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Adams, D and Hastings, E M (2000) Making urban renewal pay: the Hong Kong experience. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 5(01), 79–84.

Bollen, R (2000) Applying quantitative techniques to evaluate residential development profitability. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 5(01), 51–64.

Deakin, M (2000) The development of property asset management: towards a pro-investment form. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 5(01), 15–31.

Edwards, D J and Holt, G D (2000) Quantifying the cost of plant operators' productivity. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 5(01), 85–92.

Fortune, C and Birnie, J (2000) Money illusions and the judgements of professional quanitity surveyors. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 5(01), 41–50.

Kishk, M and Al-Hajj, A (2000) A fuzzy model and algorithm to handle subjectivity in life cycle costing based decision-making. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 5(01), 93–104.

Ojo, S O, Adeyemi, O Y and Ikpo, I J (2000) Effects of procurement methods on clients objectives of time and cost in the Nigerian construction industry. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 5(01), 105–8.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: client objectives; traditional contract procurement; direct labour system; cost overrun; time overrun; Nigerian construction industry
  • ISBN/ISSN: 1366-4387
  • URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1366-4387
  • Abstract:
    A survey, involving 51 respondents, was conducted to compare the effects of traditional contract procurement and the contemporary direct labour system on two client objectives within the Nigerian context, namely project cost and time. Fixty-six building projects were also studied of which 35 were executed by traditional procurement and 21 by direct labour. Mean cost overruns and mean time overruns were used as basis for the comparisons. Statistical analysis was utilised in effecting the comparisons, which showed the mean cost and time overrun for traditionally procured projects to be 53.5% and 160% respectively. For the direct labour system, the comparative values were 24% and 27% respectively. Although the direct labour system performed significantly better than traditional procurement, it still involved overruns and hence, it is not a perfect solution to project implementation problems in the Nigerian construction industry

Swaffield, L M and Pasquire, C L (2000) Improving early cost advice for mechanical and electrical services by considering functions and client/design team communication. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 5(01), 3–13.

Tanratanawong, S and Scott, S (2000) A neural network model to forecast national construction output. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 5(01), 65–77.

Tse, R Y C (2000) A study of housing and real estate markets in Macau. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 5(01), 33–40.