UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES

UK Construction Industries Perception of Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) or Two Stage Selective Tendering

Abstract

Internationally? road authorities are becoming more of asset managers. As a result? road project delivery is enabling more integrated services? requiring broader know-how from service providers. Activities previously procured through several agreements may now be included under one inclusive agreement. The client's decision between traditional or more integrated project deliveries is fundamental in setting up the framework for design? construction and maintenance? and for their management. The selected contract type should develop a cooperative relationship between the client and implementers? and provide incentives to the parties to achieve client objectives. Clients should define the best ways to procure roads based on project size? complexity? risks? timing? external factors? environmental issues? etc. To assist in the strategic selection of the most efficient project delivery methods? this research determined the performance of the following methods: Design-Bid Build? Construction Management (with some reserve)? Design-Build? and Design-Build-Maintain (covering variations like DBOM? DBFO? BOOT? etc.). The concept of economic efficiency was developed to describe the performance level of the different project delivery methods. Economic efficiency is determined as the ratio of value generation to cost performance. The more value the project delivery system generates at a certain project cost? the more economically efficient way it is to procure roads. The current performance of the project delivery methods was assessed based on the data provided by the interviewees in five countries (Finland? UK? Australia? New Zealand? and USA) and on an extensive literature review. The future performance potential of the methods was determined based on the development potential derived from the data gathered.

Acknowledgements

Writing this thesis has been very demanding? challenging and time-consuming? but also remarkable? informative and above all fun. Nevertheless? it feels great to have finally completed my bachelor's or master's thesis and I am now looking forward to a nice relaxing period for recovering. It has been both advantages and drawbacks with the limited amount of earlier research conducted within this area? even though I faced serious troubles but sometimes the advantages of this research luckily were in my favor and have made this research both challenging and interesting. I would like to thank my supervisor -------? professor at -------University? who has been great in guiding my through this thesis? helping me through the difficulties I faced during the entire process and motivated me to work hard. Furthermore? I would like to thank all my friends? for their contributions by sharing their perceptions and opinions with me. Above all I would like to thank my family and teachers that provided me with valuable and constructive criticism.

Table of Contents

Abstract2

Table of Contents4

Chapter 1:6

1.1 Problem Statement6

1.2 Aim7

1.4 Structure of Dissertation8

1.5 Principal Related Work9

Chapter 210

2. Towards new business conditions10

2.1 Infrastructure industry10

2.2 External pressures driving changes11

2.3 Future business environment12

3. Infrastructure project delivery methods14

3.1 General14

3.2 Design-Bid-Build15

3.2.1 Description15

3.2.2 Responsibilities16

3.2.3 Variations17

3.2.4 Applications17

3.3 Construction Management18

3.3.1 Description18

3.3.2 Responsibilities18

3.3.3 Variations18

3.3.4 Applications19

3.4 Design-Build20

3.3.1 Description20

3.3.2 Responsibilities21

3.3.3 Variations21

3.3.4 Applications23

3.5 Design-Build-Maintain23

3.5.1 Description23

3.5.2 Responsibilities25

3.5.3 Variations25

3.5.4 Applications27

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