Describing Construction: Industries, Projects and Firms

ISBN-13: 9780367608903 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 304 str.

Jim Meikle; Rick Best

Opis

This third book from editors Rick Best and Jim Meikle brings together and presents insights into a number of key concepts in the study of construction firms, projects and the group of activities that loosely define the construction industry.

Spis treści

1. Describing construction, Rick Best and Jim Meikle 2. Construction products and producers: one industry, or several?, Jim Meikle and Gerard de Valence. 3. Output and employment in australian built environment industries 2007-2019, Gerard de Valence. 4. Education for collaboration in construction: challenges for universities and institutions, John Connaughton. 5. A guide to construction contracting, Mark Hackett. 6. Construction project procurement: a critical review, Steve Rowlinson. 7. Estimating challenges in the digital era, Pat O'Donnell and Inna Kolyshkina. 8. Defining and describing construction in developing countries, George Ofori. 9. Transforming the construction firm?, Hedley Smyth. 10. The measurement and characteristics of construction firms in theory and practice, Gerard de Valence. 11. Using financial concepts to understand failing construction contractors, Alex Murray and Alexandr Kulakov. 12. The race to the future for the construction sector, Roger Flanagan.