... Construction industry Performance monitoring Quality assurance Project management Switzerland The importance of viewing the lifecycles of buildings from a holistic perspective has gained increasing acceptance in recent years. In both research and practice it is assumed that costs in use will exceed...

... discussion of the characteristics and origins of CSR and this is followed by a brief outline of the construction industry and some of the challenges it is currently facing. The empirical information for the paper is drawn from the CSR reports and information posted on the world wide web by some...