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Pettit, John Harry

This thesis reports on research undertaken into the effectiveness of the
procurement activities undertaken by clients within projects for the
construction of infrastructure.
Current theory and practice is reviewed by means of a study of the
available published literature, documentation and personal views of
personnel within various companies. An analysis of the problems
encountered by using current methods has suggested that project success is
contingent upon a range of factors which are not normally considered and,
furthermore, are under the control of the client. This has given rise to a
wider view of construction procurement and a variety of new concepts
have been identified. This has resulted in the postulation of a unifying
theory of procurement and the proposal of better methods of procuring
construction projects.
Data has been collected from 24 projects; 12 discrete project programmes
within one client and the overall project programmes of 9 client
organisations. The data was collected using interviews with a wide range
of personnel, interrogation of corporate financial and project management
information systems and document analysis. 24 Case Studies of projects
are also presented.
A model has been developed that enables the comparison of the
procurement activities of a wide range of companies. The model integrates
the effects of client programme activities and considers income, costs and
risks. This particularly enables the value added by the procurement and
other functions to be determined. This has been used to analyse and test
the procurement undertaken by several organisations and can be used as a
tool for continuing improvement within a client's infrastructure
construction programme

John H. Pettit (7181690)

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Clients Their role in the procurement of infrastructure projects

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