Routledge Handbook of Construction Project Procurement and Delivery
Fundamentals, Trends and Imperatives

This Handbook provides the knowledge needed to design and deploy proactive construction project procurement and delivery systems based on essentials while addressing emerging construction industry imperatives in order to boost overall performance.

Section 1 of the Handbook provides an overview, while Section 2 provides the fundamentals with fresh insights into the building blocks and trends in performance-linked procurement and delivery, including procurement strategies and commercial priorities, project briefs and management plans, design management, stakeholder management, risk management, ethics and professionalism, team building, information and knowledge management, digital aids, conflict, claims and dispute management, collaborative contracting, relationship-based teamworking and linking to built asset management.

Section 3 explores and expands on specific trends, including sub-contractor selection, Building Information Modelling (BIM) in project cost management; off-site and modern methods of construction; 4IR/5IR technologies; and constructing for the circular economy, supply chain resilience and social value imperatives in this domain.

While other books describe standard processes or focus on specific strategies such as design and build, target cost contracting or integrated project delivery, this Handbook presents the fundamentals of such processes and protocols together with invited specialist insights into growing trends and imperatives in holistic procurement and delivery.

Those who could benefit from this Handbook include academics, researchers, postgraduate students, policy makers and administrators, managers in both public and private sectors involved with planning and overseeing construction project procurement and/or delivery and undergraduates looking for a balanced introduction and useful insights into what is critical to the success of construction projects, organisations and the industry itself.

Section 1: THE NEED FOR THIS HANDBOOK, ITS RATIONALE AND OUTLINE. 1. Introduction, Rationale and Book Outline. Section 2: FUNDAMENTALS AND RECENT TRENDS, Authored by Mohan M. Kumaraswamy. 2. Procurement Strategies and Commercial Priorities. 3. Project Opportunities, Innovations and Risk Management. 4. Ethics, Professionalism and the Construction Industry. 5. Private Public Partnerships - Core Principles and Key Trends. 6. Project Briefs and Project Management Plans. 7. Design Management. 8. Stakeholder Management. 9. Teambuilding, Team Culture and Communications. 10. Teamworking and Information & Knowledge Management. 11. Conflicts, Claims, and Disputes. 12. Collaborative Contracting and Relationship-based Teamworking. 13. Innovative Procurement and Delivery Approaches and Digital Aids. 14. Linking Construction Project Management to Built Asset Management. 15. Constructing for Resilience and Sustainability. Section 3: GROWING TRENDS AND IMPERATIVES,Authored by invited Guest Author Contributors. 16. Owner involvement in the selection of Specialty Contractors. 17. Applications of BIM in Project Cost Management and Associated Barriers: The Case of Hong Kong. 18. CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE - building capabilities and withstanding vulnerabilities. 19. SOCIAL VALUE IN PROCUREMENT – Incorporating Inclusivity and Equity in a Societal context. 20. on Improving Construction Circularity through Stakeholder Collaboration and Reverse Logistics. 21. Unlocking the Full Potentials of Offsite Construction by Optimising its Procurement and Delivery. 22. Harnessing 4IR/ 5IR Technologies for improved Procurement and Delivery.

Mohan M. Kumaraswamy is an Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong, HK SAR, China, and also at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Built Environment Project and Asset Management (BEPAM) and also Editor-in-Chief of the book series Domain-Specific Bodies of Knowledge in Project Management.