Editorial 

Associate Professor 
David Baccarini 

Associate Professor 
Peter Davis 

Welcome to the second issue for 2007 of the Australasian 
Journal of Construction Economics and Building. The 
Department of Construction Management at Curtin University of 
Technology is delighted to be the host of this year's issues. The 
variety of papers this Issue reflect the diverse range of 
problems and challenges facing the construction industry. 

Jianjian Du, Chunlu Liu and David Picken's paper explores the 
impact of human resource management economically for 
international construction projects. With the growth of 
globalisation and internationalisation of the construction 
industry, this paper is highly relevant. 

Marcus Towner and David Baccarini's paper deals with a 
ubiquitous process within the construction projects - pricing for 
risk in competitive tenders by construction contractors. The 
past decade has witnessed a developing maturity and 
awareness of risk management and this paper adds to our 
understanding in this area. 

Mary Hardie, Shahed Khan, Angela O'Donnell and Graham 
Miller's paper investigate waste management plans within 
construction, which is an important topic as all industries search 
for improvement in sustainability. This paper surveys the state 
of current practice with regard to waste management plans. 

Peter Davis' paper investigates the contemporary process of 
alliance and relationship projects. In particular the paper 
explores the important factors that contribute to relationship 
maintenance 

Jan Sundqvist, Bengt Larsson and G6ran Lindahl's paper looks 
at the nature of the cooperation between building-material 
manufacturers and contractors and how this affects the 
development of new construction products. This paper reminds 
us that the participants within construction industry are 
becoming more interrelated and that cooperation wile b become 
increasing important . 

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