The Journal
"Construction History," the journal of the
Society, is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal which is published annually. The
leading international journal in its field, it enjoys a high reputation
in the diversity, breadth and detail of its coverage.
Subjects appearing in the journal have ranged from buildings
in early China to construction processes in the modern USA, and from
nineteenth century British bridge building to the use of concrete in
India and Mexico. Scope embraces construction funding,
organisation, firms, labour, materials and components, structures,
building form, processes, plant and historical sources. Each
volume contains four or five full-length, generously illustrated
studies by authoritative writers. The volumes have well over one
hundred pages and also contain informative abstracts from
periodicals,and literature together with book reviews.
For back copies of the Journal please contact
The editors can be contacted by email:
***Articles are invited for the next volume***
Timetable for submissions:
1 October: Deadline for submission
1 November: Articles reviewed and accepted articles sent blind to referees
15 December: Comments from referees sent to authors for articles to be revised.
1 February: Deadline for authors for submission of revised article.
1 November: Target date for Journal issue each year
Note: Journals 1 to 10 are currently out of print.
The Full contents of OUT OF PRINT journals are available free to download. Just click on more information in the journal listing below. Clicking more information on any journal provides a full list of contents. You can order the whole journal through the link.
The Construction History Society also published the Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Construction History. These are out of print but the full contents can be downloaded here |