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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.

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.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: innovation; privatization; research infrastructure; research organization; research policy; technology transfer; UK
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
  • URL: http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=0ec9ltrmp8ehw7qy
  • Abstract:
    A case study of the proposal. In response to the UK Government's intention to privatize the Building Research Establishment (BRE), the Construction Industry Council (CIC) became the author and promoter of a concept to establish a National Centre for the construction industry. As the privatization process developed, the National Centre became the potential solution to both the Government's need and the construction industry's aspiration. This paper discusses the National Centre for Construction (NCfC) concept and chronicles its development, Government and industry responses and the eventual rejection by Government of the proposal. The NCfC concept and objectives broke new ground and established a reference for evaluating current and future national construction research and technology policy and implement action strategies

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