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Adams, J (2019) Dynamic criticality analysis of industrial assets and system, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Institute of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.
Al Asali, M W (2020) Craft-inclusive construction: design strategies for thin-tile vaulting, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Anagnostopoulos, I (2018) Generating as-is BIMs of existing buildings: from planar segments to spaces, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
Ariyachandra, M F (2021) Automating the generation of geometric information models to support digital twinning of existing rail infrastructure, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Bartlett, H V (2006) Understanding the implementation of sustainability principles in UK educational building projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Cambridge.
Baumgärtner, C E (2000) Collaboration between engineering consultants and their clients: characteristics of success, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: collaboration; communication; feedback; participation; project success; client; engineering consultant; project manager; culture; case study; interview; statistical analysis; Germany; India; Italy
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- URL: https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621709
- Abstract:
Participation in collaboration in product design and development has become common in today's industrial reality. Companies involved in collaborative projects face specific collaboration problems. This thesis addresses the problems of one particular type of collaboration: collaboration between engineering consultants and their clients in the vehicle industry in the area of combustion engine development. The characteristics of successful collaboration are analysed with a focus on the relationship between the partners. In this context, the characteristics of projects with clients from three countries - Germany, India, and Italy - receive special attention. In order to establish which characteristics are linked to projects that are successful for consultant or client, 60 cases were analysed. The data was gathered through structured, questionnaire-guided interviews. The findings of statistical analysis were interpreted using data from stays in client companies, unstructured interviews, a case study, and feedback on findings from people working in this area. The key findings are: the project success ratings of consultant and client are linked together, but are not necessarily identical; a large number of characteristics could be found that relate to (un)successful projects; in successful projects, an accumulation of success-related characteristics can be observed while in unsuccessful projects, there is an accumulation of failure-related characteristics; not all characteristics can be influenced directly. Some of the most important criteria can only be influenced through other characteristics; the most important characteristics for success are related to experience in terms of the relationship between the collaborators, understanding the culture of the client, and to project goal definition; projects are very diverse, and hence the importance of characteristics varies too, for example when collaborating with clients from different countries. The result of this research is a list of success or failure-related characteristics and a list of recommendations for collaborative projects. These are linked to: the decision on whether to bid for a project or not; the selection of the consultant project manager - one of the most important people in the collaborative project; project goal definition and those aspects that are of particular importance; communication during the project; and collaboration with clients from Germany, India and Italy in particular. One of the main conclusions of this thesis is that all projects - even within the narrow focus of this research - are different and consequently findings and recommendations cannot necessarily be transferred.
Busic-Sontic, A (2019) Energy efficiency investments in residential buildings: does personality matter?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Jimoh, I (2021) What explains the efficiency of major public project delivery in Nigeria?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Jin, Y (2018) Supervised learning for back analysis of excavations in the observational method, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Konstantinou, E (2018) Vision-based construction worker task productivity monitoring, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
Lloyd, C A (2020) Modular manufacture and construction of small nuclear power generation systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Mándoki, R (2022) The social sustainability of standardisation in the Hungarian residential building sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Montali, J (2019) Digitised engineering knowledge for prefabricated fac?ades, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
O'Brien, S (2022) Critical infrastructure organisation management: an analysis of the transition to the Industry 4.0 era, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Pelenur, M (2014) Retrofitting the domestic built environment: Investigating household perspectives towards energy efficiency technologies and behaviour, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
Robertson, B (2020) On-site installation flexibility for disruption management in modular off-site construction systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.
TomasÌŒevicÌ, V (2004) Developing productive relationships in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
Vick, S (2018) Automated spatial progress monitoring for asphalt road construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.
Zomer, T (2021) Institutional pressures and decoupling in projects: the case of BIM Level 2 and coercive isomorphism in the UK's construction sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Cambridge.