FROM PRODUCT TO BEHAVIOR

Most traditional construction contracts document the purchase of a product in the form of a constructed facility, but construction is about service as well as products. More and more, project delivery systems are recognizing the dual aspects of a construction project and specifying behaviors as well as an end project. Changes to project delivery systems are essentially the recognition of the behavior aspects of the contracts that tie contractors together. Typical project roles include the investment management team, the project management team, contractor management teams, work managers, and work management teams. Program managers must be more broadly based and knowledgeable about specific technologies, as well as about finance, design, construction, and operations. Managers need experience in both the public and the private sector and must be professionals who can work for the project, instead of a specific partner's interests. Perhaps future contracts will be more like employment agreements. The contracting parties will not be directly responsible for the end product but rather will have responsibility for supplying the key managers to lead the various teams. Future delivery systems will concentrate more on teaming and behavior and less on buying a final product.

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• Authors:
  • Carroll, J R
• Publication Date: 1998-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 33-35
• Serial:
  • Journal of Management in Engineering
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0742-597X
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/loi/jmenea

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Construction industry; Construction projects; Contractors; Contracts; Managerial personnel; Personnel management; Project delivery; Project management; Teams
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00758511
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 9 1999 12:00AM