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Agapiou, A, Price, A D F and McCaffer, R (1995) Planning future construction skill requirements: understanding labour resource issues1. Construction Management and Economics, 13(02), 149-61.

Ahmad, I U, Russell, J S and Abou-Zeid, A (1995) Information technology (IT) and integration in the construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 13(02), 163-71.

Akintoye, A (1995) Just-in-time application and implementation for building material management. Construction Management and Economics, 13(02), 105-13.

Chau, K W and So, A T P (1995) A fuzzy expert system for contract decision making. Construction Management and Economics, 13(02), 95-103.

Dawood, N N (1995) An integrated bidding management expert system for the make-to-order precast industry. Construction Management and Economics, 13(02), 115-25.

Kometa, S T, Olomolaiye, P O and Harris, F C (1995) Quantifying client-generated risk by project consultants. Construction Management and Economics, 13(02), 137-47.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: client ; consultant; risk assessment
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446199500000016
  • Abstract:

    An assessment procedure has been developed to evaluate the attributes of construction client organizations with respect to their effects on the performance of consulting firms. It consists of quantifying the degree to which each attribute affects the performance of consultants by processing numerical values through two successive levels. Level 1 consists of client attributes of major interest to consultants in the construction process. These are subdivided at level 2into groups of mutually related attributes (sub-attributes), each requiring simple judgements from consultants based on their experience with clients. Results from level 2 are processed through level 1 into a single non-dimensional value which represents the potential risk exposure of project consultants to their clients which affords the consultants an appreciation of the risk they face in accepting work from their clients and the opportunity to take corrective action. The most important client attributes used for measuring the risk exposure of consultants were found to be: project feasibility, client’s duties, financial stability, past performance, project characteristics and organizational quality.

Navon, R and Maor, D (1995) Equipment replacement and optimal size of a civil engineering fleet. Construction Management and Economics, 13(02), 173-83.

Scott, S (1995) Checking the project plan. Construction Management and Economics, 13(02), 127-36.