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Hutchings, M and Christofferson, J (2005) Factors leading to construction company success: perceptions of small-volume residential contractors. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 1(02), 102–11.

Type: Journal Article
Keywords: Management practices; residential construction; home builder; company success
ISBN/ISSN: 1557-8771
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Abstract:
The majority of home building companies in the United States produce fewer than 25 homes per year. In an effort to identify and report on what the perceptions of owners and managers were regarding the reasons for the success of their own small-volume residential construction companies, a nationwide survey was conducted by randomly mailing written questionnaires to owners and managers of 1,114 companies who were members of the National Association of Home Builders. This research report summarizes the responses to an open-ended question to prioritize the five things that contributed most to the success of residential construction companies. Many of the most important factors that were identified as contributing to the success of construction companies were not those listed as important factors for success in the review of literature. Among the factors of success that did rank high were quality workmanship, honesty, having good subcontractors, customer communications, reputation, having good employees, and completing projects on time.

Jackson, B J (2005) Design-build education at associated schools of construction undergraduate programs. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 1(02), 75–88.

Kashiwagi, D T and Massner, S (2005) Solving the construction craftperson skill shortage problem through construction undergraduate and graduate education. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 1(02), 89–101.