Personal Experiences Of Cost Control On the China Merchants Plaza Project

An engineer and project manager on a major construction project in Shanghai, China, recounts his experiences. The efficacy of competitive bidding and of a system of incentives is discussed. The problems averted-and the savings realized-by having the owner involved in the design from the start are em...

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Veröffentlicht in:Leadership and management in engineering 2001-07, Vol.1 (3), p.36-38
1. Verfasser: Gong, Yan-Tao
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An engineer and project manager on a major construction project in Shanghai, China, recounts his experiences. The efficacy of competitive bidding and of a system of incentives is discussed. The problems averted-and the savings realized-by having the owner involved in the design from the start are emphasized. Savings also came from questioning a traditional reliance on imported finishing materials.
ISSN:1532-6748
1943-5630
DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)1532-6748(2001)1:3(36)