Revisiting the three peculiarities of production in construction (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Vrijhoef, R., & Koskela, L. (2005, July). Revisiting the three peculiarities of production in construction. Presented at 13th International Group for Lean Construction Conference., Sydney, Australia

Compared to many other industries, construction is a specific type of project industry with certain peculiarities
influencing the characteristics of constructed products, ways of production, and the industry itself. Previously three major peculiarit... Read More about Revisiting the three peculiarities of production in construction.

On the metaphysics of production (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., & Kagioglou, M. (2005, July). On the metaphysics of production. Presented at 13th International Group for Lean Construction Conference, Sydney, Australia

Since the pre-Socratic period of philosophy, there have been two basic metaphysical views. One holds that there are substances or things, that is, atemporal entities in the world. The other insists that there are processes, that is, intrinsically tem... Read More about On the metaphysics of production.

The adoption of requirements management in the delivery of refurbishment projects (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Lee, C., Hayles, C., & Egbu, C. (2005, July). The adoption of requirements management in the delivery of refurbishment projects. Presented at COBRA 2005 (Construction and Building Research Conference), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Context of production control in construction (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Henrich, G., Tilley, P., & Koskela, L. (2005, July). Context of production control in construction. Presented at 13th International Group for Lean Construction Conference, Sydney, Australia

It is commonly accepted that production control systems should correspond to the context within which they are operating, i.e. the production situation. However, rarely is this context indicated or made explicit; for example, the boundary conditions... Read More about Context of production control in construction.

Approaches to managing complexity in project production (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Bertelsen, S., & Koskela, L. (2005, July). Approaches to managing complexity in project production. Presented at 13th International Group for Lean Construction Conference., Sydney, Australia

Since the seminal contribution by Shewhart, the dominating approach to production is to minimize all variation in order to get the productive activities into control. Thus, the goal is to avoid all such complexity and uncertainty which could disturb... Read More about Approaches to managing complexity in project production.

Book review: Social theory, science and knowledge (2005)
Journal Article
May, T. (2005). Book review: Social theory, science and knowledge. Sociology, 39(3), 535-542. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038505052497

Policy lessons from elected regional assemblies (2005)
Presentation / Conference
May, T. (2005, July). Policy lessons from elected regional assemblies. Presented at A New Deal for Cities? City Growth and Governance: Connecting the Local to the City-Regional, London

Value Management practices of leading UK cost consultants (2005)
Journal Article
Ellis, R., Wood, G., & Keel, D. (2005). Value Management practices of leading UK cost consultants. Construction Management and Economics, 23(5), 483-493. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190500040711

Value management (VM) is widely accepted as an important tool in the management of projects. Through a series of semi-structured interviews, this paper attempts to add to the qualitative exploration of VM, by investigating the attitudes and experienc... Read More about Value Management practices of leading UK cost consultants.

Facilitating innovation: the role of the centre for construction innovation (2005)
Journal Article
Abbott, C., & Allen, S. (2005). Facilitating innovation: the role of the centre for construction innovation. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 9(2), 79-89

This case-study outlines the activities of the Centre for Construction Innovation highlighting critical success factors associated with collaborative centres and innovation brokers in transferring knowledge between Universities and Industry. The case... Read More about Facilitating innovation: the role of the centre for construction innovation.

Studies of Work: Achieving Hybrid Disciplines in IT Design and Management Studies (2005)
Journal Article
Rooke, J., & Seymour, D. (2005). Studies of Work: Achieving Hybrid Disciplines in IT Design and Management Studies. Human Studies, 28(2), 205-221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-005-4192-4

We explore the relationship between ethnomethodology (EM), ethnography and the needs of managers and designers in industry, considering both ethnomethodological and industrial criteria of adequacy and explicating their relationship through the concep... Read More about Studies of Work: Achieving Hybrid Disciplines in IT Design and Management Studies.

A model of contingency factors affecting contractors' economic organisation of projects (2005)
Thesis
Ross, A. A model of contingency factors affecting contractors' economic organisation of projects. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

The identification of factors that affect the performance of temporary multi
disciplinary organisational teams has been a central aim of management
research in the construction industry for over 40 years. This study
contributes to what is known ab... Read More about A model of contingency factors affecting contractors' economic organisation of projects.

Situating technology in 'context' (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Hodson, M. (2005, May). Situating technology in 'context'. Presented at Business School Seminar Series, Chester

The development of trust inventory (2005)
Journal Article
Swan, W., McDermott, P., Khalfan, M., Cooper, R., Rees, C., & Wood, G. (2005). The development of trust inventory. Journal of construction procurement, 11(1), 40-54

The Trust in Construction project was a two-year EPSRC funded research into the impact of trust on construction project performance. Here we outline the development of the measurement tool used for assessing the level of trust in project team relatio... Read More about The development of trust inventory.

A framework for strategic decision-making based on a hybrid decision support tools (2005)
Journal Article
Khosrowshahi, F., & Howes, R. (2005). A framework for strategic decision-making based on a hybrid decision support tools

The performance of a contracting company is closely linked with the quality of the decisions at the strategic level. However, the increasing complexity of organizations’ internal and external environments and the unstructured nature of decisions at t... Read More about A framework for strategic decision-making based on a hybrid decision support tools.

A knowledge management framework for the telecommunication industry : the KMFTI model (2005)
Thesis
Elashaheb, M. A knowledge management framework for the telecommunication industry : the KMFTI model. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

Recent years have witnessed a continuing growth of developments in
knowledge management systems to capture the information flows within
organisations and tum them into exploitable management databases.
Examples to this are such as the Total Qualit... Read More about A knowledge management framework for the telecommunication industry : the KMFTI model.

Discussion of “Improving labor flow reliability for better productivity as lean construction principle” by H. Randolph Thomas, Michael J. Horman, R. Edward Minchin Jr., and Dong Chen (2005)
Journal Article
Ballard, G., Koskela, L., Howell, G., & Tommelein, I. (2005). Discussion of “Improving labor flow reliability for better productivity as lean construction principle” by H. Randolph Thomas, Michael J. Horman, R. Edward Minchin Jr., and Dong Chen. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(5), 615-616. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%290733-9364%282005%29131%3A5%28615%29

Thomas et al.’s paper has the stated objective, “…to test whether improving flow reliability improves construction productivity.” They understand flow in terms of both the flow of work, that on which resources are to be expended, and of labor. Improv... Read More about Discussion of “Improving labor flow reliability for better productivity as lean construction principle” by H. Randolph Thomas, Michael J. Horman, R. Edward Minchin Jr., and Dong Chen.

Reflections on research: Who for, why and by whom? (2005)
Presentation / Conference
May, T. (2005, May). Reflections on research: Who for, why and by whom?. Presented at Invited talk, The College of St Marks and St John, Plymouth

Engaged social science (2005)
Presentation / Conference
May, T. (2005, May). Engaged social science. Presented at Invited talk, Glasgow Caledonian University

The future of urban sociology (2005)
Journal Article
May, T., Perry, B., le Galès, P., Sassen, S., & Savage, M. (2005). The future of urban sociology. Sociology, 39(2), 343-370. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038505050544

Over the course of the 20th century, sociologists have made rich and diverse contributions to urban studies, from the Chicago School with their focus on urban ecology, to the ‘radicalism’ of New Urban Sociology emphasizing neo- Weberian and neo-Marxi... Read More about The future of urban sociology.

nD modelling - a driver or enabler for construction improvement? (2005)
Journal Article
Lee, A., Aouad, G., Cooper, R., Fu, C., Marshall-Ponting, A., Tah, J., & Wu, S. (2005). nD modelling - a driver or enabler for construction improvement?. RICS research review series, 5(6), 1-16

The terms ‘nD modelling’ and ‘nD CAD’ are becoming escalating idioms associated with ICT-based
(information communication technologies) building design; a concept which has been heightened by the
£0.5 million funded 3D to nD modelling project at th... Read More about nD modelling - a driver or enabler for construction improvement?.