Construction Management: New Directions, 2nd

The construction industry is faced with a host of new management techniques developed to improve quality and control cost. This book brings together the main new techniques in a single volume, with detailed guidance on further reading.

Angela Palmer was formerly a Senior Lecturer in Construction Management at the Department of Building and Surveying, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland.

Preface to second edition

ix

References

xii

Acknowledgements

xiii

A cultural shift in the construction industry

1

(10)

The book's contents

5

(4)

References

9

(2)

Value management

11

(42)

Introduction

11

(1)

Historical development

12

(4)

Function analysis

16

(11)

Organisation of the study

27

(1)

Who should carry out the study?

27

(1)

Who should constitute the team?

28

(2)

The format of the study

30

(1)

Where should the study be carried out?

31

(1)

The timing of the study

31

(2)

How should alternatives be evaluated?

33

(2)

Value management as a system

35

(1)

The American system

35

(2)

A case study of value management in the United States

37

(1)

The British/European system

38

(1)

A case study of value management in the UK

39

(4)

Value management in Australia

43

(1)

The Japanese system

44

(1)

A case study of value management in Japan

44

(2)

Why are the systems different?

46

(2)

The relationship between value management and quantity surveying

48

(1)

Conclusion

49

(2)

References

51

(2)

Constructability

53

(27)

Introduction

53

(1)

Origins

54

(1)

The goals of constructability

55

(3)

Implementing constructability

58

(3)

Constructability in practice

61

(3)

Constructability and the building product

64

(5)

Good and bad constructability

69

(6)

Quantifying the benefits of constructability

75

(1)

Conclusion

76

(1)

References

77

(3)

Benchmarking

80

(38)

Introduction

80

(1)

Definition of benchmarking

81

(2)

Historical development

83

(2)

Types of benchmarking

85

(4)

The process of benchmarking

89

(16)

The benchmarking team

105

(1)

Benchmarking Code of Conduct

106

(2)

Legal considerations

108

(1)

Benchmarking: the major issues

108

(3)

Current research

111

(2)

Case studies

113

(2)

Conclusion

115

(1)

References

116

(2)

Reengineering

118

(38)

Introduction

118

(2)

Origins of reengineering

120

(1)

Reengineering in a construction industry context

121

(1)

The goals of reengineering

122

(4)

Reengineering methodology

126

(8)

Pitfalls of reengineering

134

(2)

Information technology and reengineering

136

(4)

Reengineering from a European perspective

140

(1)

A case study of a process reengineering study in the Australian construction industry

141

(10)

Conclusion

151

(2)

References

153

(3)

Total quality management

156

(32)

Introduction

156

(2)

Definition of TQM

158

(1)

What is quality?

159

(4)

Historical development of TQM

163

(3)

The need for a paradigm shift

166

(1)

A change in the culture of the construction industry

167

(3)

Customer focus

170

(1)

Integration

170

(7)

The all-embracing nature of TQM

177

(1)

Continuous improvement

178

(1)

Quality costs and the cost of quality

178

(2)

Universal standards of quality such as ISO 9000

180

(1)

Change management

181

(1)

The methods of TQM

182

(1)

How to implement TQM

182

(1)

Kaizen

183

(1)

Current research into TQM in the construction industry

183

(1)

Conclusion

184

(1)

References

185

(3)

Supply chain management

188

(37)

Introduction

188

(1)

Definitions

189

(3)

Goals of supply chain management

192

(1)

Charting the supply chain movement

193

(2)

Distribution

195

(2)

Production

197

(4)

Strategic procurement

201

(4)

Industrial organisation economics and supply chain concepts

205

(10)

Tools and techniques

215

(4)

Current research

219

(1)

References

220

(5)

Partnering and alliancing

225

(43)

Introduction

225

(1)

The origins of partnering

226

(1)

Partnering in a construction industry context

226

(2)

The goals of partnering

228

(1)

Categories of partnering

229

(1)

Project partnering

230

(14)

Strategic or multi-project partnering

244

(2)

Legal and contractual implications of partnering

246

(5)

Dispute resolution

251

(1)

Partnering: overview

252

(3)

Project alliancing -- a natural progression from project partnering?

255

(1)

Alliance definitions

256

(1)

Alliancing in the construction industry

256

(1)

The differences between alliancing and partnering

257

(2)

Critical success factors in alliancing

259

(2)

The financial arrangements

261

(2)

The project outcome

263

(1)

Postscript

264

(1)

References

264

(4)

Linking the concepts

268

(9)

References

275

(2)

Bibliography

277

(11)

Index

288

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