...Francis K. Bondinuba; George H. Coffie; Clinton O. Aigbavboa; Isaac Aidoo; Samuel Adeniyi Adekunle Construction business sustainability remains a persistent challenge in the industry, yet limited research has focused on its business dimensions and pathways to long-term viability. This study...

... 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only business hybrid management remote team UN SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth UN SDG 9: Industry innovation and infrastructure virtual team Various definitions of virtual teams have been offered by earlier research...

...Oluwasegun Oluwaseyi Seriki; Roisin Murphy Much has been said around the dynamics/process of competition and gaining business advantage within the construction sector; however, much less investigation has gone into the practice-based elements of firms in the construction sector, particularly high...

... investigation. (corresponding author: [email protected]) 28 05 2021 18 11 2021 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2022 business economics & finance procurement The uptake of industrialised construction systems and other modern methods of construction (MMCs) has...

...Linnéa Carlsson, MA A question that becomes important as the level of digitalisation increases in society and businesses is accounting for how one interprets digitalisation. There are positive examples of digitalisation in relation to gender, age and physical ability and how digital technologies...

...Abiodun Akinyemi, PhD, CEng, MICE, MCIOB; Bilge Erdogan, PhD; Frédéric Bosché, PhD; Derek O’Neil, BEng, IEng, MICE This briefing article reflects on an effort to create a digital twin of the work processes of a construction company. The digital twin was to be used by the business to take advantage...

... ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2020 business information technology management In the recent McKinsey report The Next Normal in Construction, Ribeirinho et al. (2020) outlined future trends, which call for transforming construction from a fragmented project...

... sector organisation in the UK using qualitative data collection through interviews with 14 sponsors across the business. It also confirms that sponsors must be empowered and held accountable in order to create meaningful value for an organisation. No business organisation can survive without creating...

... in a relationship between a construction firm and its subcontractor. business management project management Trust in construction projects has been researched to an extent (Challender, 2017 ; Kadefors, 2004 ; Manu et al., 2013 ; Swärd, 2016). In particular, the concept of trust has...

... solutions using open-source software. Bilal et al. (2016b) argued that the inability to do either of these efficiently and cost effectively has the potential to impact a project adversely. An industry research on the business value of data (Friedman and Smith, 2011) underscores the importance...

... guidance’ by Hipkiss (2006) , Platts and Tomasevic (2006) and Yusuf (2012) . business corporate responsibility education & training When they embark on their studies, undergraduate civil engineering students join a ‘community of practice’ (Higher Education Academy...

... value criteria that are then ranked by a selection of managers involved in procurement of public buildings. Best value was found to be categorised against six main criteria whose relative weightings vary with building type and, by implication, building functionality. business management procurement...

...Leni Sagita Riantini Supriadi, MEng; Low Sui Pheng, MSc(Eng), PhD, DipBldg, FCIOB In conducting business activities in an organisation, there are times when unforeseen situations may occur, such as crises. A crisis may give rise to various consequences to an organisation, and may disrupt...

...Baris Nazlim, MSc As the Middle East’s leading business and service hub, Dubai has been the centre of attraction for various industries for a long time. Finance, logistics, hospitality, real estate and construction industries have been among them. Particularly in real estate and construction, mega...

...S. Wamuziri, MSc, PhD, MBA, CEng; S. Madan, MSc This paper provides a conceptual background for future research in the area of innovation and continuous improvement (CI) in the facilities management supply chain. In a modern, rapidly changing business environment, it is important for businesses...

... to the duplication of recovery that flows from its use; although it was approved by the courts in 1989 4 (see also the commentary on Ref. 5). In particular, it is criticised for its assumption that the HOP percentage allowed in the tender was also what the contractor’s business would have achieved elsewhere during...

... but the big issue now is professional training and in particular multi-disciplinary management. business management I recall my early mentors sharing their experiences of mobilising an industry and profession to deal with two major challenges that the UK faced in the last century. The first...