Profitable Partnering in Construction Procurement

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ISBN: 9780419247609 | 0419247602
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Copyright: 3/16/1999

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This collection of papers was presented at the CIB W92 Symposium held in Chiang Mai, Thailand in January 1999.This volume, drawing on contributions from leading experts in construction contract procurement from 22 countries, addresses the issues of culture within organizations and national cultures and their impact on procurement, performance and profitability.

Table of contents

Foreword

Preface

xiii

Partnering

(60)

Partnering: The propaganda of corporatism

(12)

S. D. Green

Harmony and profit in SMEs: the possibilities and limitations of building partnerships

(10)

C. L. Davey

D. L. Lowe

A. R. Duff

Operational risks associated with partnering for construction

(14)

Akintola Akintoye

Carolynn Black

The implication of partnership success within the UK construction industry supply chain

(8)

Amani Hamza

Ramdane Djebarni

Peter Hibberd

Project team performance-managing individual goals, shared values and boundary roles

(14)

M. C. Jefferies

S. E. Chen

J. D. Mead

Harmonious Relations

(106)

Networks in the construction industry: emerging regulation procedures in the production process

(12)

Martine Benhaim

David Birchall

Harmonious contracts and higher profits: dilemma or opportunity?

(10)

Wilco Tijhuis

Profiting from harmony - in construction procurement and management

(8)

Mohan M. Kumaraswamy

Harmonious and symbiotic relationships towards project success: myth or reality?

(14)

P. D. Rwelamila

Searching for trust in the UK construction industry: an interim view

107

(10)

G. Wood

P. Mcdermott

Trust as a human factor in management in general and in construction

117

(10)

H. L. Lau

Project Performance enhancement improving relations with community stakeholders

127

(10)

Krisen Moodley

Harmony and profit lessons from history: the case of Solomon's temple

137

(10)

Stephen O. Ogunlana

Customer orientation in the delivery of public works--the impact on building procurement in Hong Kong

147

(10)

Brian Wilkins

The effect of private aspirations in construction alliances

157

(10)

A. B. Ngowi

Contracts and Contractual Relationships

167

(78)

A structured methodology for improving the owner-contractor relationship in construction projects

169

(10)

Alfredo F. Serpell

Considerate contracting--altruism or competitive advantage?

179

(10)

S. Barthorpe

Winning alliances for large scale construction projects on the world market

189

(12)

Dragana Mitrovic

Harmonisation between the small and large firm: small firms adding value but at what cost?

201

(10)

Christopher Miller

Trefor Williams

Lyn Daunton

A case for promoter participation in the development of fair conditions of contract in Uganda

211

(12)

A. Tutesigensi

K. Moodley

Understanding contract documents and its relation to the performance in construction projects

223

(12)

Adnan Enshassi

Novation contract and its application in Hong Kong

235

(10)

Albert P. C. Chan

Tony T. F. Ma

Procurement Systems and Strategies

245

(102)

Emerging issues in procurement systems

247

(10)

Jason Matthews

Steve Rowlinson

Florence T. T. Phua

Peter McDermott

Tom Chapman

Procurement and delivery methods research program

257

(8)

Tiina Tanninen-Ahonen

Procurement systems' shares and trends in Finland

265

(8)

P. J. Lahdenpera

K. K. Sulankivi

V. E. Nykanen

Public procurement of professional building services in construction in Italy. The way forward

273

(12)

Nicola Colella

Procurement as a learning process

285

(10)

Robert Newcombe

Construction management of large scale building projects. The case of Colombo Centre project, Lisbon

295

(12)

Francisco Loforte Ribeiro

The demand for independent procurement advice in the Northern Ireland construction industry

307

(12)

J. G. Gunning

M. Woods

Analysis of general contractor's financial strategy under different procurement methods

319

(10)

Ting-Ya Hsieh

Hsiau-Lung Wang

Employment of value management for different procurement systems in the construction industry of Hong Kong

329

(8)

C. M. Tam

Albert P. C. Chan

Zimbabwean public sector procurement strategies: trial and error combinations

337

(10)

P. P. Gombera

M. I. Okoroh

Designing and Building

347

(70)

Selecting appropriate projects for design-build procurement

349

(12)

Keith R. Molenaar

The process protocol: improving the front end of the design and construction process for the UK industry

361

(12)

Michail Kagioglou

Rachel Cooper

Ghassan Aouad

John Hinks

Design and managing for sustainable buildings in the UK

373

(10)

D. A. Langford

X. Q. Zhang

T. Maver

I. MacLeod

B. Dimitrijevic

Design and build procurement of construction projects: hybrids in Singapore

383

(10)

J. Foo

C. Low

B. H. Goh

G. Ofori

A protocol for managing the design process in the building industry in Brazil

393

(12)

C. T. Formoso

P. Tzotzopoulos

M. S. S. Jobim

R. Liedtke

Enhanced design build-an innovative system to procure a hospital project

405

(12)

Albert P. C. Chan

Ann T. W. Yu

C. M. Tam

Private Finance Projects

417

(92)

`International uncertainly' for procurement of innovative technology in construction projects

419

(10)

Tomonari Yashiro

Privatization-induced risks: state-owned transportation enterprizes in Thailand

429

(12)

Santi Charoenpornpattana

Takayuki Minato

PPI in the PRC: two categories and six models of private participation in Chinese infrastructure

441

(10)

R. Macdonald

T. Yoshiro

T. Yoshida

M. Kunishima

Economic regulation of infrastructure projects involving private sector participation

451

(10)

H. C. Cho

S. Takeuchi

T. Yoshida

M. Kunishima

Build-own-operate-the procurement of correctional services

461

(14)

B. Confoy

P. E. D. Love

B. M. Wood

D. H. Picken

Risk identification frameworks for international BOOT projects

475

(12)

A. Salzmann

S. Mohamed

Developing a methodological approach to the identification of factors critical to success in privatised infrastructure projects in the UK

487

(12)

Roy Morledge

Kevin Owen

Risk management of BOT projects in Southeast Asian countries

499

(10)

C. M. Tam

Arthur W. T. Leung

Culture

509

(54)

Towards a culture of quality in the UK construction industry

511

(12)

D. E. Seymour

R. F. Fellows

The impact of culture on project goals

523

(10)

A. M. M. Liu

R. F. Fellows

A literature review on studies in culture--a pluralistic concept

533

(10)

S. Barthorpe

R. Duncan

C. Miller

Cultural differences between Danish and British construction professionals and their attitudes towards the European services procurement directive

543

(12)

Mick Hancock

Future challenges in construction management: creating cultural change through education

555

(8)

Dennis Lenard

Information and Decision Systems

563

(94)

The development of a rich information model used to identify the factors constraining design development

565

(14)

M. A. Mior Azam

A. D. Ross

C. J. Fortune

D. M. Jaggar

The performance of a systematic risk management process for pre-tender cost estimate for public works in Hong Kong

579

(10)

Stephen Mak

David Picken

Harmonizing construction planning, monitoring, and control: an information integration approach

589

(10)

A. S. Kazi

C. Charoenngam

Computer-based simulation for fostering harmony in construction

599

(8)

Mohan R. Manavazhi

Decision support system for phase coordination on fast-track projects

607

(10)

P. L. S. Ravikanth

Koshy Varghese

J. T. O'connor

Development of a decision support system for cost escalation in the heavy engineering industry

617

(10)

William Bates

Nashwan N. Dawood

Development of a forecasting methodology for cost indices in the Greek construction industry

627

(10)

Nashwan Dawood

Identifying best practices in contractor selection For enhanced harmony and profit

637

(12)

E. Palaneeswaran

Mohan M. Kumaraswamy

P. W. M. Tam

Optimizing profit and selecting successful contractors

649

(8)

Amarjit Singh

Max Maher Shoura

Change, Technology and Value Management

657

(74)

Necessary changes in construction system to cope with and utilize recent economic crisis in Asia

659

(10)

Keizo Baba

Residential construction in countries in the process of transition-the question of profit

669

(10)

I. Marinic

S. Vukovic

Modelling construction waste performance-an arising procurement issue

679

(10)

P. Forsythe

P. K. Marsden

The impact of the decline of the Asian economy on Australian contractors: development, profile and strategies of Australian construction in Asia

689

(10)

G. R. Najjar

M. Y. Mak

M. C. Jefferies

A comparison of client and contractor attitudes to prequalification criteria

699

(10)

Anthony Mills

Martin Skitmore

Quality assurance for profitable building services procurement

709

(12)

K. C. Lam

Constructability - the implications for project procurement in Thailand

721

(10)

Chandra Bhuta

Sujay Karkhanis

Author index

731

(2)

Key word index

733

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