- As
- an
- industrial
- process,
- construction
- is
- unique.
- The
- procurement
- processes
- used
- to
- achieve
- the
- successful
- completion
- of
- built
- assets
- requires
- a
- different
- approach
- to
- that
- adopted
- in
- most
- other
- industries,
- due
- to
- the
- design
- of
- buildings
- being
- bespoke
- and
- the
- sites
- being
- geographically
- varied.
- The
- procurement
- process
- is
- central
- to
- the
- success
- of
- any
- construction
- project
- and
- many
- of
- the
- problems
- which
- impact
- construction
- projects
- can
- be
- traced
- back
- to
- the
- procurement
- phase,
- so
- a
- good
- understanding
- of
- the
- methods
- of
- procurement,
- the
- development
- of
- a
- procurement
- strategy
- and
- the
- influence
- it
- has
- on
- project
- success
- is
- essential
- for
- all
- those
- working
- in
- the
- industry.Much
- has
- changed
- in
- the
- global
- construction
- industry
- since
- publication
- of
- the
- second
- edition
- of Building
- Procurement, for
- example
- the
- increase
- in
- debt
- burden
- of
- many
- major
- economies,
- widespread
- adoption
- of
- Building
- Information
- Modelling
- (BIM)
- Technology
- in
- the
- industry
- and
- the
- United
- Kingdom's
- exit
- from
- the
- European
- Union.
- This
- new
- edition
- has
- been
- rewritten
- to
- take
- account
- of
- these
- significant
- developments,
- but
- at
- its
- core
- it
- continues
- to
- provide
- a
- critical
- examination
- and
- review
- of
- current
- procurement
- practices
- in
- the
- UK,
- continental
- Europe
- (including
- EU
- procurement
- procedures),
- China,
- Middle
- East
- and
- Sub-Saharan
- Africa
- and
- the
- USA.
- It
- retains
- its
- original
- strong
- emphasis
- on
- the
- need
- for
- clients
- to
- establish
- achievable
- objectives
- which
- reflect
- the
- project
- business
- case
- and
- focuses
- on
- development
- of
- suitable
- strategies
- and
- management
- structures
- to
- meet
- those
- objectives
- in
- the
- current
- construction
- climate.Building
- Procurement
- will
- be
- essential
- reading
- for
- senior
- undergraduate
- and
- postgraduate
- students
- of
- construction
- management
- and
- practitioners
- working
- in
- all
- areas
- of
- construction management.
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