Specialist Contractors and Partnering

Collaborative Relationships in Construction: Developing Frameworks and Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 27-41

  Mason, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers to success; Collaborative relationships in contractual frameworks; Competitive tendering for sub contractor selection; Future of partnering; Partnering is best when client led and has a better feel to it; Perception of partnering amongst specialist contractors; Perceptions of partnering; Specialist contractors and partnering; Strategic forum for construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889415355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444301069.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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