Building procurement

Morledge, Roy

Building procurement - 2nd ed. - Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013 - xvi, 327p 25cm.

Introduction -- Procurement strategy: a literature review -- Principles of strategic procurement -- Public sector projects -- Project initiation -- Briefing and the design process -- Procurement strategies and procurement routes -- Project team selection -- Managing the procurement process -- The value of design -- Risk management-- Partnering culture and the management of relationships -- Privately financed public sector projects -- Construction procurement: Europe, the Middle East and China --Procurement of work to heritage buildings -- Summary.

Provides a critical review of current practices in building procurement, evaluates new approaches, particularly in the USA, and discusses the reasons behind the change in traditional UK procurement approaches. It also examines procurement practices in Europe, including EU procurement procedures, China and the USA.

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United Kingdom--
EUROPE
CHINA
UNITED STATES

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