The Journal
"Construction History," the journal of the
Society, is a scholarly 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.
If you have been invited to contribute to the Journal please note that we have included a PDF download of instructions on preparing your work for submission, which can be obtained from the following link:
Note: Journals 1 to 9 are currently out of print.
The Construction History Society plans to make these volumes available in the future as pdf downloads via this site.
The Construction History Society is able to offer other publications, which are listed here |