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.

"...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

• Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Second Edition1. Construction in the age of the planned economy2. The dawn of enterprise3. Leanness and agility in construction4. The improvement agenda takes shape5. Rethinking construction6. From business process re-engineering to partnering7. Lean construction8. From enterprise to social partnership9. Dilemmas unresolved10. The age of austerity11. A prevailing sense of permacrisis12. Unfulfilled dreams of technological optimism

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.

"...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

• Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Second Edition1. Construction in the age of the planned economy2. The dawn of enterprise3. Leanness and agility in construction4. The improvement agenda takes shape5. Rethinking construction6. From business process re-engineering to partnering7. Lean construction8. From enterprise to social partnership9. Dilemmas unresolved10. The age of austerity11. A prevailing sense of permacrisis12. Unfulfilled dreams of technological optimism

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.

"...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

• Preface to the First EditionPreface to the Second Edition1. Construction in the age of the planned economy2. The dawn of enterprise3. Leanness and agility in construction4. The improvement agenda takes shape5. Rethinking construction6. From business process re-engineering to partnering7. Lean construction8. From enterprise to social partnership9. Dilemmas unresolved10. The age of austerity11. A prevailing sense of permacrisis12. Unfulfilled dreams of technological optimism