Construction Open tender
The discussion of contractor qualification in the preceding section is closely related to limitations on the pool of tenderers. If […]
Management of Construction
The management of construction is an enterprise that involves many people with diverse interests, talents and backgrounds. The owner, the design professional and the contractor comprise the primary triad of parties, but others, such as subcontractors, material suppliers, bankers, insurance and bonding companies, attorneys and public agency officials, are vital elements of the project team whose interrelated roles must be coordinated to assure a successful project. Throughout the project life cycle, from the time the owner first contemplates launching a construction project to that celebrated time, many months or years later, when the completed project is ready for use, the tasks carried out by the various parties vary in type and intensity. In this book, we consider the roles and responsibilities of the many parties at each phase of the construction project life cycle. The primary focus here is on the construction contractor, who carries the lead responsibility for the on-site installation work and all of the associated planning and followup. It is important, at the same time, to understand how other people and organisations contribute to project success.
Construction Negotiation
Negotiation of construction contracts can occur at two points in the process of selecting the contractor. It might be used
Construction Pre-qualification/post-qualification
To limit the number of firms allowed to submit tenders on a project, some owners require that contractors be pre-qualified.
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Construction manager
The owner may engage a construction manager to provide professional construction management services. The construction manager organisation provides advice to
Construction Financial feasibility analysis
Not only must a project meet certain technical and performance requirements, it must also be financially viable. The funds proposed
Construction Introduction of Contractor selection phase
We have already discussed these analyses in our chapter on planning and design, but now we add this note to
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Construction industry characteristics
Having introduced the broad categories of construction project types, we shall now consider further aspects of the industry by way
Construction Introduction of Design stage
As the discussion in the previous sections implies, the planning stage usually involves considerable back-and-forth deliberation of several alternatives, as
Construction Design development
Design development activities flow naturally from, and are based on, documents produced during schematic design. In Figure 3.2, note the