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Bringing problems from the job site into research — then writing that research back in words the industry can use.
Journal Papers & Cases
International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation (Emerald) · accepted 2026
Integrating Health Consciousness and Perceived Values into Consumer Purchase Intentions for Healthy Housing
Chiang, C., Tsai, H.-C., & Peng, Y.-H.
Journal of Innovative Business Cases, Vol. 2, No. 2 · December 2026 issue
Is Equal Always Fair? Project Allocation and Equity Sharing as Talent-Retention Design in a Property Development Group
Chiang Chun (sole author)
Research Interests
Healthy-building consumer behaviourSeismic isolation and carbon reductionConstruction carbon inventoryLong-term maintenance and property managementGenerative AI in construction managementGen Z psychological contracts at work
Dissertations & Further Study
- NTUST PhD dissertation in architecture: consumer awareness of healthy buildings and home-purchase decisions
- UCAM (Spain) DBA research: Gen Z psychological contracts at work
- Post-doctoral research, Homerton College, University of Cambridge
Columns
ESG Times Column | The E, S and G of Construction
Writing on the transformation the construction industry faces across environmental, social and governance dimensions. 13 articles in total.
- E · EnvironmentWhy Do Bathrooms Always Leak? The Dry Revolution of Unit Bathrooms (Part 1)
- G · GovernanceWhy Is It Getting Harder to Borrow Money to Build? The Construction Industry's Funding Squeeze and New Answers from Sustainable Finance
- E · EnvironmentAluminium Formwork: A Low-Carbon Revolution in Site Precision and Zero Waste
- S · SocialWorkplace Bullying Is Now Law: After 1 July, What Happens to the “Yelling Culture” on Construction Sites?
- E · EnvironmentThe Deep End of Construction Carbon Inventory: From “Material Data” to “Organisational Governance”
- E · Environment2026, Year One of Construction Carbon Inventory: How Do Building Carbon Footprints Move from Theory to Measurement?
- G · GovernanceESG Governance in Construction: From Green Supply Chains to Risk Control, Building a Resilient Foundation for Sustainability
- G · GovernanceESG Governance in Construction: From Transparent Decision-Making to Resilient, Sustainable Corporate Governance
- S · SocialBuilders and Social Sustainability: Practice and Innovation in the Social Dimension of Construction ESG (Part 3)
- S · SocialBuilders and Social Sustainability: Practice and Innovation in the Social Dimension of Construction ESG (Part 2)
- S · SocialBuilders and Social Sustainability: Practice and Innovation in the Social Dimension of Construction ESG (Part 1)
- E · EnvironmentEnvironmental Impacts and Decarbonisation Challenges in Construction
- ESGInternational ESG Standards and Trends for the Construction and Property Development Industries
Field Notes
Construction Site Observation Diary
Serialised on Facebook since October 2025, writing about the people, systems and long-standing problems of construction sites — 53 posts so far.
- 53One Truckload, Two Routes: Spoil Goes from White to Black, Aggregate from Black to White
- 52Pray to Heaven at Groundbreaking, Pay Respects to the Locals at Start of Works
- 51Two Visitors Came to Site to Sell Us a NT$36,000 Tin of Tea
- 50Your Typhoon Day Off, Our Sleepless Night
- 49Construction Is Held Up by Ordinary People
- 48Interviewing a Site Supervisor with Thirty Years' Experience
- 47“Just Do What You're Told”: Insecure Supervisors Raise Teams That Can't Think
- 46“You Developers All Say That”
- 45The Air-Con Cleaner Told Me Your Access Panel Is Just for Decoration
- 44Tradesmen Still Tying Rebar in Their Sixties and Seventies
- 43The Thrill Economics of the Job Site
- 42When the Market Is Hot, Who Wants Manual Work? Construction Meets a Nationwide Stock Craze
- 41A Monthly Salary of 100K or 200K and Still No Takers?
- 40Material Losses Tell the Truth: Why Some Site Supervisors Make Money and Others Lose It
- 39MEP: First on Site, Last to Leave
- 38MEP Always Comes Last
- 37Day Labour Is a Blind Box
- 36ESG's Emperor's New Clothes and the Green Inflation on Site
- 34Bullying the Meek, Fearing the Tough on Site
- 33The Carpentry Certificate in the Living Room
- 32Training Beyond the Exam Paper
- 31How Practice-Driven Professionals Are Trained in Europe and America
- 30Answers You Can't Memorise for the Exam
- 29Those with Licences Don't Build; Those Who Build Have No Licence
- 28Paying for a Lunchbox, Expecting Michelin
- 27Japanese Quality or Inflexibility?
- 26The Local Ecosystem Beyond the Rules
- 25Is It Workers We Lack, or Hands That Can Actually Do the Work?
- 24Soul Food Inside the Hoarding: The “Little Bee” Snack Vendor
- 23Procurement: Always Taking the Blame
- 22The Women of the Construction Site
- 21Whisky and Kaoliang at the Spring Banquet
- 20Quick Hands, Clumsy Words
- 19Construction Is a Contradictory Industry
- 18A Line on the Computer Costs Nothing, but on Site It's Real Money
- 17Finding Problems Is Easy. Solving Them… Can You?
- 16The Big Sign That Says “Safety First”
- 15The Longest Mile: Acceptance Inspection
- 14The Names That Keep Changing in My Contacts
- 13The Construction Site Is Full of “Characters”
- 12“No, That's Not Right, No”
- 11What Makes a Good Manager?
- 10The Veteran Site Supervisor Chewing Betel Nut
- 09Only Symptoms, No Solutions
- 08The Site That Can't Use Its Tools
- 07When a Good Site Supervisor Becomes a Manager
- 06It's Never My Problem
- 05Humbled on My First Day on Site
- 04“Don't Talk to Me About Ideals”
- 03What Exactly Is a Site Supervisor's Expertise?
- 02The Stubbornness of Construction People
- 01How Site Supervisors Are Made, and Why Changing Firms Is So Hard