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13 May

Posted at 18:51h in Academic & Research papers, Construction Performance, Project Management, Risk Management by

By Yasir Alhammadi, Dean Kashiwagi, Jacob Kashiwagi, Kenneth Sullivan December 2015 Abstract The Saudi Arabian construction industry has had poor performance for the past thirty years. There have been many publications identifying the problem and potential causes. There have been no publications identifying...

13 May

Posted at 18:46h in Academic & Research papers, Best Value, Leadership, Performance Information Procurement, Procurement by

By Jorn Verwey, Isaac Kashiwagi, Wim de Vries, Dean Kashiwagi December 2015 Abstract A challenge facing buyers in the delivery of innovative construction and facility services is to utilize expertise without increasing project risk. The traditional price-based Design-Bid-Build approach minimizes the utilization of...

13 May

Posted at 12:35h in Academic & Research papers, Performance Based Procurement, Performance Information Procurement, Procurement by

By Nguyen Luong Hai, Tsunemi WATANABE December 2014 Abstract The public procurement sector plays a vital role in the economic development in developing countries such as Vietnam. However, public procurement activities usually perform poorly. This situation can be attributed to ineffective procedures and...

13 May

Posted at 12:27h in Academic & Research papers, Performance, Procurement by

By Brian Stone, Anthony Perrenoud, Kenneth Sullivan December 2014 Abstract This paper introduces a management model applied to rescue a failed digital documenting services contract involving a large multinational vendor, referred to as Vendor A (VA), a large university in the United States,...

13 May

Posted at 12:23h in Academic & Research papers, Construction Performance, Project Management, Risk Management by

[download id="17518"]By Dean Kashiwagi, Jacob Kashiwagi, Geoffrey S. Child, Kenneth Sullivan Abstract Design Services have not met the value and expectations of the clients and their project managers.  A previous research project studied the impact of the price based award environment on...

13 May

Posted at 12:18h in Academic & Research papers, Best Value, Construction Performance, Performance Based Procurement, Performance Information Procurement by

[download id="17513"]By Dean Kashiwagi, Isaac Kashiwagi December 2014 Abstract A cold storage facility had been reroofed in 2003 (investment of $600,000) that required the removal of existing insulated roof and replaced with a 20 year modified bitumen roof. After six years, the facility...

13 May

Posted at 12:15h in Academic & Research papers, Best Value, Performance Information, Performance Information Procurement, Procurement by

By Marten M. Hillen, Sicco C. Santema December 2013 Abstract SMART formulation is an essential aspect of the Best Value philosophy to demonstrate performance, evaluate proposals and is required for the continuous improvements within organizations. Based on an evaluation of projects that have...