Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the use of various construction procurement
systems in the past and present, specifically within the Australian construction industry and …

The purpose of this study was to understand some of the many perplexing questions eluding
managers of overwhelmingly complex construction supply chain management (CSCM) …

The chapter seeks to identify risk factors which affect oil and gas construction projects in
Vietnam and derive risk responses. A questionnaire survey was conducted with the …

Although the public sector has a long tradition of using the lowest bid as the award criterion
for contracts, reliance on nonprice criteria is increasing. The purpose of this paper is to …

Payment problems have continually raised grave concerns in construction industries
throughout the world. The Chinese construction industry is just recovering, with reported …

When contracting parties adopt relational contracting (RC) as opposed to formal contracting
stance, the construction project may achieve good outcomes. However, public projects …

Inherent complexities and high strategic impacts of public private partnership (PPP) projects
call for careful team selection methodologies. While project-specific selection methodologies …

For financial and strategic reasons, public and semi-public construction clients increasingly
depend on private parties to carry out public service delivery. They subcontract operational …

ABSTRACT Target Value Design (TVD) is a management practice that steers the design and
construction of the project to the customer's constraints while maximizing the value delivered …

The competence, commitment and attitudes of design consultants strongly influence the
quality and costs of built facilities. However, in the selection of professional services it is …