Procurement Strategy Selection Paper

Procurement strategy selection
In a traditional procurement strategy, the design and construction work will be separated. A design team will be employed to carry out the design drawings, specification and the bills of quantities. While the design stage is completed, contractors then received the Architect drawings and carry out the construction work. The contractor always involved a number of nominated sub-contractor to assist particular items of the work. Due to the separation of the construction and design, the communication between the design team and the main contractor is not effective and efficient. Discrepancy and misconducting information are the risks during the construction. If design changes and variations are occurred, the construction …show more content…
That kind of building usually involves a large amount of capital investment on the construction and required a high asset turnover while the construction has completed. The developer is required an early start and a quick completion for the construction in order to maintain a steady percentage ratio on the turnover of the capital to recover the loss form the market. However, the York House is only a small size of refurbishment project which required relatively low inputs of labor, technical and low demanding construction. The York House project is unnecessary to use the management contracting strategy instantly.
On the other hand, the value of the cost is also one of the major factors that need to be considered on choosing the right procurement of the project. Although the traditional procurement has a high standardization which the cost is under a strictly under control, the contractor omissions will expose the client under a higher risk in a management contracting. In fact, there is no direct contractual relationship between the client and contractors, the risk will be transferred to the client directly. The construction may not complete on time and with uncertainty quality of