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Author : Peter Derrick Headland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)
Download or read book Pricing and Competitive Strategy in the U.K. Construction Industry written by Peter Derrick Headland and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Langford
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470680040
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Strategic Management in Construction written by David Langford and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the general theory of strategy, relates it to the particular circumstances of the construction industry, and shows how it can be applied in practice. It brings together ideas from economics, marketing, management, business and politics to develop strategic management for both contractors' firms and the associated professions. Substantial changes have occurred in the industry since the book was first published in 1991. This Second Edition reflects the major developments that have followed the Latham and Egan reports, and includes new chapters on international strategy and marketing, showing how they can contribute to the strategic planning of construction organizations. The book will provide a valuable tool for the strategic development of construction firms. "Ten years separate the editions during which period a significant number of British, (and other), construction firms which had survived generations of proprietors merged, changed beyond recognition or ceased trading. One can not but wonder if publication of a work on strategic planning some twenty year earlier might have saved some of them." Construction Manager "The book presents the essential elements for managing at this higher level and should be a must for any construction professional who aspires to an executive position in industry as well as any student for construction management, project management and organizational management in construction. It comes highly recommended" Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
Author : Stephen Gruneberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135161178X
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book A Strategic Approach to the UK Construction Industry written by Stephen Gruneberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The construction industry is a microcosm of the economy as a whole, and as such the economics of the sector contains many of the aspects of the economy in general, albeit with fascinating and unique features. What are the implications of economic theory for the future of UK construction? How does the industry ensure innovation, quality and efficiency? What priorities might best serve the construction industry, those working in it and their customers? In seeking answers to these and other questions, the UK government has commissioned a number of reports on the construction industry including the Latham and Egan reports and more recently Construction 2025. These have invariably proposed time and cost targets for the construction industry. In this new book, Stephen Gruneberg stands in stark contrast to those reports and presents the relevant theoretical aspects of construction economics to account for the behaviour of construction firms and suggest a strategy for future growth and sustainability. He discusses the theory and data relating to the output of firms in relation to the type of firm, the market and how these firms behave as a result. The purpose of this book is to advocate the measures needed to create the kind of industry that must be fostered to ensure the quality of its output, sustainability and the fair terms and conditions of employment for its workforce. Gruneberg’s new book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the economic forces that determine industry outcomes and who has a stake in the success of the UK construction sector.
Author : Sui Pheng Low
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781608768004
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Competitive Advantage in the Contracting Business written by Sui Pheng Low and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The construction industry is a fascinating industry for businesses to operate in. In a general sense, the construction industry is a recession-proof industry. When the economy is booming, the construction industry becomes unusually active in tandem with the expansion plans of existing businesses. When the economy is not doing too well, the government steps in to stimulate economic activities through pump-priming the construction industry. Businesses in the construction industry are also complex in that these can be influenced by many stakeholders, both internal and external to the organisation. This book provides insights into the various strategic profiles of construction firms that can serve as a guide to gain a better understanding of the strategic intents of firms in contracting business. This helps to facilitate construction firms to improve their performance in terms of cost, time, quality, client value and profitability. This book is compulsory reading for senior managers of construction firms who are contemplating a review of their strategic intents in the industry, especially from the low cost to the differentiation or the hybrid segment.
Author : Jacqueline Cannon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349136263
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)
Download or read book The Management of Construction Firms written by Jacqueline Cannon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A comprehensive selection of those aspects of management theory which could have some relevance to main contracting.' - Mark Callender, Building Employers' Confederation, The Business Economist This book is the first to bring together those aspects of modern theories of economics and management which are of particular relevance to the strategic behaviour of major contracting firms and it does so in a way which is easily understood by the non-specialist reader. It analyses the different behaviour of contracting firms which is due to the special characteristics of the construction industry.
Author : Steven Male
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780750610759
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Competitive Advantage in Construction written by Steven Male and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hua, Goh Bee
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 146664186X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)
Download or read book Implementing IT Business Strategy in the Construction Industry written by Hua, Goh Bee and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2013-06-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology development has provided fundamental benefits of speed, precision, and convenience to common business strategies; providing not only a means for functional integration, but also an opportunity to enhance competitive capability of a business firm. Implementing IT Business Strategy in the Construction Industry brings together topics on understanding business strategy and competitive advantage, as well as essential benefits of concepts and technologies for improving efficiency of the construction industry. This reference source is directed toward researchers, policy-makers, practitioners, undergraduate, and postgraduate students, in order to gain insights into the complex workings of the traditional construction industry and the concepts and tools used to facilitate a strategically IT enabled industry.
Author : William Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134157460
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book Procurement in the Construction Industry written by William Hughes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-07-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do recent moves in the construction industry towards collaborative working and other new procurement procedures really make good business sense? Procurement in the Construction Industry is the result of research into this question and it includes the first rigorous categorizing of the differences between procurement methods currently in use. In the process of carrying out this research, the team has produced a comprehensive study of procurement methods which looks in detail at the relative benefits and costs of different ways of working, with sometimes surprising results. As such, it is not only a valuable guide for practitioners on the complexities of the procurement process, but also an outline of the relevance of economic theory to the construction sector.
Author : Christopher Preece
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136414940
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Construction Business Development written by Christopher Preece and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-03-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Construction Business Development is the first book to provide an insight into business development strategies, tools and techniques in construction. This edited text combines academic research with the broad industrial experience of construction business development professionals and marketing consultants. It uses illustrations and case studies in addressing current and future challenges and opportunities in a highly competitive business environment. This practical book will help construction managers learn how to turn clients into loyal customers.
Author : William R. Park
Publisher : Wiley-Interscience
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Construction Bidding written by William R. Park and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1992-10-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Construction contractors and engineers involved in competitive bidding situations confront a seemingly irreconcilable challenge. On the one hand, you can only win the job by bidding less than your cheapest competitor. Yet you still need to bid high enough to ensure the greatest profit margin possible under existing conditions. In this important addition to the Wiley Series of Practical Construction Guides, strategic bidding experts William Park and Wayne Chapin deliver a field-tested methodology for achieving consistent bidding success. In clear, easy-to-follow language, they update their explanations of proven techniques for using strategic bidding to dramatically improve any firm's profitability. At the same time, they show how to use DATABID, a powerful new construction estimating program, to apply these methods to your next bid. You'll also get a free ready-to-use disk that applies all of the techniques described in the book. This extensively revised and updated edition of Construction Bidding for Profit supplies step-by-step guidance for creating and implementing a workable, realistic competitive bidding strategy. From estimating costs and performing break-even analyses, to factoring in risk and uncertainty and setting realistic bidding goals, you'll discover how to achieve your specific profit objectives through an optimum combination of price, cost, and volume. And you'll learn to easily gather the full range of available competitive data and organize it in a manner that reveals profitable strategic insights into your competitor's bidding behavior. The Second Edition features a simple, nonthreatening approach to statistics and probability that boosts the chances of a successfulbidding outcome against any number of competitors. It is also brimming with updated illustrations, charts, checklists, and sample output for the DATABID estimating program. Throughout, examples drawn from the actual experiences of successful contractors in many different fields of construction illustrate the competitive bidding principles and techniques in action. Whether your specialty is heavy construction projects or subcontract work - whether your annual volume is $200,000 or $200 million - you'll confidently turn to Construction Bidding for the practical strategy and techniques you need to double your bidding efficiency and obtain the best margin for every job you win.
Author : Clinton Aigbavboa
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030265285
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Construction Industry in the Fourth Industrial Revolution written by Clinton Aigbavboa and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers papers from the 11th Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) Postgraduate Research Conference, held on 28–30 July 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference provided an essential forum for reviewing and generating knowledge on Construction 4.0 and, consequently, highlighted processes and practices that allow us to deliver and operate built environment assets more effectively and efficiently by focusing on physical-to-digital and digital-to-physical transformation. The event addressed three broad themes: Industrial production (prefabrication, 3-D printing and assembly, offsite and advanced manufacturing); Cyber-physical systems (actuators, sensors, IoT, robots and cobots for repetitive and dangerous tasks, and drones for mapping, progress monitoring, safety and quality inspections, lifting, moving and positioning); and Technologies (digital ecosystems, digital platforms, BIM, video and laser scanning, AI and cloud computing, big data and data analytics, reality capture, blockchain, simulation, virtual and augmented reality, data standards and interoperability, and vertical and horizontal integration). Given its scope, the book will be of interest to all construction industry and architectural professionals who want to learn about cutting-edge technologies applied to construction
Author : Danny Myers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415527783
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Construction Economics written by Danny Myers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students across a wide range of disciplines, ranging from construction management and construction engineering through to architecture, property and surveying should find this an invaluable textbook.
Author : Low Sui Pheng
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811358478
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Construction Quality and the Economy written by Low Sui Pheng and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the relationship between construction quality and the state of the Singapore national economy, and describes how construction quality is affected as contracting firms strategically manage issues relating to profitability and survivability during economic boom and bust cycles. Adopting a three-pronged approach to explain the key issues, the book first explains the effect of the state of the Singapore national economy (boom or bust) on the construction quality delivered by contracting firms. Secondly, it explains how contracting firms respond to the performance of the national economy through their dynamic bidding strategies, leading to significant quality trade-offs in some instances, especially when there is imprecise market information. Thirdly, it recommends various strategic measures that key stakeholders and government policy-makers can take to circumvent the quality trade-off in the construction industry when faced with dynamic fluctuations in the performance of the national economy. Although the book focuses on Singapore, it appeals to a global audience since countries worldwide (and their respective building-related stakeholders) face the same issues in terms of the time–cost–quality trade-off decision-making process involving the entire supply chain.
Author : Christopher Preece
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136414959
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Construction Business Development written by Christopher Preece and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-03-30 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching the construction industry to turn clients into loyal customers.
Author : Martin Loosemore
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136673555
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)
Download or read book Innovation, Strategy and Risk in Construction written by Martin Loosemore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Serendipity and innovation -- 2. The innovation process -- 3. Innovation in construction -- 4. The history and future of innovation in the construction industry -- 5. Strategy and innovation -- 6. Organizing for innovation -- 7. Managing the risks of innovation -- 8. Conclusion : we need a reality-check.
Author : PRASAD, KESHO
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 8120351282
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (23 download)
Download or read book STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT written by PRASAD, KESHO and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of the book is richer in contents with updated concepts on strategic management. The entire text is restructured and fine-tuned to meet the needs of the students pursuing MCom/MBA/PGDBA and identical courses. The book, now divided into four parts, is focused on providing the readers broad perspectives on formulation of strategy, its processes, implementation as well as evaluation so as to assess its effectiveness. The book brings into fore the learning that a strategy is good if it passes the test of feasibility, acceptability and suitability. Now, the text incorporates 44 live cases of successful, reputable organizations, which have excelled as a result of application of strategic planning/strategic thinking in formulation and implementation of their strategies. Besides, references have been made of the practices in 65 successful global companies while discussing the concepts and practices. NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION Beginning with an overview of strategic management, the text analyzes important topics such as • Environmental macro- and micro-factors of the organization, which underline success of an enterprise • What develops sustainable competitive advantage in organizations • Eight implementation techniques which are helpful in successful implementation of strategies • Evaluation of strategy and GE-McKinsey matrix on measurement of organizational success • Role and traits of strategic leadership for successful implementation of strategy in face of uncertain, turbulent and complex global market • Learning from the case study on Mobil company
Author : Stephen Ogunlana
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135804605
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)
Download or read book Profitable Partnering in Construction Procurement written by Stephen Ogunlana and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of papers was presented at the CIB W92 Conference Harmony and Profit in Construction Procurement in Chiang Mai, Thailand (Jan 1999), by leading experts in construction contract procurement from 22 countries.
