Re-Engineering Construction Project Teams

Effective management of unforeseen events at the post-contract stage needs the combined efforts of all major contracting parties in a collaborative teamworking manner, where the motivation of project participants plays a critical role. This in turn requires selection of appropriate `partners' with an emphasis on their `soft' qualities, to work under flexible contract conditions with suitable adjustment mechanisms and appropriate teambuilding protocols that would all be suited to a particular project. These conceptualized needs are discussed in the present paper, along with the summarized results from a series of recent Hong Kong based studies. Finally, a preliminary model for building a coalesced team comprising owners, consultants, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers is presented.