalent) together with the certificate that honours the award.
ARCOM has a number of commemorative awards we give annually on surveying/project management (Paul Townsend Commemorative Award), innovation (Rod Howes Commemorative Award) and social impact/significance (David Langford Commemorative Award). The past members of our community ARCOM commemorates each made a significant contribution to the field.
Paul Townsend was a strong supporter of ARCOM and an industry representative on the ARCOM committee for many years. He became an academic at Sheffield Hallam later in his career. The ARCOM award was instituted to celebrate his contribution following his untimely death.
Rob Howes is one of the founders of ARCOM and our first chairman, a charming and eloquent man, who was one of the key members in our community for many years.
David Langford, ARCOM’s Honorary Life President, sadly passed away in 2010. He led many of the ARCOM’s activities especially in the 1980s and 1990s.
The professional institutions (CIOB and RICS) and publishers associated with ARCOM (Wiley Blackwell, Taylor and Francis and Emerald) also award prizes at the conference. Themes for these prizes include the best international paper, innovation and sustainability, best technical paper, best theoretically informed contribution, and research methodology.
Click on the links below to view the prize winners for each year.
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Rod Howes Commemorative Award for Advancing Innovation in Construction Management Research
Rod Howes was one of the founding members and the first Chair of ARCOM, and he had also been a key figure in London South Bank University. He was always an advocate for advancing innovation through research. Therefore, the Rod Howes Award is given to the best paper on advancing innovation in construction management research.
Finn Orstavik, Malena Havenvid and Mårten Hugosso – “The Transformative Power Of Connectivity In Construction Innovation”
Paul Townsend Commemorative Award For Research In Practice
Paul Townsend was a strong supporter of ARCOM and an industry representative on the ARCOM committee for many years. The Paul Townsend award is given to the best paper that contributes fresh insights into the practice of project management.
Christine Räisänen, Dilek Ulutas Duman, Mikael Viklund Tallgren and Shahin Sateei – “Achieving A Shared Representation Is Hard Work: Developing A Social Semiotic Multimodal Approach To The Study Of Social Interaction”
David Langford Commemorative Award for Social Impact
David Langford was the first and only honorary life president of ARCOM. Dave always undertook and promoted research that had a strong link with the people side of construction. The David Langford Award is therefore given to the best paper that deals with societal issues, and is often awarded to a promising early-career researcher.
Ruth Noemi Francia Sloot, Leentje Volker and Hans Voordijk – “Constructing Common Ground: Sense-making and Sensegiving In Public Tenders”
Chair's Award for Conference Theme (Looking Back to Move Forward)
Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong and Jacqueline Glass – “Proliferation Of Scientometric Reviews In Construction Engineering And Management Research: Where Next From Here?”
CIOB Award: Best international paper
Yifei Yu, Marc van den Berg and Devrim Murat Yazan – “Circularity Hubs In The Built Environment: Validating An Agent-Based Scenario Demonstrator”
Emerald Award: Best methodology paper
Debs Harding and Philippa Boyd – “Generative AI And PhD Supervision: A Covert Third Wheel Or A Seat At The Table?”
Taylor and Francis: Best theoretically-informed paper
Mattias Jacobsson and Henrik Linderoth – “Looking Inwards To Move Forward: On How To Do Things Differently In Construction Management Research”
Wiley-Blackwell Award: Best paper for sustainability
Andreas Hartmann, Marc van den Berg, Tim Stevering, Richard Busse and Giel Klanker – “Circularity On Demand And At The Side: Working Rules In Infrastructure Design Practices”