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  • 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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