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Univ., Diss.--Frankfurt a.M., 2003.

Zugleich: Diss. Nr. 18039 Wiss. ETH Zürich, 2008. / Am Fuss des Titelbl.: Institut für Bauplanung und Baubetrieb, ETH Zürich. Literaturverz.

Zugl.: Saarbrücken, Universiẗat, Diss., 2009.

Zugl.: Darmstadt, Techn. Univ., Diss., 2009

Major clients of the construction industry have been found to organise construction work into fewer, but larger, contracts with more transfer of risk and responsibilities in response to a change from a sellers market to a buyers market, and facing a greater choice of procurement methods than ever before. Main contractors and consultants alike are moving towards multidisciplinary teams offering design and management services, challenging single service consultants or contractors and are in competition with each other over who is leading the process. A consolidation of firms at the upper end of the industry can be witnessed in order to access a wider market and new clients, and at the lower end a specialisation into specific skills or locations takes place, while medium sized firms are increasingly struggling to survive. A general procurement model serves to identify the appropriate procurement approach for construction needs, as neither clients or construction service suppliers represent a homogenous market. Clients demands for a ready purchase of design, procurement and management of construction from a single source have been found to be met most appropriately by contractor-led procurement under most, but not all, circumstances, particularly in respect of higher levels of efficiency, cost certainty and punctuality among other benefits. The consequences faced by a contractor in the leading role of the procurement process are significant, especially in terms of integrating and co-ordinating the entire supply chain to the satisfaction of the client and for anticipated repeat business. This is the chief factor of competitive strength for the struggle of long term survival. A classification model of procurement strategies in respect to parameters of supply risk, strategic importance and frequency of spend offers a tool for the appropriate choice of business relationship with different suppliers. It is to be anticipated that the future will see an intensification of the changes in the processes of construction procurement described and analysed, which may vary in extent from one market to another, but not in direction.

In der vorliegenden Publikation werden die Auswirkungen des gegenwärtigen Strukturwandels in der europäischen Bauwirtschaft auf die Qualifikationsanforderungen an die Arbeitskräfte dieses Sektors untersucht. Der Autor entwickelt einen Lösungsansatz, der inhaltlich und strukturell die Defizite beruflicher Bildung auf dem Gebiet der Instandsetzung und Instandhaltung von Bauwerken ausgleicht.

Calif., Univ. of Southern California, Diss.--Los Angeles, 2002. / Kopie, ersch. im Verl. UMI, Ann Arbor, Mich. - Enth. 3 Beitr.

Der Leitfaden wurde im Rahmen des Arbeitskreises »Wiederverwendung in der Bauwirtschaft« der Umweltallianz Sachsen unter Leitung der IHK Chemnitz erarbeitet. Er zeigt die in Sachsen geltenden Rahmenbedingungen der Wiederverwendung und Verwertung von Ausbauasphalt auf. Ziel ist eine weitgehende Nutzung von Ausbauasphalt. Falls Ausbauasphalt weder im Straßenbau noch anderweitig eingesetzt werden kann und deponiert werden muss, sollte er zumindest als Deponiebaustoff genutzt werden. Der Leitfaden soll einen Beitrag zur Schonung der natürlichen Ressourcen leisten und den mit Straßenaufbruch umgehenden Akteuren dafür eine Hilfestellung bieten. Redaktionsschluss: 06.03.2020

Green Building Councils (GBCs) have been established in many different countries in recent years. This paper discusses the role such organizations can play in the respective construction and real estate industry and under what circumstances a GBC can contribute positively to the development of a "greener" or "more sustainable" stock of buildings. The paper investigates the main informational problem of the industry by looking at the relation between a developer and an investor from an economic point of view. We argue that the investor's uncertainty about the true quality of a building and the corresponding incentive for the developer to cheat may lock them into a prisoners' dilemma trap. The corresponding barriers for a transition toward a "greener" buildings market are analyzed. GBCs are described as institutions of economic governance that can assist the economy in overcoming these problems. They can act as third party institutions in transactions between developers and investors. By certifying the quality of a building, they can reduce the risk for the investor to be cheated by the developer and also increase the incentive to develop good quality buildings for the developer. This task, however, raises some severe management challenges for the GBCs. (author's abstract) / Series: SRE - Discussion Papers