Building procurement /
Roy Morledge, Adrian Smith, Dean T. Kashiwagi.
- [1st ed.].
- [Coventry, UK] : Oxford Malden, MA : RICS Research ; Blackwell Science., 2006.
- xviii, 330 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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).
Construction industry--Great Britain. Construction industry--United States. Construction industry--China. Industrial procurement--Great Britain. Industrial procurement--United States. Industrial procurement--China.