Smith, A and Wilkins, B (1996) Team relationships and related critical factors in the successful procurement of health care facilities. Journal of Construction Procurement, 2(1), pp. 30-40. ISSN 1358-9180
Abstract
The procurement of major publicly funded health care projects is fraught with many problem. These are most acute where the competing demands of complex design and changing public and institutional perceptions of what such buildings should be, are coupled with a need to procure buildings within tight timescales and closely defined budgets to high quality standards. In addition value for money must be seen to be obtained. Finally, the "multi-headed" client, typically represented by a wide range of end-users and interest groups emerges as a key issue. Recent research from Hong Kong, the USA and the UK is summarized to examine the possible ways in which these demands can be met such that cost effective high quality health care projects can be procured on time and within acceptable cost limits. In particular an attempt is made to identify some broad factors which appear critical to project success.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | hospital, procurement |
| Index terms: | health care facility, value-for-money, project success, quality standard, Hong Kong, critical factor, health care, interest group |
| Subjects: | risk assessment, sociology, project management theory and practice, public and environmental health, construction type, quality assurance, Geography, evaluation |
| Topics: | Construction Technology, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Project Management, Geographical Context, Health and Safety, Value Management, Quality Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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