... working machine known as a reconfigurable guillotine shear and bending press machine (RGS&BPM) has been developed. The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology, function-oriented design approach (FODA), which was developed for the design of the RGS&BPM. Design/methodology/approach...

...Gary D. Holt; Jack S. Goulding Purpose This paper aims to consider an “-ological” (ontological, epistemological and methodological) triad in the context of construction management (CM) research, and to explore the triad in terms of ontological/epistemological viewpoints, paradigmatic approaches...

...Gary D. Holt; Jack S. Goulding Purpose This paper presents and describes an outcome-oriented dissertation study model called “PROD²UCT”, designed explicitly for students engaged in construction engineering and related subjects research. Design/methodology/approach The model...

... these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Informal and inductive methodology combines experiential and anecdotal knowledge with synthesis of extant literature, to detail a cogent representation of the BCR research paradigm continuum. From this, the AMMR design is presented and its conceptualisation...