This book is an easy to read introduction to the principles and methods of building procurement and is aimed at first year students or non-cognate graduates starting out on a career in construction, property, quantity surveying and construction management.
Brian Greenhalgh is an experienced construction commercial/contract manager having worked in the UK and overseas on a variety of large projects. He was also formerly a principal lecturer in quantity surveying and construction project management at Liverpool John Moores University with responsibility for postgraduate programmes in quantity surveying and construction project management. In addition to Introduction to Building Procurement, he has also written two further complementary textbooks, Introduction to Estimating for Construction, and Introduction to Construction Contract Management, all published by Routledge.
Graham Squires is an International Economist, Geographer, and Planner with expertise in Property and Housing. He is the author of six books and has written over 100 peer-review journals, conference papers, grant-funded reports, and book chapters. Graham is Professor in The School of Economics and Finance at Massey University, New Zealand. He has lectured in the United Kingdom at The University of Manchester, the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol and Birmingham University. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of California Berkeley, University of Illinois and Delft University. Graham is President-Elect of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES), and Council Member of the New Zealand Association of Economists (NZAE). He is a Fulbright Scholar, CEO of The Property Foundation and Member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).
Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu is senior lecturer at the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol and Visiting Researcher at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has expertise in Building Information Modelling (BIM), quantity surveying and cost consulting. His interests span procurement and the application of digital emerging technologies in construction. Abdul has been involved in several projects including procurement capacity evaluation projects funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and projects developing infrastructure cost intelligence for the UK transport sector.
1. Nature of the Construction Industry 2. Clients of the construction industry 3. Historical Development of Construction Procurement Methods 4. Roles carried out in a construction project 5. Tendering and Payment 6. Separated procurement methods 7. Project specific procurement - overlapping roles 8. Project specific procurement - Integrated roles 9. Long Term relationships - Partnering and Alliancing 10. Long term relationships - Framework Agreements 11. Public Sector Projects 12. The selection of construction procurement procedures 13. Current and Future Trends