Hassan, T M; McCaffer, R O N and Thorpe, T (1999) Emerging clients' needs for large scale engineering projects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 6(1), pp. 21-29. ISSN 0969-9988
Abstract
In recent years the Large Scale Engineering (LSE) construction sector in Europe has seen profound change. This is mainly due to increasing competitive pressures from the United States and the Asian-Pacific countries which has led in turn to increased pressures to improve competitiveness, productivity and client satisfaction. Lack of understanding of client's requirements hinders achieving such goals especially with the increasing trends of executing LSE projects in a virtual enterprise' environment. Different parties within the construction process need to understand and fulfil client's business and information requirements. Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) vendors and developers also need to understand clients requirements of systems and to align their products to them. This paper reports on findings from a study within the eLSEwise project to identify the emerging clients' business and ICT needs within the LSE construction industry and to identify the changes in clients' relationships with the supply chain and the gaps in ICT provision.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | business processe; client requirements; eLSEwise; ICT; information exchange; large scale engineering |
| Index terms: | construction sector, construction process, information exchange, United States, construction industry, virtual enterprise, client satisfaction, client requirements, competitiveness, communications technology, productivity, Europe |
| Subjects: | building construction, market analysis, information systems, industry analysis, management, physical geography and landforms, professional development, Geography, innovation and technology management, data science, client relations |
| Topics: | Site Management, Digital Applications, Stakeholder Management, Information Management, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Business Strategy |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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