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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morledge, Roy
Other Authors: Smith, Adrian, Kashiwagi, Dean T.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Coventry, U.K. : Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : RICS Research ; Blackwell Science, 2006.
Edition:[1st ed.].
Subjects:
Construction industry > Great Britain.
Construction industry > United States.
Construction industry > China.
Industrial procurement > Great Britain.
Industrial procurement > United States.
Industrial procurement > China.
Table of Contents:
  • Procurement strategy : a literature review
  • Principles of strategic procurement
  • Public sector projects
  • Project initiation
  • Briefing and the design process
  • Procurement strategies
  • Project team selection
  • Managing the procurement process
  • The value of design
  • Risk
  • Partnering culture and the management of relationships
  • Privately financed public sector projects (PFI and PPP)
  • Public private partnerships (PPPs) and the UK private finance initiative (PFI)
  • Construction procurement : Europe and China
  • US delivery processes critically reviewed
  • Performance information procurement systems (PIPS).