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Bower, D A (2000) A systematic approach to the evaluation of indirect costs of contract variations. Construction Management and Economics, 18(03), 263-8.
Cheung, S-O, Tam, C M, Ndekugri, I and Harris, F C (2000) Factors affecting clients' project dispute resolution satisfaction in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 18(03), 281-94.
Hooper, A and Nicol, C (2000) Design practice and volume production in speculative housebuilding. Construction Management and Economics, 18(03), 295-310.
Lai, L W C (2000) The Coasian market-firm dichotomy and sub-contracting in the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 18(03), 355-62.
Love, P E D, Li, H, Irani, Z and Faniran, O (2000) Total quality management and the learning organization: a dialogue for change in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 18(03), 321-31.
Ofori, G (2000) Globalization and construction industry development: research opportunities. Construction Management and Economics, 18(03), 257-62.
Ozdogan, I D and Birgonul, M T (2000) A decision support framework for project sponsors in the planning stage of build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects. Construction Management and Economics, 18(03), 343-53.
Rogers, M (2000) Using Electre III to aid the choice of housing construction process within structural engineering. Construction Management and Economics, 18(03), 333-42.
Slaughter, E S and Shimizu, H (2000) 'Clusters' of innovations in recent long span and multi-segmental bridges. Construction Management and Economics, 18(03), 269-80.
Wang, S Q and Anson, M (2000) Comparison of the concreting productivities in Hong Kong and Beijing and a proposed comparison methodology. Construction Management and Economics, 18(03), 363-72.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: benchmarking; concrete placing; performance; ready mixed concrete construction
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/014461900370726
- Abstract:
The ready mixed concrete (RMC) industry is an important sector of the construction industry in many places. Its level of development in terms of size and performance may be taken as an index representative of the development level of a particular construction industry taken as a whole. Therefore comparisons between different places are of interest, and of potential economic benefit. As part of a larger research study in Hong Kong on the productivity of concreting, data have been obtained on the RMC industries in Hong Kong (HK) and Beijing (BJ). Both are large cities at different stages of economic development. The study involved close observation in the early 1990s of 154 pours on building construction sites in HK and 38 days spent at 38 RMC plants, one day at each, together with 34 site pours and 20 days at RMC plants in BJ. Much detailed performance information has been derived, and a comparison methodology is proposed which could have general application in this industry. It is demonstrated that the RMC industry in HK is more productive than the industry in BJ.
Wang, S Q, Tiong, R L K, Ting, S K and Ashley, D (2000) Foreign exchange and revenue risks: analysis of key contract clauses in China's BOT project. Construction Management and Economics, 18(03), 311-20.