1: Introduction
Broad overview of construction as part of the economy; people’s role, parallel to technology and capital/finance, etc.; multi-cultural processes and projects.
2: Construction industry: A globalizing business
Short overview of trends in the market
3: Culture’s influence in construction: A short overview of theories
4: case-studies: Europe, Asia, US, Middle-East, Africa. Clients, developers, contractors, project-managers, investors, architects, engineers, QSs
5: Lessons learnt & recommendations
6: A future-vision: Taking-up the challenge
Biography
Wilco Tijhuis is a construction professional and entrepreneur. After starting his career in international positions in construction and development, he founded his own company. He is also active as an Assistant Professor at the University of Twente in the Netherlands on a part-time basis, specializing in international construction processes. His main research interests are strategy, management and risk, procurement and culture in construction. He is a joint coordinator of the international platform CIB W112 ‘Culture in Construction’.
Richard Fellows is Professor of Construction Business Management at Loughborough University, UK. He has taught at a number of universities in the UK, Hong Kong, China and beyond. He is a founder and joint coordinator of the international platform CIB W112 ‘Culture in Construction’. His main research interests are economics, contracts, organization and project management, and culture in construction.
