Construction industry advance and change: progress in eight Asian economies since 1995
Edited By Michael Anson, Yat Hung Chiang Patrick Lam and Jianfu Shen

Construction industry advance and change has been written to mark the first 25 years of existence of the AsiaConstruct Conference.

The AsiaConstruct Conference, an annual meeting of Asian Construction Industry representatives, exists to promote mutual knowledge, to recognize and discuss factors affecting industry performance and share information on recent trends and progress.

Construction industry advance and change participants are organizations representing the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and the seven countries of India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

The first conference was held in November 1995. Each chapter in the book relates to each of these eight construction economies for the period 1995–2019.

The Research Institute of Construction and Economy, Japan had the privilege of hosting the first 1995 AsiaConstruct Conference in Japan and is pleased, therefore, to be accorded the honour of writing the Foreword to this book.

The project was conceived in Kuching, Malaysia, in November 2018. A publisher was then found, followed by project confirmation in Madurai, India, in November 2019.

Professor Mike Anson, representing the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Team was appointed Coordinator by the AsiaConstruct leadership. His continuing dedicated efforts in that role, with his team, are warmly acknowledged.