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Ade, R and Rehm, M (2020) Reaching for the stars: green construction cost premiums for Homestar certification. Construction Management and Economics, 38(06), 570–80.

Arashpour, M, Heidarpour, A, Akbar Nezhad, A, Hosseinifard, Z, Chileshe, N and Hosseini, R (2020) Performance-based control of variability and tolerance in off-site manufacture and assembly: optimization of penalty on poor production quality. Construction Management and Economics, 38(06), 502–14.

Hamilton, I G, Summerfield, A J, Steadman, J P, Stone, A and Davies, M (2010) Exploring energy integration between new and existing developments. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 609.

Hammad, A W, Grzybowska, H, Sutrisna, M, Akbarnezhad, A and Haddad, A (2020) A novel mathematical optimisation model for the scheduling of activities in modular construction factories. Construction Management and Economics, 38(06), 534–51.

Hassan, A and El-Rayes, K (2020) Quantifying the interruption impact of activity delays in non-serial repetitive construction projects. Construction Management and Economics, 38(06), 515–33.

Hernandez, P and Kenny, P (2010) Integrating occupant preference and life cycle energy evaluation: a simplified method. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 37.

Littlefair, P, Ortiz, J and Bhaumik, C D (2010) A simulation of solar shading control on UK office energy use. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 46.

Loosemore, M, Alkilani, S and Mathenge, R (2020) The risks of and barriers to social procurement in construction: a supply chain perspective. Construction Management and Economics, 38(06), 552–69.

Lucke, T and Beecham, S (2010) Aeration and gutter water levels in siphonic roof drainage systems. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 85.

Pink, S, Tutt, D, Dainty, A and Gibb, A (2010) Ethnographic methodologies for construction research: knowing, practice and interventions. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 647-659.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: construction site; construction workers; ethnographic research; indigenous knowledge; informal practices; knowledge in practice; local knowledge
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2010.512193
  • Abstract:

    Ethnographic methodologies developed in social anthropology and sociology hold considerable promise for addressing practical, problem-based research concerned with the construction site. The extended researcher-engagement characteristic of ethnography reveals rich insights, yet is infrequently used to understand how workplace realities are lived out on construction sites. Moreover, studies that do employ these methods are rarely reported within construction research journals. This paper argues that recent innovations in ethnographic methodologies offer new routes to: posing questions; understanding workplace socialities (i.e. the qualities of the social relationships that develop on construction sites); learning about forms, uses and communication of knowledge on construction sites; and turning these into meaningful recommendations. This argument is supported by examples from an interdisciplinary ethnography concerning migrant workers and communications on UK construction sites. The presented research seeks to understand how construction workers communicate with managers and each other and how they stay safe on site, with the objective of informing site health-and-safety strategies and the production and evaluation of training and other materials.

Steinhardt, D, Manley, K, Bildsten, L and Widen, K (2020) The structure of emergent prefabricated housing industries: a comparative case study of Australia and Sweden. Construction Management and Economics, 38(06), 483–501.

Tenpierik, M J and Cauberg, J J M (2010) Encapsulated vacuum insulation panels: theoretical thermal optimization. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 9.

Thomas, L E (2010) Evaluating design strategies, performance and occupant satisfaction: a low carbon office refurbishment. Building Research & Information, 38(06), 24.