Purpose Integrated project delivery (IPD) has attracted considerable attention in recent
years, however only a few review studies captured the dynamic and evolving nature of this …

Purpose Relational contracting is increasingly being applied to complex and uncertain
construction projects. However, it has proved hard to achieve stable performance and …

Purpose This study aims to review the current trends in early contractor involvement (ECI) in
construction project development. The review consist of the following objectives:(1) …

Amongst different aspects of a capital construction project, procurement is found to be the
most important area and represents over 80% of the contract value. The selection of an …

Purpose The awareness and practice of buildability is still at its infancy stage in the
construction sector of develo** countries. Information gleaned from literature shows that …

The pre-construction phase of public infrastructure projects is characterized by significant
uncertainty as crucial decisions are made with limited information. This early stage of project …

The main rationale for involving contractors is to apply collaboration to mitigate risk and to
harvest opportunities to reduce cost and to increase the project owner's value. In the paper …

Sustainability is aimed at addressing the environmental and socio-economic issues of this
generation and future ones. In this context, sustainable public procurement (SPP) has been …

This article aims to present the results of a small research program carried out within the
Norwegian context. It endeavors to present main lessons gathered from separate studies …

Target costing aims at making both cost and value to drivers for design. Still, few have
studied how this is done in a high-performance building project, where a set of parameters …