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Aniekwu, A N and Okpala, D C (1988) Contractual arrangement and the performance of the Nigerian construction industry (the structural component). Construction Management and Economics, 6(01), 3-11.

McFillen, J M and Maloney, W F (1988) New answers and new questions in construction worker motivation. Construction Management and Economics, 6(01), 35-48.

Ofori, G (1988) Construction industry and economic growth in Singapore. Construction Management and Economics, 6(01), 57-70.

Potts, K F (1988) An alternative payment system for major 'fast track' construction projects. Construction Management and Economics, 6(01), 25-33.

Runeson, G (1988) Methodology and method for price-level forecasting in the building industry. Construction Management and Economics, 6(01), 49-55.

Skitmore, M R and Marsden, D E (1988) Which procurement system? Towards a universal procurement selection technique. Construction Management and Economics, 6(01), 71-89.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: decision making ; multi-attribute analysis; procurement; statistics; utility theory
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446198800000008
  • Abstract:

    Two approaches are described which aid the selection of the most appropriate procurement arrangements for a building project. The first is a multi-attribute technique based on the National Economic Development Office procurement path decision chart. A small study is described in which the utility factors were weighted by averaging the scores of five ’experts’ for three hypothetical building projects. A concordance analysis is used to provide some evidence of any abnormal data sources. When applied to the study data, one of the experts was seen to be atypical. The second approach is by means of discriminant analysis. This was found to provide reasonably consistent predictions through three discriminant functions. The analysis also found the quality criteria to have no significant impact on the decision process. Both approaches provided identical and intuitively correct answers in the study described. Some concluding remarks are made on the potential of discriminant analysis for future research and development in procurement selection techniques.

Tucker, S N (1988) A single alternative formula for Department of Health and Social Security S-curves. Construction Management and Economics, 6(01), 13-23.