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Purpose: This study aims to examine reciprocal exchanges in knowledge networks using temporal differentiation of knowledge exchanges. To date, research on horizontal knowledge networks rather overlooks the temporal perspective, which could explain the dynamics of exchange in t ...

The logic of the research article

A critical guide on reading science more effectively

Reading scientific papers is an integral part of any university degree programme. Yet, academic writing is a specific communication genre that can be quite daunting for the uninitiated student and novice researcher. The purpose of this chapter is to explain the typical logic of t ...

Briefing: Industry 4.0 in construction

Radical transformation or restricted agenda?

The fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) is poised to transform the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector from a project-based industry to a market-based industrialised process. Yet, its (s)low uptake can be attributed to the current emphasis on technolog ...

Construction in the platform society

New directions for construction management research

An emerging aspect of digital transformation in industry relates to the rise of digital platforms. While examples such as Uber and Airbnb are well-known, technological platforms that seek to coordinate demand and supply-side actors in the architecture, engineering and construc ...

Social value for whom, by whom and when?

Managing stakeholder dynamics in a UK megaproject

Studies of project success have generally recognised the role that stakeholder management plays in shaping a collective understanding of value. While these studies have typically focused on new builds, few studies have examined stakeholder management at the end of the life of ...

Heritage adaptation beyond the technical

Conflicts and compromise between social, environmental and economic sustainability

In this editorial, I reflect on my last 6 years as associate editor for Construction Management and Economics to explain common problems found in manuscripts rejected in our peer-review process. These issues highlight the importance of engaging with current conversations in and r ...
Recently, the concept of social value in construction has seen increasing policy, practice and research interest. In part, this interest stems from growing recognition that construction projects, and especially megaprojects, can create huge social impacts. Although many studies ...

What's taking space?

Re-framing space and place in everyday organizational life

Inspired by Lefebvre’s (1991) Production of Space, organisational scholars (e.g. Clegg & Kornberger, 2006; Dale & Burrell, 2008; Van Marrewijk & Yanow, 2010; de Vaujany & Mitev, 2013) have opened up more critical ways of studying how organisational space is simult ...
In this chapter, we analyse a case of decommissioning the nuclear experimental facility at Dounreay. This is one of 17 sites being decommissioned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) in the UK, and the total programme comprises projects that will last over the next 120 ...
Organisational institutionalism offers a powerful framework that opens up the analysis of routines and practices beyond the realm of individual actions, behaviours and choice. In this chapter, the use of institutional theory in studying the affairs and practices of the construct ...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique the adequacy of efforts to capture the complexities of customer experience in a business-to-business (B2B) context using input–output measures. The paper introduces a strategic customer experience management framework to capture ...
The contested nature of knowledge about sustainable development makes it difficult to embed sustainable development in engineering curricula, which tend to have a deterministic approach to understanding theoretical concepts. Such an approach does not align well with the emergent ...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how social sustainability is considered in the study of supply chain management, thereby identifying key areas for future researchers to develop.

Design/methodology/approach – A systematic literature review of 109 studies ...
The role played by the technological development of products in shaping more sustainable ways of working in the built environment is examined through a case study of a systems integrator of mechanical and electrical systems in the UK construction industry. The organisation is ex ...
Expertise in construction has typically been associated with the esoteric, where experts occupy privileged positions through their possession of specialist skills and knowledge. In this conceptual piece, an attempt is made to broaden this view of expertise found in the construct ...
Using activity theory as a framework, this paper explores how organizational changes enabled a multinational construction company to transform its business model in pursuit of servitization. Following one firm’s journey toward servitization over a 33-month period, the study demo ...

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Project owners in creating and deciding on project concepts in practice

Case study research about creating and deciding on project concepts in the front-end phase of projects to accommodate organisations

In a time where themes such as sustainability highly influence the built environment, it becomes ever more important that construction projects achieve strategic success. For securing a project’s long-term strategic success, the importance of the front-end phase is increasingly r ...

A Process Map for Applying BIM to Design for Deconstruction

Dutch Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai Case Study

Construction industry is the biggest waste producer industry in the world. Circular economy introduces methods to increase the recovery of materials’ value by returning them back to construction cycles; as its cornerstone, deconstruction is introduced to eliminate demolition. Des ...