The foundations of lean construction (2002)
Book Chapter
Koskela, L., Ballard, G., Howell, G., & Tommelein, I. (2002). The foundations of lean construction. In R. Best, & G. de Valence (Eds.), Design and construction: building in value (211-226). Oxford, UK: Butterworth Heinemann

Looks at a broad range of topics related to the processes of design and construction. Its overall aim is to look at ways that clients can improve the value for money outcomes of their decisions to construct buildings.

Universities, localities and regional development: the emergence of the ‘mode 2’ university? (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Perry, B., & Harloe, M. (2002, December). Universities, localities and regional development: the emergence of the ‘mode 2’ university?. Presented at Universities, Regional Development and the Knowledge Economy, Austria

The future of urban sociology : report of joint sessions of the British and American Sociological Associations (2002)
Journal Article
Perry, B., & Harding, A. (2002). The future of urban sociology : report of joint sessions of the British and American Sociological Associations. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 26(4), 844-853. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.00423

This article reports on two joint sessions of the British and American Sociological Associations held during the course of 2001 as a first step toward more structured dialogue and debate between the two national associations. Drawing on the comments... Read More about The future of urban sociology : report of joint sessions of the British and American Sociological Associations.

Regulation and academic production (2002)
Presentation / Conference
May, T. (2002, December). Regulation and academic production. Presented at Universities, the Knowledge Economy and Regional Development, Austria

Urban ecological security : a new paradigm? (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2002, November). Urban ecological security : a new paradigm?. Presented at Planning for a Low Carbon City, Cape Town

Urban vision must embrace realism (2002)
Journal Article
Harding, A., Marvin, S., & May, T. (2002). Urban vision must embrace realism

Divercity: A virtual construction design & briefing environment (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Arayici, Y., & Sarshar, M. (2002, November). Divercity: A virtual construction design & briefing environment. Presented at 3rd International Conference on Decision Making in Urban & Civil Engineering (DMinUCE), London

DIVERCITY is a large EU funded project in the area of construction IT undertaken by a European consortium of researchers and practitioners from the construction industry. It is the acronym for Distributed Virtual Workspace for enhancing Communication... Read More about Divercity: A virtual construction design & briefing environment.

Military urban research programmes and the normalisation of urban warfare (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Marvin, S. (2002, November). Military urban research programmes and the normalisation of urban warfare. Presented at Cities War and Terrorism, Manchester

Is UK science and innovation policy region-blind? A view from the English regions (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Perry, B. (2002, November). Is UK science and innovation policy region-blind? A view from the English regions. Presented at The Politics of Knowledge in Practice, Copenhagen

Measuring the Global Construction Industry: Improving the Quality of Data (2002)
Journal Article
Ruddock, L. (2002). Measuring the Global Construction Industry: Improving the Quality of Data. Construction Management and Economics, 20(7), 553-556. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190210159908

In the context of a truly global market for construction, an international strategy is required to ensure that national and international statistical systems are able to provide accurate and valid information. In many parts of the world the collectio... Read More about Measuring the Global Construction Industry: Improving the Quality of Data.

A model for managing the product development process in house building (2002)
Journal Article
Formoso, C., Tzortzopoulos, P., & Liedtke, R. (2002). A model for managing the product development process in house building. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 9(5-6), 419-432. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-232X.2002.00274.x

The performance of the product development process has a critical influence in the efficiency and duration of building projects, as well as on the quality of the final product. Despite its importance, relatively little attention has been given to the... Read More about A model for managing the product development process in house building.

Path planning in construction sites: Performance evaluation of the Dijkstra, A*, and GA search algorithms (2002)
Journal Article
Soltani, A., Tawfik, H., Goulermas, J., & Fernando, T. (2002). Path planning in construction sites: Performance evaluation of the Dijkstra, A*, and GA search algorithms. Advanced engineering informatics, 16(4), 291-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-0346%2803%2900018-1

This paper presents the application of path planning in construction sites according to multiple objectives. It quantitatively evaluates the performance of three optimisation algorithms namely: Dijkstra, A*, and Genetic algorithms that are used to fi... Read More about Path planning in construction sites: Performance evaluation of the Dijkstra, A*, and GA search algorithms.

Automatic generation of data representations for construction applications (2002)
Journal Article
Aouad, G., Sun, M., & Faraj, I. (2002). Automatic generation of data representations for construction applications. Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management, 2(3), 151-165. https://doi.org/10.1108/14714170210814748

This paper presents an argument for automating data representations within the construction sector. It questions whether full automation and integration is feasible and achievable considering the complexity of the industry and supply chain problems.... Read More about Automatic generation of data representations for construction applications.

How can construction research be organized? An overseas comment on the Fairclough Review. (2002)
Journal Article
Koskela, L. (2002). How can construction research be organized? An overseas comment on the Fairclough Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210210159055

Assesses the government report created by Sir John Fairclough which reviewed governmental research and development policies and practices in Great Britain. Identification of four separate roles of the government and the construction industry; Mission... Read More about How can construction research be organized? An overseas comment on the Fairclough Review..

Benchmarking (2002)
Book Chapter
Eaton, D. (2002). Benchmarking. In J. Kelly, R. Morledge, & S. Wilkinson (Eds.), Best Value in Construction (59-76). Oxford: WileyBlackwell

Knowledge management for the construction industry: the e-cognos project (2002)
Journal Article
Wetherill, M., Rezgui, Y., Lima, C., & Zarli, A. (2002). Knowledge management for the construction industry: the e-cognos project

The paper focuses upon the contribution which adequate use of the latest development in Information and Communication Technologies can make to the enhancement, development and improvement of professional expertise in the Construction domain. The pape... Read More about Knowledge management for the construction industry: the e-cognos project.

Making science history : the regionalisation of science policy? (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Perry, B. (2002, July). Making science history : the regionalisation of science policy?. Presented at Responsibility under Uncertainty, York

Which are the wastes of construction? (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., Bølviken, T., & Rooke, J. (2002, July). Which are the wastes of construction?. Presented at The 21st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction., Fortaleza, Brazil

In the Toyota Production System, the seven wastes presented by Ohno have provided understanding on the foundations of production management and guidance for action for more than half a century. This list has been widely used also when the Toyota Prod... Read More about Which are the wastes of construction?.

PFI/DBFO : roads to the future? Do PFI/DBFO schemes promote good quality performance? (2002)
Journal Article
Eaton, D., O'Connor, C., & Turner, A. (2002). PFI/DBFO : roads to the future? Do PFI/DBFO schemes promote good quality performance?

This article presents an in-depth analysis of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) procurement system for the construction of a major highway works under the principles of design, build, finance, and operate (DBFO). Its purpose is to determine whethe... Read More about PFI/DBFO : roads to the future? Do PFI/DBFO schemes promote good quality performance?.

The key performance indicators of the BIM implementation process (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Coates, S., Arayici, Y., Koskela, K., Kagioglou, M., Usher, C., & O'Reilly, K. (2002, June). The key performance indicators of the BIM implementation process. Presented at The International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Nothingham, UK

Contemporarily some firms in the construction industry are attempting to adopt a BIM method of working. Each of these attempts reflects a varying BIM adoption philosophy and inevitably different BIM technologies, implementation strategies and roadmap... Read More about The key performance indicators of the BIM implementation process.