Revaluing Construction

Professor Peter Barrett is Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies at the University of Salford. He is a member of the Board of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), the leading international network for innovation in construction, for which he chairs the Programme Committee and champions the Revaluing Construction Priority Theme. He has written extensively, including the books ‘Better Construction Briefing’ and ‘Facilities Management’, now in its second edition, both published by Blackwell Publishing.

• Contributors . Preface .Acknowledgements.PART 1 INTRODUCTION/OVERVIEW .1 Introduction/need for change.Peter Barrett and Angela Lee.2 Overview of agenda for change.Peter Barrett.PART 2 SEVEN PRIORITY AREAS .3 Holistic idea of construction.Peter Barrett.4 Shared vision amongst stakeholders.Peter Barrett.5 Balance of markets and social capital.Peter Barrett.6 Dynamic decisions and information.Peter Barrett.7 Evolving knowledge and attitudes.Peter Barrett.8 Awareness of systemic contribution.Peter Barrett.9 Promotion of full value delivered by society.Peter Barrett.PART 3 VIEWS AROUND PRIORITY AREAS .10 Assessing the true value of construction and the built environment.Les Ruddock.11 Competing revaluing construction paradigms in practice.George Ang.12 The trajectory of construction procurement in the UK 1.Chris Goodier, Robby Soetanto, Andrew Fleming, Peter McDermott and Simon Austin.13 Delivering full value through seamless information systems.G. Aouad, N. Bakis, S. Wu and E. Osaji.14 Long-term educational implications of revaluing construction.Mel Lees.15 Revaluing construction: a building users’ perspective.Jacqueline Vischer.16 Construction is good!.Angela Lee and Peter Barrett.17 A wider view: revaluing construction in developing countries.George Ofori.PART 4 IMPLICATIONS IN PRACTICE AND CONCLUSIONS .18 Exemplars of ‘revalued’ construction.Lucinda Barrett.19 Stakeholder action areas.Peter Barrett.20 Conclusions.Peter Barrett.APPENDICES .A1 Members of the CIB Revaluing Construction Steering Panel.A2 Sequence of activities and sources feeding into the CIB revaluing.construction proactive theme.A3 Sample revaluing construction covering letter and survey.questionnaire.A4 International survey questionnaire results.References .Index

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