Journal
Construction Management and Economics
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1466-433X
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Liminal roles in construction project practice: exploring change through the roles of partnering manager, building logistic specialist and BIM coordinator
In order to better understand the unfolding of construction project practice in an increasingly changeful world new professional roles are explored as liminal roles. Findings are both theoretical and practical and suggest that new professional roles practice multi-liminal work and acknowledge tensions that pose challenges for liminal roles to act as change agents.
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Quantifying stakeholders’ influence on energy efficiency of housing: development and application of a four-step methodology
Identifying stakeholders’ influence on project outcomes, prioritizing their importance and managing their interests accordingly is an effective strategy for maximizing benefits for organizations. Quantifying human influence on buildings’ energy efficiency can help future researchers and housing industry stakeholders in integrating the human aspect with technological, technical, economic and regulatory aspects to optimize the performance outcomes...
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Formal and informal relations within BIM-enabled supply chain partnerships
Besides providing new insights into SNA deployment for BIM-related research, this article also offers a novel constructivist and inter-organizational perspective on the old concept of SCM.
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Managing collaborative space in multi-partner projects
Collaboration across company borders in multi-partner construction projects has proven to be challenging. Using an in-depth case study of a hospital construction project, we contribute to the construction management literature by taking the first step in conceptualizing the connections between space, management and collaboration practices in the context of multi-partner projects.
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A comparison of inspection practices within the construction industry between the Danish and Swedish work environment authorities
Denmark has a 39% higher rate of fatal occupational injuries within construction than Sweden. The aim of the study was to describe and compare the inspection practices, within the construction industry, between the Danish and Swedish Work Environment Authorities.