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Edkins, A J and Smyth, H J (2006) The imperative of trust in PPPs: evaluations from the provision of ‘full service’ contracts. Journal of Construction Procurement, 12(01).

Greenwood, D J and Yates, D J (2006) The determinants of successful partnering: a transaction cost perspective. Journal of Construction Procurement, 12(01).

Hassanein, A A G and Afify, H M F (2006) Contractors' risk identification behaviour: a case study. Journal of Construction Procurement, 12(01).

Ibrahim, A D, Price, A D F and Dainty, A R J (2006) An analysis of success factors for public private partnerships in infrastructure projects in Nigeria. Journal of Construction Procurement, 12(01).

Khalfan, M M A and McDermott, P (2006) Once unthought, now the best practice within the construction sector. Journal of Construction Procurement, 12(01).

Lam, E W M, Chan, A P C and Chan, D M W (2006) Drivers for design-build applications in the public sector of Hong Kong. Journal of Construction Procurement, 12(01).

Morledge, R and Adnan, H (2006) Critical Success Factors in Construction Joint Venture Projects in Malaysia. Journal of Construction Procurement, 12(01).

Ross, A D and Goulding, J S (2006) The construction estimator’s approach to the collection and assessment of supply chain price information. Journal of Construction Procurement, 12(01).

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: estimating; price information; UK; contractor
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  • URL: http://www.journalofconstructionprocurement.com/abstractdetails.asp?id=135
  • Abstract:
    This paper seeks to contribute to what is known about the estimating process of UK contractors when gathering price information from specialist subcontractors. It uses a theoretical framework developed from transaction economics to gather information by the use of a postal survey of estimators working for contractors in the UK on pre contract communication practice between contractors and subcontractors. The survey data is analysed using descriptive statistics and suggests that a contractor’s project economic organisation is contingent of range of pre-contract factors that include client procurement delivery arrangements, estimator informational uncertainty, and supply chain technology. The paper concludes by identifying some of the transactional barriers to the communication of construction process information that occur during the pre-contract stage of an estimate development and are required to be taken into account in the design of procurement information infrastructures on order to yield data that explicates the construction process rather than market price data on the construction product