Partnering: what is it, when should it be used, and how should it be implemented?

Eriksson, Per-Erik

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“…Partnering is often conceptualized as a relationship between construction parties formally built on commitment, trust and common understanding, which can be achieved by putting the right procurement and contract mechanisms in place (Eriksson, 2010). From an activity theory perspective, such a conceptualization of partnering can be equated with an activity system that involves a close alignment between the actions of client and contractor.…”

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The emergence of partnering in construction practice: an activity theory perspective

Hartmann¹,

Bresnen²

2011

Engineering Project Organization Journal

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Over the last decades, interest has increased enormously in collaborative arrangements subsumed under the term partnering. Recent critics have stated that prescriptive approaches dominate the discussion on partnering in construction. There is a lack of multiple perspectives on the partnering phenomenon including its economic, social, organizational and institutional contexts. Taking this criticism as a starting point, the collaborative practice in a road maintenance contract is investigated from an activity theory perspective. The research findings show that partnering is transient and transformative in nature and that its emergence depends on the individual, organizational and activity-related circumstances of social interaction. The need for a collaborative relationship particularly contradicts and challenges the behaviour and working style that individuals had internalized and been used to. Hence, partnering development is not only a matter of learning new knowledge and adjusting existing working processes. It also requires discarding old routines and behaviour and overcoming vicious circles of reinforcing perceptions.

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The emergence of partnering in construction practice: an activity theory perspective

Hartmann¹,

Bresnen²

2011

Engineering Project Organization Journal

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“…Fragmentation of project team (Horbury and Hope, 1999;Matthews and Rowlinson, 1999;Brabazon et al, 2000;Hide et al, 2003;Baiden et al, 2006;Eriksson, 2010;Greenwood and Wu, 2012) Design and Build Traditional procurement Management contracting Partnering Difficulty in constructing Brace et al, 2009) Simple Design…”

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The health and safety impact of construction project features

Manu

Ankrah

Proverbs

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Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

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Purpose\ud \ud – Despite the established significance of underlying accident causes to health and safety (H&S), and the persistent reporting of the underlying accident causal influence of construction project features (CPFs) which emanate from pre-construction decisions, no empirical research has focused on CPFs in terms of assessing their degree of potential to influence accident occurrence. The purpose of this paper is to, therefore, investigate this facet of the accident causal influence of CPFs. \ud \ud \ud \ud \ud Design/methodology/approach\ud \ud – A mixed method design was used involving semi-structured interviews, and a questionnaire survey of UK construction professionals. \ud \ud \ud \ud \ud Findings\ud \ud – CPFs generally have a moderate or a high potential to influence accident occurrence, implying a fair or severe potential to cause harm in terms of the H&S of workers. The degree of potential of CPFs to influence accident occurrence is influenced by: the extent to which certain proximate causes of accidents are common/prevalent within CPFs;and the degree of potential of those proximate causes to influence accident occurrence. \ud \ud \ud \ud \ud Originality/value\ud \ud – These findings provide insight into the H&S consequences of CPFs, awareness of which is essential if pre-construction project participants are to implement appropriate risk control measures especially in the early phases of projects to mitigate the accident causal influence of CPFs. The findings reinforce the contribution of clients and their design and project management teams to accident causation, the significance of the early planning of H&S in construction project delivery, and the importance of driving mechanisms such as the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007

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“…As described in Nyström (2005) and Eriksson (2010), partnering can be given a number of more specific interpretations. Their view, and ours, is that partnering should be seen as a way to carry out a certain project in a more collaborative way, opening up for adjustments during the project.…”

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Framework for Structuring Procurement Contracts

Borg¹,

Lind²

2014

CEB

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The aim of this paper is to propose a new framework for structuring contract types and payment methods. Concerning procurement contracts, the first important new feature of this framework is a stepwise structure with three main steps in the contract design: (1) what will be procured—should the contract only include construction, or should it include both construction and operation/maintenance (2) who will do the detailed design of the premise and (3) how many contractors will the client use? The second important new feature of this framework is that both step 2 and step 3 include a continuum of alternatives. Concerning payment methods, the new framework is primarily based on how the specific risks of the project are shared. These frameworks can be useful for policy formulation in that they can help to avoid some problematic ways of formulating policies.

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Partnering: what is it, when should it be used, and how should it be implemented?

Cited by 107 publications

References 42 publications

The emergence of partnering in construction practice: an activity theory perspective

The emergence of partnering in construction practice: an activity theory perspective

The health and safety impact of construction project features

Framework for Structuring Procurement Contracts

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