Ross, A D and Goulding, J S (2006) The construction estimator's approach to the collection and assessment of supply chain price information. Journal of Construction Procurement, 12(1),
Abstract
This paper seeks to contribute to what is known about the estimating process of UK contractors when gathering price information from specialist subcontractors. It uses a theoretical framework developed from transaction economics to gather information by the use of a postal survey of estimators working for contractors in the UK on pre contract communication practice between contractors and subcontractors. The survey data is analysed using descriptive statistics and suggests that a contractor's project economic organisation is contingent of range of pre-contract factors that include client procurement delivery arrangements, estimator informational uncertainty, and supply chain technology. The paper concludes by identifying some of the transactional barriers to the communication of construction process information that occur during the pre-contract stage of an estimate development and are required to be taken into account in the design of procurement information infrastructures on order to yield data that explicates the construction process rather than market price data on the construction product.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | estimating, price information, UK, contractor |
| Index terms: | subcontractor, estimating, construction product, estimator, construction estimator, construction process, survey, statistics, estimate |
| Subjects: | economic analysis, practitioner, building construction, financial and cost management, mathematical modelling, data collection methods, profession |
| Topics: | Site Management, Cost Management, Business Strategy, Research Practice, Roles and Professions |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCEA |
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