- Author
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Gibson, G. E., Jr.
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Ryan, D. J.
- Title
- Emerging Trends in Owner/Contractor Organizational Changes From the Contractor's Perspective.
- Coporate
- Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX
- Report
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Center for Construction Industry Series 11,
April 2000,
45 p.
- Distribution
- For more information contact: Heather Wesling, The University of Texas at Austin, College of Engineering, Center for Construction Industry Studies, ECJ 5.202, Austin, TX 78712-1076. Fax: 512-471-3191
- Keywords
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construction
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building management
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building construction
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literature review
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methodology
- Identifiers
- contractor organizational changes study findings
- Abstract
- This document represents a progress report by the Owner/Contractor Organizational Changes Study research team on Emerging Trends in Owner/Contractor Organizational Changes from the Contractor's Perspective for the Center for Construction Industry Studies funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This research has three primary purposes. The first purpose of this report is to understand how changes in the nature of the owner/contractor relationship for capital facility projects have impacted the contractor community. The second purpose of this report is to understand how these changes affect the outcomes of capital projects. The third purpose of this report is to understand how these changes affect the human resource practices of contractor firms. During this study, the study team accomplished the following five major tasks. First, The University of Texas at Austin study team developed preliminary research goals and a research methodology for the contractor phase of the Owner/Contractor Organizational Changes Study. Second, the research team conducted a review of engineering and business literature relating to changes in the owner's marketplace, changes in the construction industry and the implementation of collaborative relationships in the construction industry from the contractor's perspective. Third, the study team developed a survey instrument to collect data around the Research Goals for the contractor phase of the Owner/Contractor Organizational Changes Study. Fourth, the research team conducted in-depth telephone surveys with 13 individuals representing 10 contractor firms to validate the survey instrument. Fifth, the study team evaluated the study findings and developed the path forward for the next phase of the research. This document outlines the findings from these tasks. Chapter 1 provides some background information, summarizes the results of the literature review and discusses the research goals and methodology in detail. Chapter 2 examines the key findings of this study. Chapter 3 outlines the proposed path forward based on these findings.