Construction Procurement: Complex Property Development

Author: Brian Greenhalgh; Graham Squires; Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367725655
Published In: December 2021
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This book is an easy to read introduction to the principles and methods of building procurement and is aimed at first year students or non-cognate graduates starting out on a career in construction, property, quantity surveying and construction management.

The book starts with a brief introduction to the construction industry including how the industry is organised into contractors, consultants and clients. After a discussion of the historical development of procurement methods, which show a steady shift of risk and responsibility towards the supply side (contractors), the various roles and responsibilities which must be carried out in any project are discussed in detail. The aim is to show the reader that procurement routes are effectively a permutation of these responsibilities between the various parties. The book then explains the various methods by which the contractor(s) are paid, either by pre-negotiated lump sums or by some form of cost reimbursement. Variants of these two systems are also discussed. Several chapters are given to the detailed discussion of the main procurement routes together with the appropriate standard forms of contract designed for that route. More modern developments such as PFI and PPP are discussed and a chapter covering emerging trends in procurement completes the book.>/p>

Containing discussion points, chapter summaries and case studies, this book is ideal for use on a variety of degree programs and courses across the built environment and engineering.

1. Nature of the Construction Industry

2. Clients of the construction industry

3. Historical Development of Construction Procurement Methods

4. Roles carried out in a construction project

5. Tendering and Payment

6. Separated procurement methods

7. Project specific procurement – overlapping roles

8. Project specific procurement - Integrated roles

9. Long Term relationships - Partnering and Alliancing

10. Long term relationships – Framework Agreements

11. Public Sector Projects

12. The selection of construction procurement procedures