Building Collaborative Trust in Construction Procurement Strategies

Provides a practical framework and toolkit for improved construction project outcomes based on trust and collaboration

This book explores the concept of trust as a tool in improved construction procurement strategies, and provides important insight into the influence of trust on the success of construction projects and redevelopment programs. It is a practical guide that offers readers a solid outline and expert strategies for improving project outcomes through collaboration--ultimately proving that teamwork can really make the dream work.

Building Collaborative Trust in Construction Procurement Strategies: A Practical Guide incorporates a toolkit, complete with flowcharts, to introduce certain trust building interventions within projects. It shows how initiatives and factors that influence collaborative trust can be easily implemented and embedded in construction management for improved practice. It also covers potential challenges, risks, problems, and barriers when it comes to trust. In addition, the book looks at the influences for collaborative trust in the construction industry as well as implications in practice for it in construction. It finishes by looking at the future of collaborative trust in construction procurement.

• Teaches the importance and influence of trust on collaborative working and partnerships principles

• Examines to what extent trust within collaborative working arrangements influences the success of collaborative working practices

• Covers the effect that certain factors and trust building mechanisms have on collaborative working and partnerships and how they can be embedded into procurement of projects

• Discusses what constitutes best practice and how trust in collaborative procurement practices influences the success of construction projects

Building Collaborative Trust in Construction Procurement Strategies: A Practical Guide is an excellent book for construction management professionals, including clients, consultants, and contractors. It will also serve as a helpful text for undergraduate and postgraduate students and academics.

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Jason Challender, PhD, is Director of Estates and Facilities at the University of Salford, UK, a member of its Senior Leadership Team, and responsible for overseeing a large department of approximately 350 estates and construction related staff. He is a Fellow and Board Director of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Peter Farrell, PhD, is a Reader in Construction Management at the University of Bolton, UK, with over twenty-five years' experience in higher education and sixteen years' experience in industry. He is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Building and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Peter McDermott, PhD, is Professor of Construction Management and Procurement in the Built Environment at the University of Salford, UK, Chair of the North West Construction Hub, and a founding member and Joint Coordinator of CIB Commission W92 on Procurement Systems.

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PROVIDES A PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK AND TOOLKIT FOR IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OUTCOMES BASED ON TRUST AND COLLABORATION This book explores the concept of trust as a tool in improved construction procurement strategies, and provides important insight into the influence of trust on the success of construction projects and redevelopment programs. It is a practical guide that offers readers a solid outline and expert strategies for improving project outcomes through collaborationultimately proving that teamwork can really make the dream work. Building Collaborative Trust in Construction Procurement Strategies incorporates a toolkit, complete with flowcharts, to introduce certain trust-building interventions within projects. It shows how initiatives and factors that influence collaborative trust can be easily implemented and embedded in construction management for improved practice. It also covers potential challenges, risks, problems, and barriers when it comes to trust. In addition, the book looks at the influences for collaborative trust in the construction industry as well as implications in practice for it in construction. It finishes by looking at the future of collaborative trust in construction procurement.

• Teaches the importance and influence of trust on collaborative working and partnerships principles
• Examines to what extent trust within collaborative working arrangements influences the success of collaborative working practices
• Covers the effect that certain factors and trust building mechanisms have on collaborative working and partnerships and how they can be embedded into procurement of projects
• Discusses what constitutes best practice and how trust in collaborative procurement practices influences the success of construction projects Building Collaborative Trust in Construction Procurement Strategies is an excellent book for construction management professionals, including clients, consultants, and contractors. It will also serve as a helpful text for undergraduate and postgraduate students and academics.

Inhalt
Author Biographies xi

Foreword by Mark Farmer xiii

Foreword by Emeritus Professor Peter Brandon xv

Preface xvii

Acknowledgements xix

List of Figures xxi

List of Tables xxv

1 Introduction 1

References 4

2 Context of the Lack of Trust in the Construction Industry 7

2.1 From Where Has the Lack of Trust Emerged? 7

2.2 Calls for More Research into the Study of Trust in Construction Contracting 9

2.3 Deficiencies with Traditional Construction Procurement 10

2.4 Overall Context of Collaborative Working and Partnering Within the Construction Industry 14

2.5 Why is Trust Important in Achieving More Successful Project Outcomes? Trust as a Collaborative Necessity 15

2.6 The Importance for Collaborative Working and Trust in Construction 17

2.6.1 Statistical and Academic Context 17

2.6.2 Government Context: Reports, Codes of Practice, and Recommendations for Change 19

2.6.3 Government Context: Construction Procurement in the Public Sector 23

2.6.4 Industry and Professional Context 23

2.7 Problems Challenging the Philosophy of Partnering: The Influence and Absence of Trust 24

2.8 Summary 29

References 30

3 The Theory of Trust: Concept, Components, and Characteristics 37

3.1 Introduction to Chapter 37

3.2 What is Trust, Distrust, and Mistrust? 37

3.3 Potential Benefits of Trust: Incentives to Trust 39

3.4 Composition and Characteristics of Trust 39

3.4.1 Trust as a Multi-dimensional Construct 39

3.4.2 Components of Trust 40

3.5 Categories and Classifications of Trust 40

3.5.1 Integrity, Intuitive Trust, and Competence Trust 41

3.5.2 Calculus, Relational, and Institution-Based Trust 42

3.5.3 System-Based, Cognition-Based, and Affect-Based Trust 42

3.6 Importance, Influence, and Effects of Different Types of Trust 43

3.6.1 The Relative Importance of Different Categories of Trust Within a Construction Context 43

3.6.2 Influences from Conditional and Unconditional Trust 46

3.7 Relationships Between Trust and Distrust 48

3.8 The Dynamic Nature of Trust 49

3.9 The Fragility and Robustness of Trust in a Constantly Changing and Dynamic Environment 49

3.10 Summary 51

References 52

4 The Challenge of Trust Initiation and Formation 55

4.1 Evolution of Trust from Social Sciences Perspective 55

4.2 The Notion of Trustworthiness 57

4.3 Mechanisms, Factors, and Processes for the Development of Trust 57

4.4 Measuring the Quality of Trust 60

4.5 Trust-building Mechanisms: Constructs and Attributes 62

4.6 Relationship Between Trust and Conflict 64

4.7 Trust as an Independent (Cause) and Dependent (Effect) Variable 65

4.8 Relationships Between Trust, Risk, and Control 65

4.9 Relationship Between Trus…