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Poon, C S, Yu, A T W and Ng, L H (2003) Comparison of low-waste building technologies adopted in public and private housing projects in Hong Kong. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 10(02), 88–98.

Tan, W (2003) Building competitive advantage: construction education in Japan. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 10(02), 78–87.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: learning styles; construction industry; competitive advantage; education Japan
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0969-9988
  • URL: http://titania.emeraldinsight.com/vl=1289930/cl=13/nw=1/rpsv/cgi-bin/linker?ini=emerald&reqidx=/cw/mcb/09699988/v10n2/s1/p78
  • Abstract:
    This paper examines the way the Japanese education system strategically channels talent towards its elite universities, turning out a high proportion of engineers and architects for the construction industry. At the same time, it provides limited education for construction workers and technicians in public vocational institutes and technical colleges, preferring to turn out a highly educated workforce of generalists who are trained for specific jobs by employers through the training centres of large firms, private vocational institutes, or on-the-job training by smaller subcontractors.

Tong, T K L (2003) Fuzzy optimisation of labour allocation by generic algorithms. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 10(02), 146–55.

Underwood, J and Watson, A (2003) An XML metadata approach to seamless project information exchange between heterogeneous platforms.. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 10(02), 128–45.

Vee, C and Skitmore, M R (2003) Professional ethics in the construction industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 10(02), 117–27.