Partnering on construction projects: a study of the relationship between partnering activities and project success

Author

Larson, Erik

Author_Institution

Coll. of Bus., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA

Volume

44

Issue

2

fYear

1997

fDate

5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

188

Lastpage

195

Abstract

Project partnering has generated considerable attention in the construction industry as a means for transforming hostile, adversarial owner-contractor relationships into a more collaborative, productive team. Empirical support for partnering, however, is limited. The present study used mailed questionnaire data to examine the relationship between specific partnering related activities and project success for 291 construction projects. All of the major partnering activities were found to be positively related to at least one of the measures of project success. The findings suggest that a comprehensive approach be applied to partnering on construction projects and that top management support for teamwork across organizations is critical to success

Keywords

building; project engineering; project management; collaboration; construction projects; management support; organizations; partnering activities; project success; questionnaire; teamwork; Civil engineering; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Construction industry; Contracts; Costs; Delay effects; Project management; Protection; Teamwork;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9391

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/17.584926

Filename

584926