Mike Murray & David Langford 
Construction Reports 1944-98 [PDF ebook] 

It is often said that in order to know where we are going, we need
to know where we have been. For some years the construction
industry has been challenged to deliver better performance in terms
of value for money, timelier construction and defect free building.
Behind this remodelling of an industry is Government. The interest
by Government is not new, and report after report in the post war
period has exhorted the industry to perform better.

This book documents how Government, through influential reports,
has sought to shape the performance and attitudes of parties to the
construction industry. It provides a critical review of 12 of the
most significant, setting these against their political, social and
economic background, and offers a ready reference and critique for
researchers of construction management, government and
economics.

Inhoudsopgave

List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; The placing and management of contracts: (Simon Report 1944); The Ministry of Works party report on building (Philips Report 1950); Survey of the problems before the construction industry (Emmerson Report 1962); The placing and management of contracts for building and civil engineering work (Banwell Report 1964); Tavistock studies into the building industry (Communications in the building industry 1965 & interdependence and uncertainty 1966); Large industrial sites report (NEDC 1970); The public client and the construction industries (Wood Report 1975); Faster building for Industry (NEDO Report 1983); Faster Building for Commerce (NEDO Report 1988); Constructing the team (Latham Report 1994); Technology foresight – progress through partnership (OST Report 1995); Rethinking Construction (Egan Report 1998); Conclusions; Index

Over de auteur

Mike Murray is a lecturer in construction management
within the Department of Architecture & Building Science at the
University of Strathclyde. He is currently at the closing stage of
his Ph D research and holds a first class honours degree and MSc in
construction management. He has lectured at three Scottish
universities and has presented research papers at both UK and
overseas conferences. Mike has recently presented one-day workshops
to UK contractors, Costain, Wates and Gleeson.

Professor Dave Langford is the Director of the Graduate
School in the Department of Architecture & Building Science at
Shrathclyde University in Glasgow. He has contributed to the field
of construction management for over 25 years and has lectured and
consulted throughout the world. He has written many academic papers
and several books including two which he co-authored for Blackwell,
Strategic Management in Construction and Construction
Management in Practice.