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Abdelaty, A, Jeong, H D, Dannen, B and Todey, F (2016) Enhancing life cycle cost analysis with a novel cost classification framework for pavement rehabilitation projects. Construction Management and Economics, 34(10), 724-36.

Abdul-Aziz, A-R, Jaafar, M and Hussin, A A (2007) Are government-linked construction companies in Malaysia still valid? The indigenous contractors' perspective. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1009–19.

Alasad, R and Motawa, I (2015) Dynamic demand risk assessment for toll road projects. Construction Management and Economics, 33(10), 799-817.

Albert, A, Hallowell, M R and Kleiner, B M (2014) Experimental field testing of a real-time construction hazard identification and transmission technique. Construction Management and Economics, 32(10), 1000-16.

Alkilani, S and Loosemore, M (2022) Project performance measurement for small-and-medium sized construction contractors in the Jordanian construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 40(10), 743–69.

Andalib, R, Hoseini, A and Gatmiri, B (2018) A stochastic model of cash flow forecasting considering delays in owners’ payments. Construction Management and Economics, 36(10), 545–64.

Baarts, C (2009) Collective individualism: the informal and emergent dynamics of practising safety in a high-risk work environment. Construction Management and Economics, 27(10), 949–57.

Barrett, P and Sutrisna, M (2009) Methodological strategies to gain insights into informality and emergence in construction project case studies. Construction Management and Economics, 27(10), 935–48.

Biersteker, E and Marrewijk, A V (2023) Integrating knowledge in infrastructure projects: the interplay between formal and informal knowledge governance mechanisms. Construction Management and Economics, 41(10), 859–74.

Borg, J and Scott-Young, C M (2022) Contributing factors to turnover intentions of early career project management professionals in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 40(10), 835–53.

Boussabaine, A H and Kirkham, R J (2004) Simulation of maintenance costs in UK local authority sport centres. Construction Management and Economics, 22(10), 1011-20.

Bowen, P A, Edwards, P J and Cattell, K (2012) Corruption in the South African construction industry: a thematic analysis of verbatim comments from survey participants. Construction Management and Economics, 30(10), 885-901.

Bresnen, M (2009) Living the dream? Understanding partnering as emergent practice. Construction Management and Economics, 27(10), 923–33.

Bridges, D, Wulff, E, Bamberry, L, Krivokapic-Skoko, B and Jenkins, S (2020) Negotiating gender in the male-dominated skilled trades: a systematic literature review. Construction Management and Economics, 38(10), 894–916.

Briscoe, G (2005) Women and minority groups in UK construction: recent trends. Construction Management and Economics, 23(10), 1001-5.

Buys, F and Nkado, R (2006) A survey of maintenance management systems in South African tertiary educational institutions. Construction Management and Economics, 24(10), 997-1005.

Byrne, J, Clarke, L and Meer, M V D (2005) Gender and ethnic minority exclusion from skilled occupations in construction: a Western European comparison. Construction Management and Economics, 23(10), 1025-34.

Caldas, C H, Chou, C-C and O'Connor, J (2008) Negotiation-based decision support model for utility relocations in transportation infrastructure projects. Construction Management and Economics, 26(10), 90.

Caplan, A S and Gilham, J (2005) Included against the odds: failure and success among minority ethnic built-environment professionals in Britain. Construction Management and Economics, 23(10), 1007-15.

Carbonara, N and Pellegrino, R (2018) Revenue guarantee in public–private partnerships: a win–win model. Construction Management and Economics, 36(10), 584–98.

Carmichael, S and Murray, M (2006) Record keeping for contemporaneous delay analysis: a model for effective event management. Construction Management and Economics, 24(10), 1007-18.

Carrillo, P M, Robinson, H S, Anumba, C J and Bouchlaghem, N M (2006) A Knowledge Transfer Framework: the PFI context. Construction Management and Economics, 24(10), 1045-56.

Cattell, K, Bowen, P and Edwards, P (2016) Stress among South African construction professionals: A job demand-control-support survey. Construction Management and Economics, 34(10), 700-23.

Chan, C T W (2012) The principal factors affecting construction project overhead expenses: an exploratory factor analysis approach. Construction Management and Economics, 30(10), 903-14.

Cheng, E W L and Li, H (2004) Contractor selection using the analytic network process. Construction Management and Economics, 22(10), 1021-32.

Clarke, L and Gribling, M (2008) Obstacles to diversity in construction: the example of Heathrow Terminal 5. Construction Management and Economics, 26(10), 65.

Clarke, L and Herrmann, G (2004) Cost vs. production: labour deployment and productivity in social housing construction in England, Scotland, Denmark and Germany. Construction Management and Economics, 22(10), 1057-66.

Das, S, Chew, M Y L and Poh, K L (2010) Multi-criteria decision analysis in building maintainability using analytical hierarchy process. Construction Management and Economics, 28(10), 56.

Doloi, H, Sawhney, A and Iyer, K C (2012) Structural equation model for investigating factors affecting delay in Indian construction projects. Construction Management and Economics, 30(10), 869-84.

Dowsett, R M and Harty, C F (2019) Assessing the implementation of BIM – an information systems approach. Construction Management and Economics, 37(10), 551–66.

Eeing, B T and Kruse, J B (2006) Valuing self-protection: income and certification effects for safe rooms. Construction Management and Economics, 24(10), 1057-68.

Egbelakin, T, Wilkinson, S, Potangaroa, R and Ingham, J (2011) Enhancing seismic risk mitigation decisions: a motivational approach. Construction Management and Economics, 29(10), 1003–16.

Elf, M, Svedbo Engström, M and Wijk, H (2012) An assessment of briefs used for designing healthcare environments: a survey in Sweden. Construction Management and Economics, 30(10), 835-44.

Eriksson, V, Hulthén, K, Sundquist, V, Fredriksson, A and Janné, M (2021) The role of public actors in construction logistics: effects on and of relational interfaces. Construction Management and Economics, 39(10), 791–806.

Fang, Y, Daniel, E I and Li, S (2021) Conceptual framework for lean construction ambidexterity in project-based organizations. Construction Management and Economics, 39(10), 824–38.

Fernie, S and Tennant, S (2013) The non-adoption of supply chain management. Construction Management and Economics, 31(10), 1038-58.

Fortune, C (2006) Process standardisation and the impact of professional judgement on the formulation of building project budget price advice. Construction Management and Economics, 24(10), 1091-8.

Fu, W-K, Lo, H-P and Drew, D S (2006) Collective learning, collective knowledge and learning networks in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 24(10), 1019-28.

Furber, A, Duncan, S, Smith, S D and Crapper, M (2012) The health and safety implications of socio-cultural context for community construction projects in developing countries. Construction Management and Economics, 30(10), 857-67.

Gao, R and Liu, J (2019) Selection of government supervision mode of PPP projects during the operation stage. Construction Management and Economics, 37(10), 584–603.

Georg, S and Tryggestad, K (2009) On the emergence of roles in construction: the qualculative role of project management. Construction Management and Economics, 27(10), 969–81.

Ginigaddara, B, Perera, S, Feng, Y, Rahnamayiezekavat, P and Thomson, R (2023) Development of offsite construction skill profile prediction models using mixed-effect regression analysis. Construction Management and Economics, 41(10), 820–39.

Gluch, P (2009) Unfolding roles and identities of professionals in construction projects: exploring the informality of practices. Construction Management and Economics, 27(10), 959–68.

Gorse, C A and Emmitt, S (2009) Informal interaction in construction progress meetings. Construction Management and Economics, 27(10), 983–93.

Graft-Johnson, A D, Manley, S and Greed, C (2005) Diversity or the lack of it in the architectural profession. Construction Management and Economics, 23(10), 1035-43.

Graser, K, Kahlert, A and Hall, D M (2021) DFAB HOUSE: implications of a building-scale demonstrator for adoption of digital fabrication in AEC. Construction Management and Economics, 39(10), 853–73.

Greed, C and Reeves, D (2005) Mainstreaming equality into strategic spatial policy making: are town planners losing sight of gender?. Construction Management and Economics, 23(10), 1059-70.

Harty, C (2008) Implementing innovation in construction: contexts, relative boundedness and actor-network theory. Construction Management and Economics, 26(10), 41.

He, Y, Shi, L and Li, Z (2021) The combined effect of marginal social and private benefit on the socially optimal equity structure of PPP projects. Construction Management and Economics, 39(10), 807–23.

Hedborg, S and Karrbom Gustavsson, T (2020) Developing a neighbourhood: exploring construction projects from a project ecology perspective. Construction Management and Economics, 38(10), 964–76.

Hee, C H S and Ling, F Y Y (2011) Strategies for reducing employee turnover and increasing retention rates of quantity surveyors. Construction Management and Economics, 29(10), 1059–72.

Hoang, V, Raharjo, J P and Susilawati, C (2022) Meta-frontier efficiency analysis of real estate and construction firms in Indonesia. Construction Management and Economics, 40(10), 770–80.

Höök, M and Stehn, L (2008) Applicability of lean principles and practices in industrialized housing production. Construction Management and Economics, 26(10), 100.

Huang, R-Y (2006) A performance-based bridge LCCA model using visual inspection inventory data. Construction Management and Economics, 24(10), 1069-81.

Invernizzi, D C, Locatelli, G and Brookes, N J (2020) Characterising nuclear decommissioning projects: an investigation of the project characteristics that affect the project performance. Construction Management and Economics, 38(10), 947–63.

Jacobsson, M, Linderoth, H C J and Rowlinson, S (2017) The role of industry: An analytical framework to understand ICT transformation within the AEC industry. Construction Management and Economics, 35(10), 611-26.

Jaillon, L and Poon, C-S (2010) Design issues of using prefabrication in Hong Kong building construction. Construction Management and Economics, 28(10), 42.

Kaluarachchi, Y D and Jones, K (2007) Monitoring of a strategic partnering process: the Amphion experience. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1053–61.

Kao, C-C, Green, S D and Larsen, G D (2009) Emergent discourses of construction competitiveness: localized learning and embeddedness. Construction Management and Economics, 27(10), 1005–17.

Kim, J and Philips, P (2014) Remuneration and absenteeism on a large construction site. Construction Management and Economics, 32(10), 983-99.

Konno, Y (2014) Default or exit? Empirical study on SMEs in the Japanese construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 32(10), 1017-29.

Konno, Y (2014) Japanese competitive bid entry qualifications: an examination of public works. Construction Management and Economics, 32(10), 957-67.

Kyriakidou, O (2012) Fitting into technical organizations? Exploring the role of gender in construction and engineering management in Greece. Construction Management and Economics, 30(10), 845-56.

Lam, P T I, Kumaraswamy, M M and Ng, S (2004) The use of construction specifications in Singapore. Construction Management and Economics, 22(10), 1067-79.

Larsen, G D (2011) Understanding the early stages of the innovation diffusion process: awareness, influence and communication networks. Construction Management and Economics, 29(10), 987–1002.

Lavy, S and Shohet, I M (2007) On the effect of service life conditions on the maintenance costs of healthcare facilities. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1087–98.

Leiringer, R and Cardellino, P (2008) Tales of the expected: investigating the rhetorical strategies of innovation champions. Construction Management and Economics, 26(10), 54.

Leung, M-Y, Skitmore, M and Chan, Y S (2007) Subjective and objective stress in construction cost estimation. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1063–75.

Lingard, H and Francis, V (2005) The decline of the "traditional" family: work-life benefits as a means of promoting a diverse workforce in the construction industry of Australia. Construction Management and Economics, 23(10), 1045-57.

Lingard, H and Saunders, A (2004) Occupational rehabilitation in the construction industry of Victoria. Construction Management and Economics, 22(10), 1091-101.

Lingard, H C, Cooke, T and Blismas, N (2010) Properties of group safety climate in construction: the development and evaluation of a typology. Construction Management and Economics, 28(10), 112.

Lingard, H C, Francis, V and Turner, M (2010) The rhythms of project life: a longitudinal analysis of work hours and work–life experiences in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 28(10), 98.

Lingard, H C, Townsend, K, Bradley, L and Brown, K (2008) Alternative work schedule interventions in the Australian construction industry: a comparative case study analysis. Construction Management and Economics, 26(10), 12.

Lingard, H, Oswald, D and Le, T (2019) Embedding occupational health and safety in the procurement and management of infrastructure projects: institutional logics at play in the context of new public management. Construction Management and Economics, 37(10), 567–83.

Loosemore, M and Bridgeman, J (2017) Corporate volunteering in the construction industry: Motivations, costs and benefits. Construction Management and Economics, 35(10), 641-53.

Loosemore, M, Chow, V and Harvison, T (2013) Inter-agency governance risk in managing hospital responses to extreme weather events in New South Wales, Australia: a facilities management perspective of shared situational awareness. Construction Management and Economics, 31(10), 1072-82.

Loosemore, M, Daniele, F and Lim, B T H (2020) Integrating ex-offenders into the Australian construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 38(10), 877–93.

Lu, W (2014) Reliability of Engineering News-Record international construction data. Construction Management and Economics, 32(10), 968-82.

Ma, L and Liu, C (2014) Did the late-2000s financial crisis influence construction labour productivity?. Construction Management and Economics, 32(10), 1030-47.

Marzouk, M, Madany, M, Abou-Zied, A and El-said, M (2008) Handling construction pollutions using multi-objective optimization. Construction Management and Economics, 26(10), 25.

Mbachu, J (2011) Sources of contractor’s payment risks and cash flow problems in the New Zealand construction industry: project team’s perceptions of the risks and mitigation measures. Construction Management and Economics, 29(10), 1027–41.

Morrison, S and Trushell, I (2016) Payment for offsite goods and materials: The Scottish perspective. Construction Management and Economics, 34(10), 679-87.

Na, L J, Ofori, G, Ling, F Y Y and Hua, G B (2007) Role of national institutions in promoting innovation by contractors in Singapore. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1021–39.

Naar, L, Nikolova, N and Forsythe, P (2016) Innovative construction and the role of boundary objects: A Gehry case study. Construction Management and Economics, 34(10), 688-99.

Newton, R and Ormerod, M (2005) Do disabled people have a place in the UK construction industry?. Construction Management and Economics, 23(10), 1071-81.

Nguyen, D T and Le, P L (2022) Twenty-year application of logistics and supply chain management in the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 40(10), 796–834.

Nordin, F, Öberg, C, Kollberg, B and Nord, T (2010) Building a new supply chain position: an exploratory study of companies in the timber housing industry. Construction Management and Economics, 28(10), 83.

Ok, S C and Sinha, S K (2006) Construction equipment productivity estimation using artificial neural network model. Construction Management and Economics, 24(10), 1029-44.

Olbina, S, Hinze, J and Arduengo, C (2011) Drug testing practices in the US construction industry in 2008. Construction Management and Economics, 29(10), 1043–57.

Onsarigo, L, Duncan, K and Atalah, A (2020) The effect of prevailing wages on building costs, bid competition, and bidder behaviour: evidence from Ohio school construction. Construction Management and Economics, 38(10), 917–33.

Pan, W, Gibb, A G F and Sellars, A B (2008) Maintenance cost implications of utilizing bathroom modules manufactured offsite. Construction Management and Economics, 26(10), 77.

Phua, F T T (2004) The antecedents of co-operative behaviour among project team members: an alternative perspective on an old issue. Construction Management and Economics, 22(10), 1033-45.

Rahmani, F and Leifels, K (2018) Abductive Grounded Theory: a worked example of a study in construction management. Construction Management and Economics, 36(10), 565–83.

Rooke, J A, Koskela, L and Kagioglou, M (2009) Informality in organization and research: a review and a proposal. Construction Management and Economics, 27(10), 913–22.

Rooke, J A, Koskela, L and Seymour, D (2007) Producing things or production flows? Ontological assumptions in the thinking of managers and professionals in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1077–85.

Roumboutsos, A, Suárez Alemán, A and Ågren, R (2017) Construction firms in public-private partnerships: A place to grow. Construction Management and Economics, 35(10), 627-40.

Russell, M M, Liu, M and Hsiang, S M (2015) Planning for uncertainty: Use of structural equation modelling to determine the causal structure of time buffer allocation. Construction Management and Economics, 33(10), 783-16.

Schweber, L (2015) Putting theory to work: The use of theory in construction research. Construction Management and Economics, 33(10), 840-21.

Sergeeva, N and Green, S D (2019) Managerial identity work in action: performative narratives and anecdotal stories of innovation. Construction Management and Economics, 37(10), 604–23.

Shan, L, Garvin, M J and Kumar, R (2010) Collar options to manage revenue risks in real toll public-private partnership transportation projects. Construction Management and Economics, 28(10), 69.

Shohet, I M and Paciuk, M (2004) Service life prediction of exterior cladding components under standard conditions. Construction Management and Economics, 22(10), 1081-90.

Steele, A and Todd, S (2005) The future of the black and minority ethnic (BME) construction sector in England. Construction Management and Economics, 23(10), 1017-23.

Stoy, C and Kytzia, S (2006) Benchmarking electricity consumption. Construction Management and Economics, 24(10), 1083-9.

Styhre, A (2009) Tacit knowledge in rock construction work: a study and a critique of the use of the term. Construction Management and Economics, 27(10), 995–1003.

Tang, L C M, Atkinson, B and Zou, R R (2012) An entropy-based SWOT evaluation process of critical success factors for international market entry: a case study of a medium-sized consulting company. Construction Management and Economics, 30(10), 821-34.

Turner, M and Holdsworth, S (2023) Developing resilience: examining the protective factors of early career construction professionals. Construction Management and Economics, 41(10), 805–19.

Turner, M, Holdsworth, S, Scott-Young, C M and Sandri, K (2021) Resilience in a hostile workplace: the experience of women onsite in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 39(10), 839–52.

Tutt, D, Pink, S, Dainty, A R J and Gibb, A (2013) Building networks to work: an ethnographic study of informal routes into the UK construction industry and pathways for migrant up-skilling. Construction Management and Economics, 31(10), 1025-37.

Vass, S and Karrbom Gustavsson, T (2017) Challenges when implementing BIM for industry change. Construction Management and Economics, 35(10), 597-610.

Wang, C, Zhang, S, Gao, Y and Li, B (2022) Trust repair in the aftermath of conflict occurrence in construction subcontracting: an intergroup contact perspective. Construction Management and Economics, 40(10), 781–95.

Wang, R-C and Liang, T-F (2004) Project management decisions with multiple fuzzy goals. Construction Management and Economics, 22(10), 1047-56.

Wang, X, Chen, Y, Liu, B, Shen, Y and Sun, H (2013) A total factor productivity measure for the construction industry and analysis of its spatial difference: a case study in China. Construction Management and Economics, 31(10), 1059-71.

Wilkins, J R (2011) Construction workers’ perceptions of health and safety training programmes. Construction Management and Economics, 29(10), 1017–26.

Wu, C, Brookes, N, Unterhitzenberger, C and Olson, N (2023) The role of lean information flows in disaster construction projects: exploring the UK’s Covid surge hospital projects. Construction Management and Economics, 41(10), 840–58.

Xu, Q, Hwang, B, Choo, R Q, Zheng, X, Kong, L, Wang, Q and Liu, X (2023) Comparison of construction project risks before and during COVID-19 in Singapore: criticality and management strategies. Construction Management and Economics, 41(10), 875–91.

Yang, L-R (2007) Exploring the links between technology usage and project outcomes. Construction Management and Economics, 25(10), 1041–51.

Zhang, R P, Lingard, H and Nevin, S (2015) Development and validation of a multilevel safety climate measurement tool in the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 33(10), 818-39.

Zhang, X, Austin, S, Glass, J and Mills, G (2008) Toward collective organizational values: a case study in UK construction. Construction Management and Economics, 26(10), 28.

Zhu, R, Hu, X and Liu, C (2020) Structural analysis of inter-industrial linkages: an application to the Australian construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 38(10), 934–46.