The impact of contractors’ attributes on construction project success: A post construction evaluation

The success of construction projects is a fundamental issue for most governments, users and communities. In the literature that deals with construction project success and causes of time and cost overruns in the construction industry, there is some literature that highlights the role of the contractors in project success. While most studies rank contractors’ success attribute from tendering, prequalification, and a long term historical perception perspective, this paper aims to study the impact of contractors’ attributes on project success from a post construction evaluation perspective to identify what critical success factors (CSFs) that greatly impact the success of project. In an attempt to understand and investigate this impact, a questionnaire survey is used to establish construction professionals’ perception of CSFs of contractors that greatly impact on the success of construction projects. Factor analysis reveals nine underlying clusters namely :(i) safety and quality; (ii) past performance; (iii) environment; (iv) management and technical aspects; (v) resource; (vi) organisation; (vii) experience; (viii) size/type of pervious projects; and (ix) finance. Logistic regression techniques were used to develop models that predict the probability of project success. Factors such as turnover history, quality policy, adequacy of labour and plant resources, waste disposal, size of past projects completed, and company image are the most significant factors affecting projects success. Assuming that project success is repeatable, these findings provide clear understanding of contractors’ performance and could potentially enhance existing knowledge of construction project success.     

工程项目成功标准体系研究

对工程项目管理而言,项目的成功是最终目的。项目成功的标准体系的建立对工程项目中资源分配起导向性作用。本文基于工程项目参与各方对项目价值取向的不同,同时考虑工程项目成功标准在项目全寿命周期各阶段项目的不同表现,建立系统化/整体化的成功评价标准,为项目管理提供方向性指导。     

Network gaps and project success

Project success and client satisfaction are results of collaborative actions by project actors throughout the entire project life cycle. One principal factor in project success is the application of effective management tools. Gap analysis helps to achieve client satisfaction. However, gap analysis is unable to deal with the organic nature of information exchange between project actors. Social network analysis (SNA) enables the identification and analysis of information exchange and communication patterns in synergy with projects. Two case studies were carried out to identify gaps in the current linear project management approach. Gap analysis and SNA were used to analyse each project and to examine the research hypothesis on the use of SNA to identify network management gaps in projects. The gap analysis showed gaps of execution and conformance, which were confirmed by SNA. There was little evidence of project governance outside the project contractual arrangements during project execution. The current application approach of different management tools is limited in providing a whole‐project view. The combined application of gap analysis and SNA can help practitioners to exceed client expectations.     

浅谈项目经理在施工管理中的作用

通过详细的阐述项目经理在工程施工中如何打造团队开展工作以及如何加强管理提高效能,说明了整个项目施工的组织者和实施者,既要对企业的效益和信誉负责,又要对建设单位的成果性目标负责,在工程施工中起着至关重要的作用。     

Rating defence major project success: The role of personal attributes and stakeholder relationships

In this paper we develop and test a model of the associations between major project managers' personal attributes and project success in the context of the Australian Defence industry. In our model, emotional intelligence, cognitive flexibility and systemic thinking were hypothesised to relate to project success, mediated by internal and external stakeholder relationships. The model was tested in an online survey with 373 major project managers. Emotional intelligence and cognitive flexibility were found to be related to the development, quality and effectiveness of major project managers' relationships with both internal and external stakeholders; and these in turn were associated with their ratings of project success. Systemic thinking, however, had no relationship with either stakeholder relationships or project success. Additional research is needed to examine the contribution of a wider range of personal attributes to stakeholder relationships and project success, and to assess whether this model is applicable in other industries and types of projects.     

建设方在工程项目管理中的作用

结合实际工作经验,从加强工程质量、项目进度和资金控制等方面入手,对建设单位在工程项目管理中的地位和作用进行了详细阐述,并指出在工程项目建设过程中,要加强对工程项目实施有计划、有目标、有组织的控制管理,以创建出一流的建筑精品。     

Measuring construction project participant satisfaction

Construction projects involve numerous stakeholders, and their satisfaction could directly influence the performance of subsequent projects. Driven by a desire to improve project success, the critical satisfaction factors pertinent to the construction management process should be identified. In this paper, an overall study regarding the behavioural management mechanisms amongst project participants is presented. Eleven behavioural management mechanisms are identified and 15 hypotheses are established for this study. The concepts of satisfaction, project goals, various management mechanisms and their interrelationships are discussed and investigated in relation to construction projects. The results indicate that management mechanisms rather than particular project goal could directly affect the participant satisfaction. Cooperation/participation, task/team conflict and goal commitment are the critical factors influencing the final outcome (satisfaction) in the complicated management process. Moreover, conflict on the task amongst the participants is the moderation mechanisms for the relationship between goal commitment and participant satisfaction. There is a significantly positive relationship between commitment and satisfaction in construction project management, while high level of conflict is stimulated in the goal setting process amongst the participants.     

Different stakeholder groups and their perceptions of project success

This is a theoretical paper using the Web of Science search engine and Bibexcel analysis functions to determine key literature related to ‘project success’. The paper firstly provides background to the development of project success since the 1970s. Then, an inductive thematic analysis investigates which factors stakeholders, involved in projects, perceived as key to project success.     

浅议高效项目团队建设

解释了项目团队的基本概念，总结了高效团队的特征，介绍了项目团队领导者建立团队有效协作的基础工作，根据团队形成的过程论述了领导方式在团队建设中的作用，以有效管理团队。     

建筑业工程管理中项目经理的核心作用

介绍了建筑业项目管理的重要性 ,阐述了项目经理在项目管理中的核心作用 ,指出项目管理要面向建筑市场 ,且运行过程要规范化 ,标准化     

项目经理在项目工程中的作用

介绍了项目经理在项目工程中应发挥的作用 ,从项目成败与项目经理有效的领导因素和方式等方面进行了论述 ,指出项目经理是项目成败的关键 ,项目经理只有具备一定的能力和素质 ,才能在项目工程中发挥其更大的作用     

高职建筑工程测量课程建设与改革探索

针对《建筑工程测量》课程在高职院校建筑工程技术专业中的重要性,分析了目前教学中存在的主要问题,并对该课程建设与改革的内容和方法进行了初步探讨,以期有效提高教学质量,使学生更好的掌握建筑工程测量的相关技能。     

Correlates of job satisfaction and performance among project engineers

The extent to which job characteristics, role perceptions and social support are related to job satisfaction and performance was examined in a sample of project engineers. The method used to carry out the survey is explained, and the results obtained are outlined and discussed.     

浅谈项目管理在施工过程中的应用

对项目管理的概念进行了概述，介绍了项目经理在施工中的职责，并从合同管理、项目经理的选聘和授权、标后预算等方面对项目管理中的几个关键环节进行了阐述。     

国外基于项目式学习的教学模式研究述评

首先对基于项目式学习(PjBL)的概念进行了辨析,指出其所具有的特征;随后对PjBL项目的选择方法进行了归纳,总结了项目团队的组建方式,归纳了较为适宜的团队规模,阐述了绩效评估的实施主体及其评估方法;最后指出PjBL实施过程中应当注意的事项,并对未来研究方向作了展望。     

论工程档案在工程建设中的作用

根据建筑工程档案特点,指出工程档案是建设工程建成后一份最完整、最真实的记录,是作为解决与建设工程有关的责任问题的最可靠凭证,应严格按照国家规定和规范要求,及时收集、整理工程建设各环节的工程档案,从而为工程项目科学管理提供保障.     

谈如何有效进行施工项目中的劳务队管理工作

针对施工项目中如何有效地进行劳务队的管理工作进行了探讨,分别阐述了劳务队的前期选择,劳务合同的签订,施工过程中的劳务管理等方面的工作要点及具体措施,以抓好劳务队管理工作,确保工程质量。     

论建设工程施工项目管理

深入探讨了建设工程施工项目管理,提出了施工项目管理的两个层次,即思想性方法和技术性方法,从组织机构管理、质量管理、成本管理、安全生产与文明施工管理等方面进行了阐述,积累了工程施工项目管理经验。     

浅谈施工项目经理的综合素质

概述了施工项目经理的职责 ,从政治素质、知识素质、业务素质、身体素质等方面全面阐述了施工项目经理应具备的综合素质 ,提出优秀的项目经理是施工项目取得成功的关键因素。     

The mediation role of leadership styles in integrated project collaboration: An emotional intelligence perspective

Research on integrated project delivery (IPD) has considered collaboration satisfaction as an important factor for improving project outcomes. Yet, the potential mechanism influencing it remains unexplored in construction project management, especially in the aspects of human skills. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether leadership styles mediate the link between the emotional intelligence (EI) of authorized leader and four collaboration satisfaction outcomes perceived by other participants in an integrated team: performance contribution satisfaction (PCS), efficiency satisfaction (ES), relationship satisfaction (RS), and interests satisfaction (IS). Data was collected from 365 samples including project leaders and scholars who possess experience of IPD in China. The results show that transformational and active-transactional leadership fully mediate the relationships of EI with PCS, ES, and IS, and were partial mediators between EI and RS. In addition, the partial mediation role of passive-transactional leadership in the relationships of EI with RS and IS were identified, but its mediating effects between PCS and ES were not found. Similarly, owing to the non-significant effects of laissez-faire leadership on dimensions of collaboration satisfaction, this leadership style does not play mediating role in the relationships of EI with four dimensions of collaboration satisfaction. This paper makes contribution to the mediating mechanism research of revised full range leadership model by proposing collaboration satisfaction criteria and EI model in IPD project.