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Arditi, D and Chotibhongs, R (2005) Issues in Subcontracting Practice. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(08), 866–76.

Fayek, A R and Oduba, A (2005) Predicting Industrial Construction Labor Productivity Using Fuzzy Expert Systems. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(08), 938–41.

Fisher, D J, Schluter, L and Toleti, P K (2005) Project Management Education and Training Process for Career Development. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(08), 903–10.

Gunhan, S and Arditi, D (2005) International Expansion Decision for Construction Companies. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(08), 928–37.

Hildreth, J, Vorster, M and Martinez, J (2005) Reduction of Short-Interval GPS Data for Construction Operations Analysis. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(08), 920–7.

Kululanga, G K and Price, A D (2005) Measuring Quality of Writing of Construction Specifications. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(08), 859–65.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Measurement; Construction management; Specifications; Writing;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:8(859)
  • Abstract:
    The quality of writing of construction specifications is one of the greatest challenges facing construction contractors or their representatives in today’s business environment. Writers of construction specifications have been criticized for their contribution toward construction disputes. Although the construction business environment has moved toward modernization of some of its business processes, claims arising from construction specifications continue to rise. Equally, a written exposition of a quantitative instrument that measures the quality of writing of construction specifications is not available in the literature. Thus the construction industry needs to develop methodologies for measuring the quality of writing of construction specifications that should overcome their current underperformance in this area. This paper presents the procedures that underlie the quality of writing of construction specifications, gives a management tool for facilitating its measurement, and also presents the results of construction contractors’ practices regarding the quality of said writing. The results show that the surveyed Malawian construction contractors were in the process of putting in place principles to govern the quality of writing of construction specifications.

Lee, S, Peña-Mora, F and Park, M (2005) Quality and Change Management Model for Large Scale Concurrent Design and Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(08), 890–902.

Pulaski, M H and Horman, M J (2005) Organizing Constructability Knowledge for Design. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(08), 911–9.

Riley, D R, Varadan, P, James, J S and Thomas, H R (2005) Benefit-Cost Metrics for Design Coordination of Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Systems in Multistory Buildings. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 131(08), 877–89.