ISBN-13: 9780419241003 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 342 str.
Based on research by the CIB's W92 Procurement Systems Working Group, this volume deals with best practice in construction procurement, the process by which customers of the construction industry go about procuring new facilities. The whole spectrum of procurement issues, starting with the client or customer and running through managerial, cultural and IT-based issues, is covered. Prefaced with an overview of previous work and a section on selection criteria, practitioneers can make their choices of procurement form. An appendix on procurement games and cases which will allow the reader to explore some of the issues raised in the book. Importantly, performance comparisons of different procurement forms will be discussed and the whole emphasis of the book is to highlight best practice in this area based on late-1990s reasearch.
Procurement Systems details the whole spectrum of procurement issues in the construction industry, starting with the client /customer and running through managerial, cultural and IT-based issues. The book commences with an overveiw of previous work and a section on selection criteria is provided to enable practitioners to make their choices of procurement form. Importantly, perfromance comparisons of different procurement forms are discussed and the main emphasis of the book is to highlight best practice based on the most up-to-date research. One chapter deals specifically with developmentally orientated procurement issues in NICs (newly industrialised countries), where best practice is assessed from a different set of perspectives. The authors contributing to this book are among the most highly respected and eminent in the field.