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Gary, H (2010) Contractor selection innovation: examination of two decades' published research. Construction Innovation, 10(03), 304–28.

Gul, P (2010) Using ANP priorities with goal programming in optimally allocating marketing resources. Construction Innovation, 10(03), 346–65.

Osama, M and Zafar, K (2010) Analysis of labour productivity of formwork operations in building construction. Construction Innovation, 10(03), 286–303.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Canada; labour; learning curves; neural nets; productivity rate
  • ISBN/ISSN: 1471-4175
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/14714171011060088
  • Abstract:
    Purpose – Labour productivity plays an important role in the successful delivery of engineering, procurement and construction projects. This paper aims to present a field study that determines the effects of a set of variables on daily and/or short-term jobsite labour productivity, using artificial neural network model. Design/methodology/approach – The data used in this paper were collected over a period of ten months, directly from the job sites of two building construction projects in Montreal. A neural network model was used to study a number of factors considered to impact labour productivity on daily basis. These included temperature, relative-humidity, wind speed, precipitation, gang size, crew composition, height of work, type of work and construction method employed. The data were then analyzed to determine the influence of these parameters on site labour productivity. Findings – Among the nine parameters studied, temperature was found to have the most significant impact on productivity, closely followed by the height then by the type of work. Given the range of the collected data available on the variables considered, temperature, humidity and crew composition were found each to have a similar trend, with an optimum value that corresponds to the normalized maximum productivity. Originality/value – The findings of this paper will provide awareness and better understanding of parameters that impact labour productivity in building construction.

Romuald, R, Håkan, N, Thomas, O and Ove, L (2010) Using visualization technologies for design and planning of a healthy construction workplace. Construction Innovation, 10(03), 248–66.

Yat-Hung, C, Eddie, W L C and Patrick, T I L (2010) Epistemology of capital structure decisions by building contractors in Hong Kong. Construction Innovation, 10(03), 329–45.

Zhikun, D and Fungfai, N (2010) Knowledge sharing in architectural design institutes: a multiple-case study. Construction Innovation, 10(03), 267–85.