Outputs (273)

Process improvement in facilities management : the SPICE approach (2002)
Journal Article
Amaratunga, R., Sarshar, M., & Baldry, D. (2002). Process improvement in facilities management : the SPICE approach. Business Process Management Journal, 8(4), 318-337. https://doi.org/10.1108/14637150210434982

Considers the application of structured process improvement for construction environments (SPICE) as a process improvement technique and its extension into the context of facilities management (FM). SPICE is a research project that developed a step-w... Read More about Process improvement in facilities management : the SPICE approach.

Integrated Construction Environments: Technology and Implementation (2002)
Journal Article
Alshawi, M., & Faraj, I. (2002). Integrated Construction Environments: Technology and Implementation. Construction innovation (London. Online), 2(1), 33-51. https://doi.org/10.1191/1471417502ci020oa

There have been major efforts to develop the technology for integrated construction environments and the mechanisms needed to improve the collaboration between construction professionals. Evidently, the development and usage of such an environment is... Read More about Integrated Construction Environments: Technology and Implementation.

Integrated Construction Environments: Technology and Implementation (2002)
Journal Article
Alshawi, M., & Faraj, I. (2002). Integrated Construction Environments: Technology and Implementation. Construction innovation (London. Online), 2(1), 33-51. https://doi.org/10.1191/1471417502ci020oa

There have been major efforts to develop the technology for integrated construction environments and the mechanisms needed to improve the collaboration between construction professionals. Evidently, the development and usage of such an environment is... Read More about Integrated Construction Environments: Technology and Implementation.

Sustainability in the built environment: a new holistic taxonomy of aspects for decision making (2002)
Journal Article
Lombardi, P., & Brandon, P. (2002). Sustainability in the built environment: a new holistic taxonomy of aspects for decision making. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 2(1-3), 22-33. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJETM.2002.000777

The new agenda of sustainability requires a change in emphasis and a change in the criteria through which sustainability is evaluated in planning and design. It requires the adoption of a suitable framework which enables decision makers (designers, p... Read More about Sustainability in the built environment: a new holistic taxonomy of aspects for decision making.

Sustainability in the built environment: a new holistic taxonomy of aspects for decision making (2002)
Journal Article
Lombardi, P., & Brandon, P. (2002). Sustainability in the built environment: a new holistic taxonomy of aspects for decision making. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 2(1-3), 22-33. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJETM.2002.000777

The new agenda of sustainability requires a change in emphasis and a change in the criteria through which sustainability is evaluated in planning and design. It requires the adoption of a suitable framework which enables decision makers (designers, p... Read More about Sustainability in the built environment: a new holistic taxonomy of aspects for decision making.

Organisational Structures to Support Concurrent Engineering in Construction, (2002)
Journal Article
Anumba, C., Baugh, C., & Khalfan, M. (2002). Organisational Structures to Support Concurrent Engineering in Construction,. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 102(5), 260 -270. https://doi.org/10.1108/02635570210428294

The construction industry is plagued by fragmentation of the functions carried out by the various disciplines involved in a project, particularly between the design and construction teams. Concurrent engineering (CE) is seen as a possible means of ov... Read More about Organisational Structures to Support Concurrent Engineering in Construction,.

The ethical benefits of trust-based partnering : the example of the construction industry (2002)
Journal Article
McDermott, P., Swan, W., & Wood, G. (2002). The ethical benefits of trust-based partnering : the example of the construction industry. Business Ethics: A European Review, 11(1), 4-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8608.00254

As inter-organisational relations represent an increasingly important element in business the ability to build sustainable relationships becomes a key skill. To achieve sustainable relationships parties need to move from a low trust/low ethics base t... Read More about The ethical benefits of trust-based partnering : the example of the construction industry.

Generic & specific IT training: a process protocol model for construction (2002)
Journal Article
Goulding, J., & Alshawi, M. (2002). Generic & specific IT training: a process protocol model for construction. Construction Management and Economics, 20(6), 493-505. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190210151069

This paper considers the generic processes involved in structuring an information technology (IT) training strategy to meet a construction organization's business strategy. It identifies and discusses how generic and specific IT training needs can be... Read More about Generic & specific IT training: a process protocol model for construction.

Generic & specific IT training: a process protocol model for construction (2002)
Journal Article
Goulding, J., & Alshawi, M. (2002). Generic & specific IT training: a process protocol model for construction. Construction Management and Economics, 20(6), 493-505. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190210151069

This paper considers the generic processes involved in structuring an information technology (IT) training strategy to meet a construction organization's business strategy. It identifies and discusses how generic and specific IT training needs can be... Read More about Generic & specific IT training: a process protocol model for construction.

A vision and methodology for integrated Sustainable Urban Development: BEQUEST (2002)
Journal Article
Bentivegna, V., Curwell, S., Deakin, M., Lombardi, P., Mitchell, G., & Nijkamp, P. (2002). A vision and methodology for integrated Sustainable Urban Development: BEQUEST. Building Research and Information, 30(2), 83-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210110101185

The concepts and visions of sustainable development that have emerged in the post-Brundtland era are explored in terms laying the foundations for a common vision of sustainable urban development (SUD). The described vision and methodology for SUD r... Read More about A vision and methodology for integrated Sustainable Urban Development: BEQUEST.