Management

An Introduction to Building Procurement Systems

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An examination of the historical background to the use of procurement systems
shows that in the post-war period up to the early 1970s, despite all relevant
official reports and studies recommending otherwise, the majority of building
work was carried out by conventional methods of procurement with only a
relatively small number of projects being implemented by means of, what were
then, non-conventional methods such as negotiation, serial tendering and the
use of package deals.
Because of this, many clients saw the implementation of a building project
as an expensive and risky adventure with work taking a long time to get started
and delays, disputes and extra costs prolonging the agony.
This discontent came to a head during the period of recession which ran
from 1973 to the beginning of the 1980s when for the first time client
dissatisfaction with the construction industry’s inability to meet their needs was
publicly expressed and this phenomenon, together with the financial and
practical consequences of the dramatic increases in oil prices, resulted in the
much greater use of management contracting and the design and build
procurement system.

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: ., 1992

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1-207

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English

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0-203-47415-5

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An Introduction to Building Procurement Systems

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