An empirical study of the benefits of construction partnering in Hong Kong

Many construction companies have adopted partnering in their construction projects over the past 10–15 years due to favourable project outcomes achieved. Its use in construction projects has been increasing rapidly as its benefits become more apparent and pervasive. This paper reviews the partnering literature within the construction field and tries to portray the comprehensive picture of benefits for the partnering practice. Through partnering and the active involvement of all key project parties, the project is more likely to be completed within budget, on time, and with the least number of conflicts, claims and work defects. Also, this paper reports upon the findings of a questionnaire survey of partnering benefits in Hong Kong. Seventy‐eight project participants completed a questionnaire to indicate the relative importance of partnering benefits. The perceived benefits were measured and ranked from the perspectives of the client, contractor and consultant for cross‐comparison. The results revealed that ‘Improved relationship amongst project participants’, ‘Improved communication amongst project participants’ and ‘More responsive to the short‐term emergency, changing project or business needs’ were the most significant benefits derived from the use of partnering. More partnering arrangements should be actively introduced into the construction procurement process so that every party can enjoy the full benefits of partnering.     

建筑工程产品价格与工程造价的概念比较

介绍了价格的概念及形成机制，对建筑工程的产品价格和工程造价进行了比较，阐明了造价管理和建筑工程产品市场价格机制之间的联系。     

论业主工程造价管理中的不平衡报价控制

分析了不平衡报价的原因、类型及后果,提出了识别及分析的方法,探讨了业主工程造价管理中应对不平衡报价的措施,指出业主在工程造价管理中严格控制不平衡报价的重要性,以保证工程的进展和质量.     

谈工程造价与招标投标管理中的成本价问题

以《中华人民共和国招标投标法》为依据,通过对成本价及现行的工程造价计价方式、工程招标投标方式进行叙述,归纳了工程造价与招标投标管理中存在的问题,并提出了具体的解决办法,以供参考借鉴。     

建筑工程造价中材料及设备的成本控制策略

主要针对建筑工程造价中材料及设备价格控制方面进行了研究和分析,并提出了相应措施,指出建筑工程造价材料及设备价格的成本控制在建筑工程中有着重要的作用,对提高企业经济效益和管理水平都将发挥积极作用。     

Estimating industry-level productivity trends in the building industry from building cost and price data

A method of measuring total-factor productivity (TFP) trends in the building industry is described in this paper. This method is an improved version of the approach described in a paper by Chau and Walker in that it requires less restrictive assumptions and is theoretically less biased while requiring only slightly more data. With small modification, the same method can be used to measure other productivity trends corresponding to other productivity concepts. The data used in measuring TFP of Hong Kong's building industry are also different from those proposed in Chau and Walker. A number of modifications have been made. These modifications have been possible both as a result of work by Chau and the increased availability of statistics in recent years.

One of the major difficulties in measuring TFP trends in the building or construction industry has been the lack of data. This is also one of the major reasons for the dearth of empirical studies in this area. Very few attempts have been made to solve the problem of data availability. Lowe recognizes the dificulties in obtaining suitable data for measuring TFP of the British construction industry. His suggestion, however, is to use capital productivity as the second-best alternative to TFP rather than solving the problem. Chau and Walker's solution is to develop a method for estimating TFP from construction cost and price data. The method is then used to measure the TFP of Hong Kong's building industry. Since construction cost and price data are usually more readily available in most countries, Chau and Walker's approach is potentially useful in these countries. There are, however, certain deficiencies in Chau and Walker's approach in that some of the underlying assumptions are relatively restrictive.

As more statistics are now available in Hong Kong, this has rendered Chau and Walker's approach a crude tool for making full use of the data. This paper presents a modified approach which requires less restrictive assumptions and can make better use of the newly available data.     

施工合同中价格风险和结算难原因分析与防范措施

在建筑工程市场上,施工合同中价格风险和结算难普遍存在,已严重影响施工方的发展和生存.因此,分析研究各种价格风险和结算难的因素,在签订合同时尽量避免存在价格风险的条款,在施工过程中采取有效措施防范和化解价格风险和结算难十分重要.在对建筑工程施工合同价格条款和结算难原因分析后,提出防范和化解的对策措施.     

工程量清单投标报价中措施项目费竞争力分析研究

工程量清单报价中的措施项目费的确定,是建设工程项目投标报价的竞争内容。本文作者通过工程实例中措施项目费的报价,对不同投标人的投标报价做出分析研究,提出了掌握工程造价中各项费用组成的内在联系,熟悉建筑工程内容、施工技术措施和施工方法,建立施工企业定额,完善投标报价的方法与技巧,以确定合理的措施项目费用,提高投标人的竞争能力。     

基于大数据分析的工程造价专业人才需求及目标薪酬实证研究

伴随着我国城镇化进程的加快和"一带一路"的有序推进,建筑行业发展前景巨大,市场对工程类人才需求持续增长。借助聚焦爬虫定向抓取前程无忧互联网招聘平台中涉及工程造价专业的9 443条招聘信息,分析工程造价专业人才需求特征,延伸构建了有序选择模型定量探究工程造价专业人才目标薪酬影响因素。研究显示,工程造价专业人才需求呈现区域非均衡性、学历普遍化、工作经验具体化、岗位需求及业务能力综合化等特征,六类能力需求差异度大。目标薪酬对专业资格认证需求正效应显著;薪酬越高工作经验要求较长、学历要求较高;薪酬等级与城市等级有一定联系,超一线城市与其他级别城市薪酬差异明显。大数据分析为各类高校建立适应市场需求的工程造价专业人才培养模式提供一定的数据支持。     

工程造价咨询机构与项目全过程的造价管理

为公正合理地确定造价，准确地反映工程价值，从决策、设计、招投标、实施、竣工结算各阶段对建设项目全过程的造价管理进行了阐述，以最大限度地提高投资效益。     

A survey of the health and safety conditions of apartment buildings in Hong Kong

A high-density built environment poses challenges to the idea of sustainable development in respect of health (e.g. SARS outbreak) and safety (e.g. fire and structural problems). To examine the seriousness of the high-density problem, this study aims to survey the health and safety performance of apartment buildings in a densely populated city, Hong Kong, using a simplified assessment scheme. An assessment scheme based on a hierarchy of building performance indicators concerning the quality of: (a) architectural design, (b) building services design, (c) the surrounding environment, (d) operations and maintenance, and (e) management approaches was developed. One hundred forty (140) apartment buildings were surveyed and assessed through site inspections, desk searches, and interviews. A performance analysis was conducted to examine and compare the overall health and safety performance of the buildings. We found that there were considerable variations in health and safety conditions across buildings, even though they are located within a single district. Most of the variations in building health and safety conditions were attributed to differences in building management systems rather than building design. Enhancing strategic management approaches (e.g. a better delineation of owners’ rights and duties) appears to be the most critical factor that underperformers should consider in order to improve their buildings.     

谈建筑工程项目施工阶段造价管理与控制

介绍了加强施工阶段造价管理与控制的目的,对现阶段施工中存在的工程造价管理观念落后、造价人员素质较低、造价方法落后等问题进行了分析,并提出了改进措施,同时对施工组织设计与材料费用控制作了研究,以实现确保工程质量与造价控制的双重目标。     

某公司施工成本控制存在的问题与发展对策

以某建筑工程公司施工项目成本管理为研究对象,探索出一套适合该企业施工项目成本管理的方式方法,从而改进和提高企业的项目管理水平,增加企业的效益,增强企业的市场竞争力。     

房建工程项目降低成本的方法和途径

结合控制工程项目成本的重要性,根据房建工程现场施工经验,探讨了房建工程项目降低成本的方法和途径,以有效控制工程项目成本,最大限度地减小成本漏洞,从而提高经济效益,增强企业竞争力。     

工料测量师在英国工程造价中的地位与作用

介绍了学习英国工程项目管理的意义和工料测量师的概念,从受雇于业主的工料测量师和受聘于承包商的估价师两方面,分析了他们参与的工程造价管理程序,有利于借鉴和吸收国外工程造价业管理的经验和做法。     

建设工程合理低价中标法的思考与探索

介绍了合理低价中标法在我国的萌芽和发展,指出合理低价中标法是我国市场经济发展的必然,阐述了推行合理低价中标评标法的基础工作和保障措施,以完善和推广合理低价中标法。     

工程招投标阶段的造价控制管理研究

结合工程造价控制的重要性,提出了工程招投标阶段的造价控制策略,阐述了有效控制工程造价可采取的措施,以更好地控制工程造价,实现预期目的,提高投资效益。     

量本利分析在建筑企业管理中的应用

建筑企业每年的盈利收入与生产成本不是固定不变的,而是随着建筑产品产量的增减而变化的,通过对工程成本,业务量和利润之间相互关系的分析,掌握三者之间的内在联系,预测施工企业在一定时期内的盈亏状况和经营成果;揭示企业降低成本,扩大业务量以及增加盈利的途径,为企业进行经营决策,改善经营管理,提高经济效益提供有价值的信息资料。     

香港新世纪桥梁建设的发展和前景

昂船洲大桥位处于香港港口一个显的位置，落成后将成香港一个主要标志。大桥的主跨为1018m，这般大跨度的斜拉桥将是一项世界纪录，亦将是斜拉桥科技上的一大突破。设计和兴建昂船洲大桥将是一项极大的挑战。对此项艰巨而且复杂的工作，引入国际性竞争机制是明智决定。本工程如按常规在本地招标设计，