scholarly journals Construction frameworks in the public sector: Do they deliver what they promise?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence Lam ◽  
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Keith Gale ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Performance Monitoring ◽  
Contextual Performance ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Staff ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Organisational Factors

We demonstrate that the use of Performance Frameworks for the procurement of construction projects by public sector organizations in the UK (specifically, in England) leads to significantly improved outcomes in terms of time, cost, quality, sustainability and closer relationships, than the traditional ‘open tender’ approach of procuring discrete projects, individually. We identify the factors that lead to such improvements. We label these: supplier’s task performance factors (project staff, execution approach, competence of firm and structure of firm); supplier’s contextual performance factors (trust and collaboration, culture and conscious behaviour); and client’s organisational factors (incentives, performance monitoring, procurement approach and communication). And we offer a performance improvement model that will help project managers to select the most appropriate suppliers at the procurement phase, to achieve successful project outcomes. The model can also be used to drive project performance further, by adopting client’s organisational factors during the procurement and construction phases. By applying the research conclusions, suppliers will be able to focus on communicating their strengths in the relevant aspects of task and contextual performance for technical tender proposals, and so increase the value of their services and the probabilities of winning work. And the analysis can be used by policy makers to help in drafting regulations and legislation on formal frameworks, in ways that will improve the delivery of policy objectives.

Do Project Managers' Emotional Leadership Competencies Affect the Success of Public Sector Projects in Pakistan?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-98
Author(s):  
Riaz Ahmed ◽  
Khalid Mahmood Lodhi
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Leadership Competencies ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Emotional Leadership ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

The importance of abilities and skills associated with the emotional leadership competencies has been discussed in project management literature. Project managers equipped with the emotional leadership competencies should be better in solving the challenges and problems to enhance project outcomes. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of project manager's emotional leadership competencies in the success of public sector projects. For this purpose, a survey-based methodology using cross-sectional design was adopted to collect data from 150 respondents from the public sector of Pakistan. The respondents of this study were the project managers/directors of information technology and telecommunication projects from the public sector of Pakistan. This quantitative study analyzed the data for reliability and validity of the constructs. To test research hypotheses, correlation and regression analyses were employed. Findings indicated significant impact of project manager's emotional leadership competencies on successful completion of Public sector projects in Pakistan.

Driving sustainable construction development through post-contract key performance indicators and drivers

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence Y.M. Lam
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Work ◽  
Contextual Performance ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Project Outcome ◽  
Performance Drivers ◽  
Construction Strategy ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Design And Construction

PurposeThis research examines what key performance indicators (KPIs) and drivers should be applied at the post-contract phase of construction development to monitor and drive project outcomes in sustainable design and construction. It supplements the previous research which focuses on pre-contract sustainable procurement of competent professionals. Consequently, optimal sustainability can be achieved for the overall sustainable development process.Design/methodology/approachA review of empirical work was conducted to consolidate the holistic aspects of sustainability that should be considered for design and construction and their project outcome KPI measures. Based on a country-wide questionnaire survey of the university estate sector in the UK, a quantitative hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to identify the performance drivers for those KPIs.FindingsThe empirical work review demonstrates that holistic sustainability for development can be measured by project outcome KPIs: economic sustainability by cost KPIs; functional, social and environmental sustainability by quality KPIs. The quantitative hierarchical regression analysis confirmed that these four aspects of sustainability could be significantly driven by task performance and contextual performance drivers, as supported by the job performance theory.Research limitations/implicationsThe investigation was undertaken within the context of university estates forming a unique public sector in the UK. The findings form a baseline upon which further research can be conducted in other organisations in the wider public and private sectors. Ultimately, holistic sustainability can be fully driven by construction professionals to achieve government and corporate construction strategy for the benefits of sustainable built environment.Practical implicationsThe findings inform project managers and construction professionals that they should apply clear, measurable cost and quality KPIs and focus on significant performance drivers in tandem to drive holistic sustainability for design and construction. Project staff should have a high commitment, technical expertise and experience, execute the project with proper design and management methods and provide a high level of trust and collaboration to the client. Clients, designers and contractors are key stakeholders in the development process so they should be consulted for forming the contract KPIs to monitor the sustainable project outcomes.Social implicationsThe generalised results confirm that task and contextual performance drivers can be applied as project management tools for managing the professional team members to achieve sustainability deliverables in terms of KPIs. Such findings will enhance the government or corporate construction strategy for managing and achieving holistic sustainability for construction developments.Originality/valueThis research identifies post-contract performance monitoring measures (cost and quality KPIs as well as task and contextual performance drivers) that can be adopted for driving sustainable design and construction for sustainable development.

Vienna Construction Projects: Redirection of Project Management Critical Success Factors—More Focus on Stakeholders and Soft Skills Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-359
Author(s):  
Helmut Wanivenhaus ◽  
Jure Kovač ◽  
Anja Žnidaršič ◽  
Igor Vrečko
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Business Environments ◽  
Critical Success

Although research interest in project management is increasingly directed at analyzing development trends in different business environments, the public sector in this respect has received surprisingly little intention. This paper analyzes the perception of the relevance of particular project management critical success factors among project managers and other project stakeholders in the public sector with relatively high organizational project management maturity. The main focus of research is the city of Vienna and its construction projects. An extensive quantitative survey showed the changing perceptions of the key projects’ success factors—namely, strengthening the importance of developing soft skills and stakeholders’ management.

scholarly journals Performance Monitoring Using EVM Indicator: A Study Case of Construction Projects in the Public Sector in Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 194-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquim Teixeira Netto ◽  
Osvaldo Quelhas ◽  
Sérgio França ◽  
Marcelo Meiriño ◽  
Valdir Lameira
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Performance Monitoring ◽  
The Public ◽  
Study Case

Stakeholder influence strategies in construction projects

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-65
Author(s):  
Tan Hai Dang Nguyen ◽  
Nicholas Chileshe ◽  
Raufdeen Rameezdeen ◽  
Anthony Wood
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Coalition Building ◽  
Influence Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Conflict Escalation ◽  
Stakeholder Influence ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Common Interests

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to investigate strategies that external stakeholders can employ to affect construction project outcomes and, second, to identify essential requirements for utilising each strategy.Design/methodology/approachA new theoretical framework of stakeholder influence strategies was proposed and applied. The research design is a multi-case study, comprising four cases in the construction industry in Vietnam.FindingsSeven specific strategies were found, including inputs withholding, inputs compromising, communication, direct action, coalition building, conflict escalation and credibility building. When possessing project inputs, stakeholders can affect a project directly via a withholding or compromising strategy. Communication is available to those who have basic communicating skills; however, direct action is only employed by groups that include a large number of members. Objectors must have common interests or goals with their potential allies for using coalition building. Conflict escalation is restricted to communities having distinctive characteristics which can be used to create new problems sensibly, while credibility building is used by parties possessing adequate resources and expertise.Research limitations/implicationsThis study’s generalisability may be limited by the main source of data and the types of projects in the selected cases.Practical implicationsThis study provides directions for project managers to predict stakeholder influence by taking project inputs and utilisation requirements of the strategies into consideration.Originality/valueThis study is one of the first investigations on stakeholder-attributes-related requirements for utilising influence strategies in projects.

scholarly journals Safety Personnel’s Perceptions on the Significant Factors that Affect Construction Projects Safety Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nor Haslinda Abas ◽  
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Nurhalimah Yusuf ◽  
Muhamad Hanafi Rahmat ◽  
Tong Yean Ghing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Performance Monitoring ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Safety Performance ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
Significant Factors ◽  
Safety Personnel

The Malaysian construction industry has been long categorized as one of the riskiest industries due to the high number of accidents that happened at construction sites. The poor safety performance in the construction industry has caused several drawbacks and failures in the aspects of project performance, cost, project completion time, and productivity. One of the reasons that led to this situation is due to the inadequate awareness of the project safety performance factors. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the significant factors affecting the safety performance of construction projects, based on the perceptions of safety personnel. Fifty-six (56) questionnaires were distributed among construction safety personnel who are working at construction sites in Kuala Lumpur through email and face-to-face methods. The percentage of the returned questionnaire was 100%. The questionnaire was analyzed using the Average Index (AI) analysis to attain the significant factors that affect the safety performance of construction projects. The findings revealed that among significant factors that affect safety performance on the construction project through project level and organization level were safety training, safety rules and safety induction, and performance monitoring. The outcomes of the study could assist relevant parties especially contractors to avoid accidents occur and have a systematic improvement on safety performance indicators at the construction project.

Investigation of Cost-Influencing Factors Potentially ‎Controllable by Main Contractors in Construction Projects in ‎Iraq

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (7A) ◽  
pp. 1069-1076
Author(s):  
Layth T. Ali ◽  
Raid S. Abid Ali ◽  
Zeyad S. M. Khaled
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Cost Overrun ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Labor Recruitment ◽  
Supply Planning ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

Cost overrun in construction projects is a common phenomenon in Iraq. This might occur due to diversity of factors. This study aims to identify the factors influencing construction projects cost that are potentially controllable by main contractors. A field study through a questionnaire survey was directed to a sample of related Iraqi professional engineers from general contracting companies at both public and private sectors. Their opinions on the impact and frequency of each factor were investigated. The questionnaire offered (59) factors classified in (8) categories namely; legislations, financial and economic, design, contractual, site management, material, labor and equipment. The factors were ranked according to the highest Relative Importance Index (RII). The study revealed (10) major factors that are potentially controllable by main contractors namely; labor productivity, sub-contractors and suppliers performance, equipment productivity, site organization and distribution of equipment, experience and training of project managers, scheduling and control techniques, planning for materials supply, planning for equipment supply, materials delivery and planning for skilled labor recruitment. Recommendations to aid contractors and owners in early identification of these factors are also included in this study.

Impact of Eustress on Work-life Balance: An Analysis on Public Sector Bank Employees in South India

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-209
Author(s):  
A. C. Pavithra ◽  
V. J. Sivakumar
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
South India ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Psychological Conditions ◽  
Public Sector Banks ◽  
Organisational Factors

The positive psychological response to a stressor, by the occurrence of certain psychological conditions, is known as eustress. Many psychological studies suggest that the eustress can aid the person to stay motivated and achieve the goal without any psychological draining. In the present study, mediating effect of eustress on personal and organisational factors of public sector banks’ employees is investigated. Nearly 600 respondents from different banks in South India were selected randomly and the data are collected through the questionnaires. The collected data were used to analyse the formulated hypothesis. The research establishes that the relationship between individual and organisational factors and work-life balance is positive and gets enhanced and strengthened by eustress in the public banking sector.

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