Product Description

The procurement of construction work is complex, and a successful outcome frequently elusive. Clients have developed increased expectations of the industry, and constructors and consultants are faced with far greater demands, to achieve improvements in terms of value for money and quality, in addition to seeking savings in cost and time.

This book provides a critical review of current practices in building procurement and evaluates new approaches, particularly from the USA, together with discussing the drivers for change in traditional UK procurement approaches.

It emphasises, in particular, the important need for clients to establish achievable objectives which reflect the client′s business case for the project, and then to develop a strategy and management structure to meet those objectives.

The book also examines procurement practices in Europe, including EU procurement procedures, and in China and the USA.

It will be of interest to construction management postgraduates and researchers, as well as construction practitioners.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #235286 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
′Even though building procurement systems are, and will remain, complex despite this excellent book, the knowledge , expertise, well–articulated argument and collection of recent research efforts that are provided by the three authors will help to make project success less elusive′ CME April 2007

From the Publisher
* existing books on procurement are dated or traditional in approach
* this book reflects the latest best practice, in particular increased emphasis on client needs
* outlines procurement in the European Union, the USA and China, as well as the UK
* features a literature review on procurement

From the Back Cover
The procurement of construction work is complex, and a successful outcome frequently elusive. Clients have developed increased expectations of the industry, and constructors and consultants are faced with far greater demands, to achieve improvements in terms of value for money and quality, in addition to seeking savings in cost and time.

This book provides a critical review of current practices in building procurement and evaluates new approaches, particularly from the USA, together with discussing the drivers for change in traditional UK procurement approaches.

It emphasises, in particular, the important need for clients to establish achievable objectives which reflect the client’s business case for the project, and then to develop a strategy and management structure to meet those objectives.

The book also examines procurement practices in Europe, including EU procurement procedures, and in China and the USA.

It will be of interest to construction management postgraduates and researchers, as well as construction practitioners.

Customer Reviews

A great help.
I have to wtite a report for my construction degree on the difference between Asia, Europe and the USA procurement routes compared to British route. It was hard to find any related books on different procurement routes outside of Britain, this has the answers for me to complete my report. Thank you to Morledge, R, Smith, A &Kashiwagi,D, T.