Mosley, J C and Bubshait, A A (2021) Investigative study of project procurement methods and project performance indicators in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Construction Management, 21(8), pp. 845-857. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
There exist two basic categories of a construction building procurement methods; those that combine project design with construction under one contract termed design-build (DB) and those that separate the design and construction functions into more than one contract or design-bid-build (DBB). This research compares the performance of DB and DBB in the context of the Saudi Arabian construction industry as an example of international construction practices, by statistically quantifying the effects that project procurement methods had on three objective and 10 subjective performance indicators. The notion that DB outperforms DBB is supported by this research.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | design-bid-build; design-build; project performance indicators; project procurement method |
| Index terms: | project procurement, performance indicator, building procurement, design and construction, international construction, project performance, construction industry, Saudi Arabia, project design, design-bid-build |
| Subjects: | Geography, project management theory and practice, performance management, industry analysis, strategic management, contractual arrangements |
| Topics: | International Construction, Quality Management, Procurement, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Project Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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