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Publications

  • Best, R. (2011) “Developing a basket of resources as a tool for collecting construction cost data internationally”. In Egbu, C. and Lou, E. (eds) Proceedings of 27th ARCOM Conference, 5-7 September, Bristol, UK.
  • Best, R. (2011) “Comparing Construction Costs Between Countries”. In: de Valence, G. (ed.) Modern Construction Economics. Spon Press.
  • Best, R. (2010) “Using purchasing power parities to assess productivity”. Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building, Vol. 10, No. 4 pp.1-10
  • Best, R., 2009, ‘A Refined Basket of Goods Approach for Comparing Construction Costs between Countries’, Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building, vol.9, no.2, pp.29-37.
  • Langston, C. and Best, R., 2009, ‘Convergence of Construction Costs in the Single European Market’. MC4T Managing Construction for Tomorrow International Conference, Oct 1-3, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
  • Langston, C. and Wu, M., 2006, ‘A Comparative Study of Construction Industry Size and Structure between the UK and Australia and the Significance of Industry Fragmentation’, International Journal of Construction Management, vol.6, no.1, pp.45-61.
  • Best, R. and Langston, C., 2006, ‘Evaluation of Construction Contractor Performance: A critical analysis of some recent research’, Construction Management and Economics, vol.24, no.4, pp.439-445.
  • Langston, C. and Best, R., 2005, ‘Using the Big Mac Index for Comparing Construction Costs Internationally’, in proceedings of QUT Research Week (CDROM), Brisbane, 11 pages.
  • Best, R. and Langston, C., 2005, ‘International Comparisons of Construction Industry Performance: Further investigations’, in proceedings of QUT Research Week (CDROM), Brisbane, 15 pages.
  • Langston, C. and Best, R., 2001, ‘An Investigation into the Construction Performance of High-rise Commercial Office Buildings Worldwide based on Productivity and Resource Consumption’, International Journal of Construction Management, vol.1, no.1, pp.57-76.
  • Langston, C. and Best, R., 2000, ‘Building for Growth: International Benchmarking of Construction Projects’, ABARE Outlook 2000 Conference, Canberra.
     

 

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