Procurement
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Pre-Contract Advice on Construction Projects: Procurement Assessment for Repair Works on a Flood-Damaged Hospitality Facility
Abstract: Pre-contract advice on construction projects entails providing strategic expert evaluation atthe upstream phase of procurement. It is an essential part of contract management for routinework as well as large projects. This study carries out a procurement assessment as part of thepre-contract cost advisory services for proposed repair works on a hospitality facility,following damage from a flood disaster event. Using a scenario-based approach, differentmethods of procurement were evaluated for their pros …
Published in Journal of Production Research & Management · Vol. 12, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 19–25 Read article
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Economic Sustainability of Transportation Infrastructure Procurement: The Differing Site Condition Clause Debate as an Underlying Environmental Trigger to Cost Overruns
Abstract: Case law is rife with contractual disputes arising due to lack of adequate geotechnical risk containment during procurement. The use of a ‘Differing Site Conditions (DSC) clause’, implies that, in the event of encountering a subsurface/geo-environmental condition different from that which was indicated in the contract, the owner bears the additional cost for executing the work under such conditions. However, the literature indicates a divergence in industry practise, with some …
Published in Journal of Construction Engineering, Technology & Management · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 11–19 Read article