- Author
- Construction Industry Institute
- Title
- Team Building: Improving Project Performance.
- Coporate
- Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX
- Report
- Publication 37-1, July 1993, 39 p.
- Keywords
- construction
- Abstract
- An effective team building process can bring significant, not simply marginal, improvements in project execution and results. Use of team building represents a "step change" in the way projects are managed and in the ultimate project performance. The purpose of this publication is to demonstrate how these statements are supported by research and case studies. It is not uncommon during the design/construction process for an adversarial relationship to develop among the parties involved, usually the project owner, designer and contractor. Since this type of relationship is seldom constructive and frequently the cause of problems, CII formed the Project Team Building Task Force to examine how the adversarial relationship might be minimized. Through a series of meetings, literature review, three mail surveys and personal interviews, the task force defined the research problem and conducted its research. This publication contains the major findings, conclusions and recommendations of the research.