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Aouad, G F, Kawooya, A A O and Price, A D F (1996) Construction planning models: a review of history, capabilities and limitations. Journal of Construction Procurement, 2(02), 19–37.

Gidado, K and Barter, G (1996) The constraints to effective information flow in the construction management procurement system. Journal of Construction Procurement, 2(02), 52–68.

Kumaraswamy, M M and Dissanayaka, S M (1996) Procurement by objectives. Journal of Construction Procurement, 2(02), 38–51.

Songer, A D, Molenaar, K R and Robinson, G D (1996) Selection factors and success criteria for design-build in the USA and UK. Journal of Construction Procurement, 2(02), 69–82.

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(02), 4–18.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: benchmarking; construction time performance; leadership; team management
  • ISBN/ISSN: 1358-9180
  • URL: http://www.journalofconstructionprocurement.com/abstractdetails.asp?id=16
  • 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.