...Ritika Batra Purpose This paper aims to review the existing practices of public–private partnerships (PPPs) in the building sectors in European countries, to be able to assess its suitability for housing provision while focussing on the social impact. Design/methodology/approach Based...

...Krisanthi Seneviratne; Dilanthi Amaratunga; Richard Haigh Purpose Post conflict housing reconstruction is crucial to development and peacekeeping. However, the success of it, is hindered by a number of problems related to a lack of addressing housing needs. The purpose of this paper is to explore...

...Perry John Forsythe Purpose – The impact of service quality on customer satisfaction during detached housing construction in Australia is investigated for a targeted customer – one whose expectations focus on “price and product” and not “service quality”. The purpose of this paper is to see...

...Anthony W.Y. Lai; W.M. Lai Purpose A building maintenance scheme introduced by the Hong Kong Housing Authority in January 2006 employed contractors and public housing owner's frontline representatives to provide inspection in the public rental housing tenants’ units and arrange corresponding...

...Perry John Forsythe Purpose The study aims to assist contractors in strategically managing customer satisfaction by applying marketing theory to housing construction. It specifically aims to investigate service quality as an input to pre‐purchase (pre‐contract) expectations in the made‐to‐order...

... concerned about economic performance (Shen et al., 2010). Green Environmental sustainability Capital cost Life cycle costs Malaysia Housing Sustainable development Construction operations In an era in which mitigating climate change and adapting to global warming have become...

...Omran Elgrari; Bingunath Ingirige Purpose This paper aims to investigate the current status of manpower capability, and to identify the key factors that influenced the development of manpower capability within private house building companies in Libya. Design/methodology/approach The aim...

...Mohammed Arif; Charles Egbu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish manufactured construction as a good potential alternative to meet the growing housing needs of China. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses literature review and case study as research methodologies. Literature...

...Wei Pan Purpose The UK Government's housing agenda, coupled with the current market conditions, has provided the housebuilding industry with a challenge to build more new homes while improving business efficiency to survive. Although innovation has been claimed as the key to meeting the challenge...

...Nick Blismas; Ron Wakefield; Brian Hauser Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the roadmapping methodology and its application to concrete prefabricated housing in Australia. Design/methodology/approach The paper describes the concrete and housing industries of Australia...

...D.K. Ahadzie; D.G. Proverbs; P.O. Olomolaiye; N.A. Ankrah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to delineate “senior managers'” perception of the competencies required by project managers (PMs) in Ghana for mass house building projects (MHBPs) and to discuss the implication of the findings...

...Ranya Essa; Chris Fortune Purpose Considering sustainability during the cost estimating process is vital for the successful integration of sustainable features within a construction project. The UK Government has adopted the principles of sustainable development, and social housing projects now...

...Perry Forsythe Purpose This paper aims to develop a theoretical model concerning the way service quality impacts on the perceptions of customers in housing construction. Design/methodology/approach The model is based on marketing theory merged with construction concepts. The Australian housing...

... organisations and decision makers have to assess numerous diverse quality attributes as part of the contractor selection process. The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of research, which aimed to identify the core factors, which could be used to differentiate bids in the context of social housing...

... as they procured approximately 800 new houses, across 33 separate development projects. Design/methodology/approach The research project used a combination of in‐depth case studies (of individual housing projects and the relationship between the client group and their main contractor) supplemented...

.... Design/methodology/approach This paper proposes a decision model for deciding the optimum house delivery alternatives for both the recipients and the Government. The decision model is designed using the analytical hierarchy process. Where multiple criteria are incorporated for such as waiting time...

...Chris Fortune; Shinta Setiawan Purpose Housing Associations in the UK are being encouraged to change the way in which they procure their building projects. This work aims to provide a snapshot of current practice in relation to the use of partnering as a procurement approach. Design/methodology...

... of housing projects in Kuwait. The owners of 450 residential projects (just completed or near completion), spread over 27 systematic‐randomly selected metropolitan districts, were personally interviewed. Data on owners' socio‐demographic traits and project characteristics, including those involving time...

...Anthony Mills; David Harris; Martin Skitmore Forecasting is an integral part of all business planning, and forecasting the outlook for housing is of interest to many firms in the housing construction sector. This research measures the performance of a number of industry forecasting bodies...

... to ‘Harmony’ type housing projects in Hong Kong. Moreover, while demonstrating the difference between the contractor's optimum cost‐time curve and that of the client, the paper suggests that the parties can select one of three options to reach a compromise. To this end, the paper introduces a set...