Project and Production Management in the Construction Industry

Project and Production Management in the Construction Industry

In this issue, the Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management (EPPM-Journal) presents five original research papers related to project and production management in the construction industry from authors in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The construction industry is characterized by complexity, uncertainty, capital, and labor-intensiveness (Ko and Cheng, 2007), making appropriate project and production management a key success factor (Halpin and Senior, 2010; Santos et al., 2002). Project management is primarily applied to enhance project performance (Ko, 2011), while production management is used to enhance material supply or through treating the construction project as a production process (Ballard, 2000). Two of the current articles fall under the topic of Project Management. In the first, Ibrahim et al. propose a framework to identify appropriate frame rates for the observation of construction operations from time-lapse movies, which are frequently used to observe construction productivity (Abeid and Arditi, 2002). Such recordings could be helpful in reducing the costs of construction productivity observation. In the second paper, Martin Dada investigates conflicts in organizations that detract from the achievement of project objectives, recommending that conscious teambuilding efforts be made to reduce the impact of conflicts on project performance.