Our Research

Frontline Coach is committed to partnering up with world-class Universities and researchers to:

  1. Create links with industry so researchers can get the vital data they need
  2. Ensure that research is focussed on areas that will make a difference to all levels of construction
  3. Draw out the connections between research in neuroscience, human factors and elite construction delivery to provide simple solutions for the construction industry

Frontline Coach Director John Morrison (2nd from left) with Professor Patrick Zou and Associate Professor Palanee Ekambaram (Swinburne University Melbourne) and Professor Peter Love from Curtin University Perth (far right) at recent meeting to discuss research on rework mitigations with Tier One Construction firm.

All our industry based research on rework has been with Dr. Peter Love who is a Distinguished Professor at Curtin University in Western Australia for the School of Infrastructure and Engineering Informatics. Professor Love is the leading world academic in construction management having authored seven books, over 500 scholarly research papers and recorded 27,400 citations (Feb 2020) in the fields of information systems / technology, construction management and project management.


Professor Love currently serves as visiting professor to universities in Australia, China, Korea, United Kingdom and South Africa. Professor Love’s impact reaches beyond academia via media engagements, policy advice to governments and multilateral institutions, and consulting with Fortune 500 companies. The Australian newspaper identified Professor Love as one ‘Australia’s top 40 Research Stars in 2019’ and world leader in the field of Civil and Construction Engineering.


Research Grants and Editorial Review; Professor Love has been a recipient of more than $10 million from the Australian Research Council’s Discovery and Linkage Schemes. In addition, he has secured funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Research Grants Council (RGC) in Hong Kong. He regularly reviews research proposals submitted to the ARC, EPSRC, RGC, South African National Research Foundation (NRF), National Science Foundation (NSF) in the USA, the Georgian National Science Foundation and the Danish Council for Independent Research.


Published Research on Rework Prevention at Barwon Water

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1

Praxis of Rework Mitigation in Construction by Love, Ackerman, Carey, Ward, Park & Morrison. Published April 2016 Journal of Management in Engineering American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

2

Quality and Safety in Construction: Creating a ‘No Harm Environment’ by Love, Teo, Grove & Morrison Published February 2016. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

3

From Individual to Collective Learning: A Conceptual Learning Framework for Enabling Rework Prevention

A conceptual learning framework for enacting rework prevention. Love, Ackerman, Teo & Morrison Published April 2015 Journal of Construction Engineering and Management the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

4

Building Absorptive Capacity in an Alliance: Process Improvement Through Lessons Learned. By Love, Teo, Davidson, Cumming & Morrison Published July 2016 International Journal of Project Management.

5

Building high-performing and integrated project teams. Ahiaga-Dagbui, Tokede, Morrison & Chirnside

Journal of Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management (July 2020)

6

Praxis of knowledge-management and trust-based collaborative relationships in project delivery: mediating role of a project facilitator

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 2022
Olubukola Tokede, Dominic Ahiaga-Dagbui, John Morrison 

Published Research on Rework/Error Management with Australian Construction Companies Since 2018 

1

Reduce rework, improve safety: an empirical inquiry into the precursors to error in construction. 

Journal of Production Planning & Control (Jan 2018) Love, Morrison, Teo, Ackermann, Smith, Alexander & Palaneeswaran. 

2

Revisiting Quality Failure Costs in Construction.

American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of Construction Engineering Management. Love, Morrison & Teo - Feb 2018, Volume 144 Issue 2 

3

Unearthing the nature and interplay of quality and safety in construction projects: An empirical study

Journal of Safety Science 103 - March 2018. Love, Morrison & Teo. 
 

4

Make-or-break during production: shedding light on change-orders, rework and contractors margin in construction. 

Journal of Production Planning & Control
(Oct 2018) Love , Ika, Ahiaga-Dagbui , Locatelli & Sing.

5

Creating a mindfulness to learn from errors: Enablers of rework containment and reduction in construction

Developments in the Built Environment
Volume 1, February 2020, 100001
 

6

From Quality-I to Quality-II: Cultivating an error culture to support lean thinking and rework mitigation in infrastructure projects

Journal of Production Planning and Control; Published online: 20 Aug 2021. Peter E. D. Love, Jane Matthews Lavagnon A. Ika, Pauline Teo, Weili Fang, John Morrison
 

7

Error Mastery in Alliance Transport Megaprojects

PED Love, J Matthews - IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 2022 - Elselvie
 

8

State of Science: Why Does Rework Occur in Construction? What Are Its Consequences? And What Can be Done to Mitigate Its Occurrence?

PED Love, J Matthews, MCP Sing, SR Porter, W Fang - Engineering, 2022 - Elsevie