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Chan, A P C (1995) Towards an expert system on project procurement. Journal of Construction Procurement, 1(02), 111–23.

Cox, A and Furlong, P (1995) European procurement rules and national preference: explaining the local sourcing of public works contracts in the EU in 1993. Journal of Construction Procurement, 1(02), 87–99.

McDermott, P and Quinn, B (1995) Latham causes conflict: institutional development in the UK construction industry. Journal of Construction Procurement, 1(02), 150–64.

Ramsay-Dawber, P A (1995) A critique of the business performance measures of UK construction companies. Journal of Construction Procurement, 1(02), 100–10.

Stansfield, F R (1995) Work in the IT industry on usability provides an agenda for improvement of construction procurement methods. Journal of Construction Procurement, 1(02), 124–49.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: information technology; participation; usability; user
  • ISBN/ISSN: 1358-9180
  • URL: http://www.journalofconstructionprocurement.com/abstractdetails.asp?id=9
  • Abstract:
    Consideration of user needs during the construction procurement process should be improved for reasons including past experience where such needs have been neglected, changing work roles during the procurement process, public concern about construction industry performance, quality issues and pressures arising from internationalization. Construction can learn from the IT industry in meeting these needs, particularly in terms of evaluating usability. Experience from the IT industry suggests that ways by which construction procurement could benefit from better consideration of usability include cost-effective increases in investment in such techniques, elaboration of procurement systems to encompass usability issues, better allocation of responsibilities for user issues, and provision of a theoretical framework within which usability issues can be understood. Such developments are needed for construction as an industry to be competitive.