Doctoral thesis of Philosophy: House completion time in Australia: workflow planning approach

The Australian house building industry has seen an increase in the average house completion time in the past decade. This increase in some Australian states was quite dramatic. For instance, Western Australia faced a seventy percent increase in the average house completion time during this period. Since houses make up more than seventy-five percent of dwellings in Australia, this increase affected a large proportion of housing supply in the country. This research addresses this issue at industry and company level by investigating house completion time using a workflow-based planning approach. For this purpose, a national and five State case studies (Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia) are used at industry level.