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Aziz, A M A (2007) A survey of the payment mechanisms for transportation DBFO projects in British Columbia. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 529–43.

Cameron, I and Duff, R (2007) A critical review of safety initiatives using goal setting and feedback. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 495–508.

Che Ibrahim, C K I, Costello, S B and Wilkinson, S (2018) Making sense of team integration practice through the “lived experience” of alliance project teams. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(05), 598–622.

Cooper, I (1997) The UK's changing research base for construction: the impact of recent government policy. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 292–300.

Courtney, R (1997) Building Research Establishment: past, present and future. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 285–91.

Davidson, C H (1997) The Building Centres: CIB's information allies. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 313–7.

El-Sayegh, S (2018) Resource levelling optimization model considering float loss impact. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(05), 639–53.

Gann, D M (1997) Should governments fund construction research?. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 257–67.

Harty, C, Goodier, C I, Soetanto, R, Austin, S, Dainty, A R J and Price, A D F (2007) The futures of construction: a critical review of construction future studies. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 477–93.

Kose, S (1997) Building Research Institute in Japan: past, present and future. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 268–71.

Krima, N A, Wood, G, Aouad, G F and Hatush, Z (2007) Assessing the performance of Libyan supervising engineers. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 509–18.

Lansley, P R (1997) The impact of BRE's commercialization on the research community. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 301–12.

Leppavuori, E K M (1997) Commercial building research: threat or opportunity for customer satisfaction?. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 272–8.

Ling, F Y Y, Ning, Y, Chang, Y H and Zhang, Z (2018) Human resource management practices to improve project managers’ job satisfaction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(05), 654–69.

Mason, J R (2007) The views and experiences of specialist contractors on partnering in the UK. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 519–27.

Prakash, A and Phadtare, M (2018) Service quality for architects: scale development and validation. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(05), 670–86.

Seaden, G (1997) The future of national construction research organizations. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 250–6.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: globalization; public policy; R&D trends; research organization; research policy
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
  • URL: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=2vug06u7vm9t7jhe
  • Abstract:
    Scenarios for the changing roles, functions, research agendas and funding. The pressures for change on National Construction Research Organizations (NCROs) are identified and linked to changes occurring in the construction sector and the role of government support for construction. Reduced government funding for research has meant NCROs are now dependent on both public and private sector funding. The implications are research priorities are shifting to the shorter-term problems confronting industry, NCROs are under pressure to collaborate internationally and to develop narrower expertise to survive. The dangers of globalized research contracts and short-term contracting with an emphasis on price competition would be to add to uncertainty with each NCRO, undermine long-term benefits, reduce the number of NCROs and their overall research quality. The future of NCROs is discussed as being best situated at a national level with a core funding by government. The requirement of stability for a long-term relationship between governments and NCROs is necessary to maintain and develop knowledge, expertise and excellence as well as capabilities for policy related and emerging issues. Far from being a 'mature' industry, construction has a positive and active role to play in presenting the case for significant government support of R&D for improved living standards, economic growth, user needs and responding to a changing agenda

Skitmore, M and Cheung, F K T (2007) Explorations in specifying construction price forecast loss functions. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 449–65.

Tran, D H and Long, L D (2018) Project scheduling with time, cost and risk trade-off using adaptive multiple objective differential evolution. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(05), 623–38.

Tsai, H, Wang, L and Lin, L (2007) A study on improving the ranking procedure for determining the most advantageous tender. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 545–54.

Watts, G (1997) The National Centre for Construction in the UK. Building Research & Information, 25(05), 279–84.

Widén, K and Hansson, B (2007) Diffusion characteristics of private sector financed innovation in Sweden. Construction Management and Economics, 25(05), 467–75.