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Making Sense of Construction Improvement

Autor Stuart Green
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 dec 2023
Making Sense of Construction Improvement provides a critical evaluation of the construction improvement debate from the end of the Second World War through to the modern era. The book offers unique insights into the way the UK construction sector is continuously shaped and re-shaped in accordance with changes in the prevailing political economy.
 
This second edition brings the book up to date by including coverage of key trends from 2010–2023. The book has been substantially revised and reworked to include new material relating to the ‘age of austerity’ and the subsequent period of political uncertainty initiated by the Brexit referendum. Changes in the political economy are positioned alongside the rise of the sustainability agenda and the advent of ‘zero carbon’. Particular attention is paid to the ongoing skills crisis and the over-hyped advocacy of modern methods of construction (MMC) as the latest supposed panacea of industry improvement. Coverage includes the Farmer (2016) report Modernise or Die and the Construction Playbook (HM Government, 2020). However, perhaps the most important addition is a focus on the Grenfell Disaster (2017) and the subsequent revelations from the public enquiry. Further intermediate milestones include Building a Safer Future (Hackitt, 2018) and the Construction Sector Deal (HM Government, 2018). The emerging consensus points towards a systemic failure involving not only the construction sector but also the entire system of regulation and compliance. Tracing the failings back over time and scrutinising the role played by previous generations of policymakers, Stuart Green ultimately argues that Grenfell was a disaster entirely foretold.
 
The insightful and critical analysis of the industry contained within these pages is essential and timely reading for anyone who wants to understand how the construction sector arrived at where it is today, and with that knowledge, give further thought to where it might go next.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781032301334
ISBN-10: 1032301333
Pagini: 366
Ilustrații: 6 Tables, black and white; 20 Halftones, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția Routledge

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Professional

Notă biografică

Stuart D. Green is Professor of Construction Management at the University of Reading and former Head of the School of the Built Environment. He has an extensive track record of policy engagement with the UK construction sector and writes from the conviction of personal experience. He is an accomplished researcher and continues to be actively involved in consultancy both in the UK and internationally.

Cuprins

Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
1.      Construction in the age of the planned economy
2.      The dawn of enterprise
3.      Leanness and agility in construction
4.      The improvement agenda takes shape
5.      Rethinking construction
6.      From business process re-engineering to partnering
7.      Lean construction
8.      From enterprise to social partnership
9.      Dilemmas unresolved
10.   The age of austerity
11.   A prevailing sense of permacrisis
12.   Unfulfilled dreams of technological optimism

Recenzii

"...a fantastic review of the construction industry in the UK and the perennial quest for its improvement, principally with regard to productivity, safety and product quality... this book is really unique and a gem that has its place on the bookshelves of both project managers and historians." Dr Frédéric Bosché, HEA Fellow, Reader in Construction Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK

Descriere

Making Sense of Construction Improvement provides a critical evaluation of the construction improvement debate from the end of the Second World War through to the modern era. This second edition brings the book up to date by including coverage of key trends from 2010-2023.