Walker, D H T (1996) The contribution of the construction management team to good construction time performance: An Australian experience. Journal of Construction Procurement, 2(2), pp. 4-18. ISSN 1358-9180
Abstract
Good construction time performance is closely associated with sound management practices. Recent research undertaken on a representative sample of 33 building construction projects in Melbourne (Walker 1994), later extended to include a further 12 civil and process engineering projects in Australia (Walker and Sidwell 1996), has revealed interesting insights into the characteristics of winning construction management teams. Important construction team characteristics are discussed which can be useful, in terms of construction time performance, to select an appropriate construction team. The findings of the research indicate that significant increases in construction time performance are associated with high levels of construction management team competence in planning, team building and communications. These findings, reported in this paper, provide useful benchmark measures with which to compare construction management teams.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | benchmarking, construction time performance, leadership, team management |
| Index terms: | team management, building construction, benchmarking, management practice, competence, Australia, construction team, team building, construction time |
| Subjects: | project controls, personnel development, management, performance measurement, project delivery, building construction, Geography, practitioner |
| Topics: | Geographical Context, Project Management, Quality Management, Business Strategy, Roles and Professions, Construction Technology, Human Resources, Time Control, Organizational Design |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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