The impact of market and supply configurations on the costs of tendering in the construction industry

Hughes, Will, Hillebrandt, Patricia, Lingard, Helen and Greenwood, David (2000) The impact of market and supply configurations on the costs of tendering in the construction industry. In: CIB W055 and W065, 15th September 2000, Reading.

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Abstract

The cost of tendering in the construction industry is widely suspected to be excessive, but there is little robust empirical evidence to demonstrate this. It also seems that innovative working practices may reduce the costs of undertaking construction projects and the consequent improvement in relationships should increase overall value for money. The aim of this proposed research project is to develop mechanisms for measuring the true costs of tendering based upon extensive in-house data collection undertaken in a range of different construction firms. The output from this research will enable all participants in the construction process to make better decisions about how to select members of the team and identify the price and scope of their obligations.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	H200 Civil Engineering L100 Economics
Department:	Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mechanical and Construction Engineering
Depositing User:	Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited:	28 Sep 2017 10:04
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 20:40
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/32129

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