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Ambrose, M D and Tucker, S N (2000) Procurement system evaluation for the construction industry. Journal of Construction Procurement, 6(02).
Drew, D, Li, H and Shen, L Y (2000) Feedback in Competitive Fee Tendering. Journal of Construction Procurement, 6(02).
Edum-Fotwe, F T, Thorpe, A and McCaffer, R (2000) Assessing potential of on-line transaction for information as a resource in the construction process. Journal of Construction Procurement, 6(02).
Finnemore, M, Sarshar, M, Haigh, R, Goulding, J, Barrett, P and Aouad, G F (2000) Can process capability be used to manage the construction supply chain?. Journal of Construction Procurement, 6(02).
Lee, A, Kagioglou, M, Cooper, R and Aouad, G F (2000) Production Management: The Process Protocol Approach. Journal of Construction Procurement, 6(02).
Ling, Y Y (2000) A theoretical framework for selection of consultants by design-build contractors. Journal of Construction Procurement, 6(02).
Ling, Y Y, Khee, H Y and Lim, K S G (2000) The reasons why clients prefer to procure more projects based on design-bid-build than design-and-build. Journal of Construction Procurement, 6(02).
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: design-build; design-bid-build; time; cost; quality
- ISBN/ISSN: 1358-9180
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Design-and-build (DB) projects are known to achieve better performance than design-bid-build (DBB) projects (Konchar and Sanvido, 1998). However, the use of DB is still not widespread in many countries. A survey was carried out to find out why clients are not procuring more projects using DB. Data were collected via mailed standard questionnaire. Respondents, who were clients based in Singapore, were selected based on convenience sampling. The questionnaire requested respondents to indicate on a five-point scale the degree to which they agreed or disagreed with seven performance issues relating to DB projects, as compared to DBB projects. Data obtained from the survey were processed and statistical t-test of the mean was carried out. Another survey was conducted among DB contractors in Singapore, to compare their views with that of the clients. It was found that clients did not procure more projects based on DB because they felt that they need to bear more risks, DB projects do not have price certainty nor high quality, and maintenance issues are not considered in DB projects. It was found that DB contractors did not agree with the views of the clients. It is recommended that in order to persuade clients to procure more projects based on DB, contractors should convince them that there would be price certainty and deliver high quality DB projects. They should also invite clients to attend their value engineering sessions, for clients to see first hand that maintenance issues are considered in DB projects.
Newcombe, R (2000) An Investigation into Simulating the Procurement Process in the United Kingdom Construction Industry. Journal of Construction Procurement, 6(02).
Nicholas, J, Holt, G D and Harris, P T (2000) An Investigation into Predicting Materials Suppliers' Profits. Journal of Construction Procurement, 6(02).
Rowlinson, S, Matthews, J, Phua, F, McDermott, P and Chapman, T (2000) Emerging issues in procurement systems. Journal of Construction Procurement, 6(02).