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The future of construction procurement in the UK: a shift to service provision

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posted on 2009-11-09, 14:36 authored by Chris GoodierChris Goodier, Robby SoetantoRobby Soetanto, Andrew Fleming, Peter McDermott, Simon Austin
Procurement is a process and observable phenomenon entwined both culturally, politically and practically into the fabric and history of the construction industry. Historical reviews have highlighted recent changes in procurement systems which reflect the developments within the industry as a whole. This development is argued to be influenced mainly by a myriad of inter-connected contextual drivers and issues both internal and external to the industry. Ability to adapt to change via a comprehensive understanding of these inter-connected issues is a prerequisite for the industry to better meet the requirements of the society and deliver added value to the customers. This paper reports on research findings which identify procurement issues and trends from past construction reports and uses these issues as a foundation on which to build future scenarios in the area of construction procurement. Future scenarios constructed by experts in the area of construction procurement are also presented. The scenarios depict two polarised paradigms, namely ‘free market’ and ‘intervention’, which will largely determine the future state of the industry. The scenario of health care provision suggests a developmental shift from infrastructure production to service provision, and highlights the importance placed upon delivering end user value. Future work will validate these plausible scenarios and develop an interactive simulation tool based on system dynamics (SD) principles to assist practitioner’s in their decision making.

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School

  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Citation

GOODIER, C.I. ... et al, 2006. The future of construction procurement in the UK: a shift to service provision. IN: McDermott, P. and Khalfan, M.M.A. (eds). Proceedings of CIB W92 Symposium on Sustainability and Value Through Construction Procurement, University of Salford, 29 November-1 December, pp. 182-193

Publisher

© CIB World Building Congress

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2006

Notes

This conference paper is also freely available at the ICONDA®CIBlibrary: http://www.irb.fraunhofer.de/CIBlibrary/index.jsp

ISBN

9781905732111

Language

  • en