Project Alliancing at National Museum of Australia—Collaborative Process
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 130, Issue 1
Abstract
Project alliancing is a new alternative to traditional project delivery systems, especially in the commercial building sector. The Collaborative Process is a theoretical model of people and systems characteristics that are required to reduce the adversarial nature of most construction projects. Although developed separately, both are responses to the same pressures. Project alliancing was just used successfully to complete the National Museum of Australia. This project was analyzed as a case study to determine the extent to which it could be classified as a “collaborative project.” Five key elements of The Collaborative Process were reviewed and numerous examples from the management of this project were cited that support the theoretical recommendations of this model. In the case of this project, significant added value was delivered to the client and many innovations resulted from the collective work of the parties to the contract. It was concluded that project alliances for commercial buildings offer many advantages over traditional project delivery systems, which are related to increasing the levels of collaboration among a project management team.
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Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 130 • Issue 1 • February 2004
Pages: 143 - 152
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Copyright © 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Apr 9, 2002
Accepted: Dec 4, 2002
Published online: Jan 16, 2004
Published in print: Feb 2004
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