The impacts of industrialization on construction subcontractors: a resource based view

Figures & data

Figure 1. Industrial construction hierarchy adapted from Lewicki (1966) and Gibb and Isack (2003)

Table 1. Sample description

Respondent	Position	Trade	Firm age (years)	No. pod projects	Size (No. employees)	EBA status	Turnover million ($)
R1	Director	Hydraulic	10	2	18	No EBA	14
R2	Director/State Manager	Mechanical	30	2	60	No EBA	70
R3	Director	Electrical	23	2	56	Yes EBA	12
R4	Director/State Manager	Mechanical	30	3	197	Yes EBA	140
R5	Director	Hydraulic	4	2	95	Yes EBA	22
R6	Director	Hydraulic	60	3	150	Yes EBA	40

Note: EBA = Enterprise bargaining agreement with construction union exists.

Figure 2. Leximancer concept map

Figure 3. Concept map and summary output

Table 2. Overall impact of bathroom pods

Respondent	Impact	Impact category	Why
R1	8	Negative	Financial
R2	3	Positive	Small impact
R3	6	Positive	Better projects
R4	7	Positive	Smoother project
R5	9	Negative	Financial
R6	9	Negative	Financial

Table 3. Concepts and prominence by respondent (I = intellectual capital; H = human capital; F = financial capital; O = organizational capital; S = social capital; P = physical capital)

Concept and resource	Rel Freq (%)	Strength (%)	Prominence
Category: Name_r1
Guys (H/F)	20	29	2.5
Skills (I)	15	24	2
Different (I)	15	22	1.9
Site (H)	15	21	1.8
Take (F)	15	17	1.5
Job (H/F)	22	16	1.4
Category: Name_r2
Design (S)	13	28	2.2
Project (S)	80	28	2.1
Builder (S)	36	26	2
Early (I)	18	25	2
Change (H/I)	20	19	1.5
People (I)	11	18	1.4
Category: Name_r3
Everything (S/F)	18	43	2.7
Site (H/F)	18	35	2.2
Time (F)	24	34	2.1
Early (S)	16	29	1.8
Take (F)	15	23	1.5
Change (ALL)	20	23	1.5
Category: Name_r4
Plumber (S/O)	14	26	1.6
Resources (ALL)	14	23	1.4
Trades (S)	16	20	1.2
Job (F)	18	18	1.2
Work (S)	41	18	1.1
Take (I)	11	17	1.1
Category: Name_r5
Skills (I)	12	40	1.6
Different (I)	10	33	1.3
Job (F)	19	30	1.2
Resources (H/F)	12	29	1.2
Take (F)	12	29	1.2
Trades (O)	15	28	1.1
Category: Name_r6
Bathroom (H)	15	36	2.1
Building (F)	14	32	1.9
Tradesmen (S/H)	12	29	1.7
Design (S)	10	28	1.7
Labour (H/F)	10	26	1.5
Pods (F)	53	18	1.1

Lewicki, B., 1966. Building with large prefabricates. London: Elsevier Pub. Co.

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Gibb, A.G.F. and Isack, F., 2003. Re-engineering through pre-assembly: client expectations and drivers. Building research & information, 31, 146–160.10.1080/09613210302000

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