Making Sense of Construction Improvement

ISBN-13: 9781032301334 / Miękka / 2023 / 424 str.

Stuart Green

Opis

Making Sense of Construction Improvement provides a critical evaluation of the construction improvement debate from the end of the Second World War through to the modern era. This second edition brings the book up to date by including coverage of key trends from 2010-2023.

Spis treści

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

1.      Construction in the age of the planned economy

2.      The dawn of enterprise

3.      Leanness and agility in construction

4.      The improvement agenda takes shape

5.      Rethinking construction

6.      From business process re-engineering to partnering

7.      Lean construction

8.      From enterprise to social partnership

9.      Dilemmas unresolved

10.   The age of austerity

11.   A prevailing sense of permacrisis

12.   Unfulfilled dreams of technological optimism

O autorze

Stuart D. Green is Professor of Construction Management and Chair of the University of Reading Environment and Sustainability Committee. He is an accomplished researcher, author and former Head of School. He has postgraduate teaching responsibilities including on the MSc Project Management and MSc Construction Management and is actively involved in consultancy with industry both in the UK and internationally.