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Value Management practices of leading UK cost consultants (2005)
Journal Article
Ellis, R., Wood, G., & Keel, D. (2005). Value Management practices of leading UK cost consultants. Construction Management and Economics, 23(5), 483-493. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190500040711

Value management (VM) is widely accepted as an important tool in the management of projects. Through a series of semi-structured interviews, this paper attempts to add to the qualitative exploration of VM, by investigating the attitudes and experienc... Read More about Value Management practices of leading UK cost consultants.

The development of trust inventory (2005)
Journal Article
Swan, W., McDermott, P., Khalfan, M., Cooper, R., Rees, C., & Wood, G. (2005). The development of trust inventory. Journal of construction procurement, 11(1), 40-54

The Trust in Construction project was a two-year EPSRC funded research into the impact of trust on construction project performance. Here we outline the development of the measurement tool used for assessing the level of trust in project team relatio... Read More about The development of trust inventory.

Main contractor experiences of partnering relationships on UK construction projects. (2005)
Journal Article
Wood, G., & Ellis, R. (2005). Main contractor experiences of partnering relationships on UK construction projects. Construction Management and Economics, 23(3), 317-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144619042000287714

Partnering provides a major opportunity for improving project performance, whilst offering direct benefits to the whole of the supply chain. Many research studies reinforce this assertion although there is less critical analysis examining the nature... Read More about Main contractor experiences of partnering relationships on UK construction projects..

Partnering practice in the relationships between clients and main contractors (2005)
Journal Article
Wood, G. (2005). Partnering practice in the relationships between clients and main contractors

Partnering is considered to be a radical departure from conventional approaches to procurement in the UK construction sector, but may be difficult to integrate within a traditionally adversarial environment. Analysis of the literature suggests tha... Read More about Partnering practice in the relationships between clients and main contractors.