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Dawood, N N and Bates, W (2000) A decision support system specification for out-turn cost and cost escalation in the heavy engineering industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(04), 330–46.

Dhanasekar, M (2000) Identification of optimal size resources for a repetitive housing construction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(04), 347–61.

Fellows, R and Liu, A M M (2000) Human dimensions in modelling prices of building projects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(04), 362–72.

Howes, R (2000) Improving the performance of Earned Value Analysis as a construction project management tool. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(04), 399–411.

Ling, F Y-Y, Ofori, G and Low, S P (2000) Importance of design consultants’ soft skills in design-build projects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(04), 389–98.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Architects; contextual performance; design-build; engineers; selection; soft skills
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0969-9988
  • URL: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1365-232x.2000.00170.x/abs
  • Abstract:
    Architects and engineers (AE) need to possess both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills. Soft skills are important because AE interact in organizational settings instead of working by themselves. Soft skills may be grouped under ‘conscientiousness’, ‘initiative’, ‘social skills’, ‘controllability’ and ‘commitment’. As part of a larger study on the selection of consultants by design-build (DB) contractors in Singapore, a survey was conducted to gauge whether contractors felt that soft skills are important for consultants to carry out their design tasks in DB projects. From the literature, 14 attributes relating to these skills were identified. Data were collected via mailed questionnaire. The questionnaire requested respondents to indicate on a five-point scale the importance of various soft skills. It was found that all the soft skills, which were operationalized into 14 attributes, are important factors that contractors look for when selecting consultants. It is, therefore, concluded that contextual performance is important and relevant.

Marsh, L and Flanagan, R (2000) Measuring the costs and benefits of information technology in construction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(04), 423–35.

Underwood, J, Alshawi, M A, Aouad, G F, Child, T and Faraj, I Z (2000) Enhancing building product libraries to enable the dynamic definition of design element specifications. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(04), 373–88.

Ye, S and Tiong, R K L (2000) Government support and risk-return trade-off in China's BOT power projects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(04), 412–22.