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- Jul 4
- 1 min
Research Companion to Construction Economics
The Elgar Research Companion on Construction Economics provides an overview of current research in 24 chapters by recognised experts.
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- May 30
- 8 min
Building Standards, Energy Codes and Decarbonization
The regular revision and upgrading of building codes and product standards is a policy area where governments direct industry development.
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- Feb 20
- 6 min
New US Data Shows We Have a False Picture of Construction Productivity
It is possible the methods used to estimate construction productivity might be faulty, giving a false picture of the industry.
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- Jan 13
- 3 min
Infrastructure Investment and Economic Growth
A new paper from three World Bank researchers on the relationship between expenditure on physical infrastructure and economic growth
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- May 31, 2021
- 4 min
More Data on Australian Contractors
Grattan Institute report into procurement of Australian transport argues for greater client involvement in large public projects
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- Apr 21, 2021
- 3 min
Fewer Large Contractors in Australia
Long-run Changes in the Number and Size of Firms in the Australian Construction Industry There have been five Construction Industry...
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- Nov 17, 2018
- 3 min
New Anticorruption Website
CurbingCorruption is a new website that provides concrete anticorruption advice tailored to specific sectors such as construction, education
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- Apr 4, 2018
- 5 min
Five Construction Technologies
Every three years a giant construction and agricultural machinery show is held in the US, featuring the latest in giant machines like cranes
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- Feb 22, 2018
- 4 min
Australian Construction Productivity in the 1980s
These posts have the relevant parts of those publications, which are reviews of the then current data and research.
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- Dec 21, 2017
- 8 min
UK Launches New Industrial Strategy
Industry policy has been out of favour for the last couple of decades, especially in countries like the US, UK and Australia.
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- Aug 30, 2017
- 5 min
Market Structure in Building and Construction
Patterns of substitutability lead to a view of an industry as a chain of substitution, where industries are defined by their product.
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- Aug 4, 2017
- 5 min
The Australian Construction Industry After the Mining Boom
There were significant compositional and structural changes in construction during the mining boom.
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- Jul 21, 2017
- 2 min
Construction in the Australian Economy
This profile of the economic role Australian construction focuses on the industry’s contribution to output and employment.
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- Jul 17, 2017
- 3 min
The Australian Built Environment Sector
This is the modern approach to national statistics, accessing and organizing data from a range of sources, mostly digital.
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- Jun 12, 2017
- 5 min
Technological Diffusion Takes Time
One of the underlying ideas here is that the industry we call ‘construction’ is a ‘technological system’,
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- Mar 21, 2017
- 4 min
Shaping the Future of Construction
This report is the 1st publication of a multi-year project for guiding and supporting the Engineering & Construction Industry.
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