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Mohyla, Lolita V. (Lolita Veronica). "Alternative forms of building contract, and implications for the practice of architecture and influences upon the Australian building industry." 1992, 1992. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ARCHM/09archmm711.pdf.
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Clarke, Roddy N. "A managerial approach to forecasting for the construction industry." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.292594.
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Fan, Yat-chau, and 范一舟. "Modelling and forecasting Hong Kong construction demands." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45547269.
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Burroughs, Gary Leslie. "The response to environmental economic drivers by civil engineering contractors in South Australia." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09ENV/09envb972.pdf.
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Bibliography: leaves 91-93. Examines the response of two civil engineering construction contractors in South Australia to environmental economic conditions and market requirements using primarily an action research methodology whilst the researcher was engaged as the environmental manager at both corporations.
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Weddikkara, Chitra. "The impact of professional culture on dispute resolution in the building industries of Australia and Sri-Lanka." Weddikkara, Chitra (2003) The impact of professional culture on dispute resolution in the building industries of Australia and Sri-Lanka. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2003. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/395/.
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The construction industry poses a number of challenges to those working in it. One important challenge is that the industry is dependent upon human interactions in the management of building projects. In this environment it is important for those who manage the projects to deal with intricate relationships and to consider the emotions, interactions and various types of reasoning that lie behind the actions and decisions taken by the participants in the construction process.
The issue for researchers is to gain a better understanding of the variables that affect the actions of the participants in this process. Such research demands sensitivity to the values, attitudes and behavior developed by the different occupational groupings. These factors according to Edgar Schein define the culture of a professional group. This research was conceived on the belief that the professionals in the construction industry brought to bear their own professional culture on the industry. It was necessary to have a better understanding of this culture in order to be able to resolve disputes that occur in the construction process.
That is the impact of culturally deternlined values, attitudes and behavior of these professional groups. Therefore, this research is aimed at investigating the professional cultures of the participants who come together in a construction project. The question posed was whether they shared a culture or had differences, and if differences existed whetherthese differences had an effect on the reactions of each of the groups to disputes and their resolution.
A survey was carried out among professional groups in Australia and Sri-Lanka and the survey data from both countries were analyzed using statistical tests. The results show that professional groups share similarities in professional culture as well as differences. It also showed that these cultural differences created an adversarial atmosphere among construction project participants. It was also found that introducing a party outside of the usual professional groups would be beneficial in the resolution process. Respondents were of the opinion that the third party outside of the construction team could be a lawyer.
This type of research is still new within the field of construction. The contributions of this work are to link professional culture and conflict and give some indication how such conflict could be addressed. In this context by identifying the values attitudes and behavior of professional groups the subject of conflict and disputes could be beneficially addressed through professional education.
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Rangel, Oscar O. "A profile of the construction equipment industry in Mexico a perspective for manufacturers of construction equipment /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2245.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2001.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 121 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-86).
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Wilmott, Leigh William, and n/a. "Australia's national competitive advantage in the non-residential construction industry : a Thailand case study." University of Canberra. Economics & marketing, 1998. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061110.145501.
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The objective of this study is to identify the key determinants of Australia's competitive
advantage in the Non-residential construction industry. Porter's Five Competitive
Forces Model has been used to analyse the existing industry structure both in Australia
and Thailand. In addition. Porter's Diamond Model has been used for identifying the key
determinants of Australia's competitive advantage in the industry.
The study has drawn upon industry data obtained from interviews with operation
managers and executives of major Australian firms in the non-residential construction
industry who have been successfully operating in Thailand over the last ten years.
Research, undertaken in Australia and Thailand, includes interviews and case study
information gained from industry, government and academia.
A key finding applicable to each case study was that Australian non-residential
construction firms operating in Thailand competed successfully on higher order
technological expertise in construction management and operation. Expertise and
innovation was created and sustained at home through vertically integrated clusters of
industry suppliers to the main contractor and replicated or adapted abroad to local
circumstances.
Australia's national competitive advantage in the industry has relied on the interaction of
key determinants. Favourable factor conditions have provided Australia with a key
advantage base, for example, skilled personnel, experience in a variety of construction
areas due to the demands of Australia's geography and development needs, and adequate
infrastructure provision both physical and capital. Favourable factor conditions
combined with intense service rivalry at home, supportive related industries, demanding
buyers, and effective competition policy are the key to Australia's success.
The study goes on to explain the role that industry and government can play to ensure
Australia remains internationally competitive in the industry. In addition summary
recommendations are provided of the steps that Thailand needs to take to improve its
competitiveness in general and the development of the construction industry in particular.
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Strez, Henryk Andrzej Leon. "The treatment of uncertainty in construction price modelling." Bachelor's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27115.
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The purpose of this thesis was to acquaint the reader on the nature of the uncertainty present in construction price forecasting and to introduce an environment that has the ability to integrate these uncertainties with greater consistency than that possessed by available price models. The objective of this thesis was to establish that uncertainty can be explicitly treated in price forecasting models. This would have two benefits to concerned parties. Firstly, the effectiveness of price forecasts could be improved as provision could be made for any uncertain variable. This will be of great benefit to the client, as a more accurate assessment of the building process could be established at an earlier stage of the design process. Secondly, the price forecast will be more useful to quantity surveyors, architects and clients, as it would 'quantify' the extent of the uncertainty which could be provided for in a more meaningful manner. In order to establish that existing price models do not deal with the uncertainty present at the time of forecasting, the price models used by practitioners were evaluated against the different types of uncertainty found at the different stages of the price forecasting process. Once this had been established, eight techniques that have the ability to treat various forms of uncertainty, were presented. After analysing the techniques abilities to cope with the uncertainties associated with price forecasting, it was established that certain of these techniques do have the ability, and are suitable, to be incorporated into the price forecasting process. From the results of a questionnaire survey conducted on quantity surveying offices in South Africa, it was found that the price models used by practitioners do not take uncertainty into account, and have in fact, the potential for uncertainty inducement. Some of the uncertainty found to be present in the preparation of a construction price forecast include the lack or incompleteness of design information, the uncertainty in the communication of design information, the variability in the data used by quantity surveyors and, the uncertainty in the choice of price model during the different stages of the design process. As a possible solution to the problem of uncertainty, an expert system environment, utilising a three-dimensional classification of uncertainty, has been proposed. It has been proved that this environment has the ability to cater for the uncertainty associated with the price forecasting process, as well as having the attribute of providing the user with the reasoning behind the logic that the expert system has followed, a characteristic not possible with the traditional forms of price models. From the findings of this thesis, it can be concluded that the methods of price modelling used by quantity surveying practitioners, are unable to take uncertainty into account effectively. It can also be concluded that an expert system environment has the ability to handle the different forms of uncertainty found at the various stages of construction design. The proposed model is conceptual in nature and has not been tested in practice. It is therefore recommended that further research be carried out in this field, with the aim of producing a construction price forecasting expert system which utilises the proposed three-dimensional classification of uncertainty.
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Mahbub, Rohana. "An investigation into the barriers to the implementation of automation and robotics technologies in the construction industry." Queensland University of Technology, 2008. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/26377/.
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The rising problems associated with construction such as decreasing quality and productivity, labour shortages, occupational safety, and inferior working conditions have opened the possibility of more revolutionary solutions within the industry. One prospective option is in the implementation of innovative technologies such as automation and robotics, which has the potential to improve the industry in terms of productivity, safety and quality. The construction work site could, theoretically, be contained in a safer environment, with more efficient execution of the work, greater consistency of the outcome and higher level of control over the production process. By identifying the barriers to construction automation and robotics implementation in construction, and investigating ways in which to overcome them, contributions could be made in terms of better understanding and facilitating, where relevant, greater use of these technologies in the construction industry so as to promote its efficiency. This research aims to ascertain and explain the barriers to construction automation and robotics implementation by exploring and establishing the relationship between characteristics of the construction industry and attributes of existing construction automation and robotics technologies to level of usage and implementation in three selected countries; Japan, Australia and Malaysia. These three countries were chosen as their construction industry characteristics provide contrast in terms of culture, gross domestic product, technology application, organisational structure and labour policies. This research uses a mixed method approach of gathering data, both quantitative and qualitative, by employing a questionnaire survey and an interview schedule; using a wide range of sample from management through to on-site users, working in a range of small (less than AUD0.2million) to large companies (more than AUD500million), and involved in a broad range of business types and construction sectors. Detailed quantitative (statistical) and qualitative (content) data analysis is performed to provide a set of descriptions, relationships, and differences. The statistical tests selected for use include cross-tabulations, bivariate and multivariate analysis for investigating possible relationships between variables; and Kruskal-Wallis and Mann Whitney U test of independent samples for hypothesis testing and inferring the research sample to the construction industry population. Findings and conclusions arising from the research work which include the ranking schemes produced for four key areas of, the construction attributes on level of usage; barrier variables; differing levels of usage between countries; and future trends, have established a number of potential areas that could impact the level of implementation both globally and for individual countries.
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Tsang, Yick-tat, and 曾億達. "Modelling and forecasting the general financial performance of listed construction firms in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/198814.
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It is well recognised that construction firms encounter risk and are sensitive to trends and volatility in the business environment. Measuring the financial performance of a firm serves as the basis of monitoring and evaluating its management competence, resource allocation and corporate strategy in response to environmental change. Forecasting is paramount in responding to potential problems and perpetuating positive developments that result in sustainable competitiveness. Thus, an enriched understanding and prediction of the financial performance of construction firms are desirable for decision makers and other industry stakeholders. Notwithstanding that, little research attention has been paid to this premise conceptually and empirically. Thus, the overall aim of this study was to model and forecast the general financial performance of Hong Kong construction firms under the dynamic influence of the business environment.
This study involved the application of quantitative modelling using various statistical and econometric techniques. Multidimensional firm financial performance was first approximated using factor analysis based on the financial data of local publicly listed construction firms from 1992 to 2010. The factor model uncovers five common financial factors: liquidity, asset, leverage, profitability and activity. The time trends of these factors display diverse and cyclical patterns with irregular cycle periods.
Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models were then constructed based on the Box-Jenkins approach, which provided univariate forecasts of the financial factors. The results reaffirmed that ARIMA models were highly effective in forecasting.
In conjunction with cross-correlation analysis, multiple linear regression (MLR) models were next used to explore the influence of environmental determinants on firm financial performance. The findings identified different sets of significant leading determinants for different financial factors. They further justified the dominance of sectoral factors in the determination of firm performance. Supported by empirical verification, a theoretical framework depicting the relationships between business environment and firm performance was proposed.
In conjunction with cross-correlation analysis, multiple linear regression (MLR) models were next used to explore the influence of environmental determinants on firm financial performance. The findings identified different sets of significant leading determinants for different financial factors. They further justified the dominance of sectoral factors in the determination of firm performance. Supported by empirical verification, a theoretical framework depicting the relationships between business environment and firm performance was proposed.
This study is among the first to apply advanced econometric techniques to develop reliable performance measurement and forecasting models. The results improve the theoretical framework by explaining the dynamic relationships between the financial performance and business environment of construction firms. The empirical findings of the quantitative analysis offer new implications for firms’ financial performance and the significant leading determinants in a local context. The outcomes of this study make seminal contributions to current knowledge and practice.published_or_final_version
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Doctor of Philosophy
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Fantasia, Josephine Vita. "Entrepreneurs, empires and pantomimes : J. C. Williamson's pantomime productions as a site to review the cultural construction of an Australian theatre industry, 1882 to 1914." University of Sydney, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1617.
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Doctor of Philosophy'Entrepreneurs, Empires and Pantomimes' examines how Williamson influenced the form and content of one theatrical genre within his theatrical empire between 1882 and 1914. As the frontispiece signals in spectacular fashion, the pantomime was a vitally popular dramatic form. I believe that my findings have serious implcations for the formation of an Australian theatre industry with regard to the 'development'of Australian drama. Ironically, as J.W. Gough points out in 'The Rise of the Entrepreneur' (1969), the word 'entrepreneur' first appeared in the 'Oxford English Dictionary' in 1897 as referring to "the director or manager of a public musical institution: one who 'gets up' entertainments, especially musical performances."
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Cheung, Yan Ki Fiona. "A study of the determinants of effectiveness in relational contracting." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16343/.
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The significance of a link between organisational culture and organisational performance has long been recognised in both mainstream management literature as well as in the construction management literature. Within the construction research domain, the impact of culture and organisation on project performance is becoming an increasingly important topic for the establishment of sound partnering or alliancing, or to what has been referred to increasingly in recent years as relational contracting, in the overall approach to project management. However, studies of the efficacy of alliancing or partnering have so far produced mixed results. The present study concerns two public sector organisations in Australia, where the interrelationships between organisational culture and structure, commitment and national culture were investigated. The methodology was triangulated; with a detailed questionnaire survey undertaken with both organisations, and with subsequent interviews and case studies carried out for validation. Multivariate statistical techniques were utilised to investigate complex relationships between variables. The research reports the perceptions of professional personnel in the public sector organisations, and some mismatches found between organisational structuring and organisational culture. Key issues affecting project performance, and the set of project team characteristics enhancing the development of a collaborative project culture, were found to include continuous commitment from all levels, right mix of people, formal and informal communication, continuous facilitation, education and training in the universities, institutions and industry. The combined outcomes of the research provided a framework of fundamental elements for successful relational contracting.
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"Comparative analysis of construction project management in specified Asian countries." Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1988. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5885862.
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Bunzel, Dirk, University of Western Sydney, and Faculty of Business. "Real numbers, imaginary guests, and fantastic experiences : the Grand Seaside Hotel and the discursive construction of customer service." 2000. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/27816.
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Based on a fourteen-month period of ethnographic research conducted in an Australian Coastal hotel, this thesis explores the issues of management in a flexible organization. Using a textual approach to the study of organizations, the thesis focusses on the customer service discourse, its constituents, and the processes of its symbolic (re-) production in the hotel studied. Using a variety of textual data-among them academic publications from authors as diverse as Foucault, Clegg, Haugaard, Ritzer and Castoriadis; various forms of fieldnotes; and detailed descriptions of ritual and ceremonial events - the thesis not only provides a vivid account of organizational life at the hotel, it also identifies aspects of the latter such as meetings, training and reward programmes, and customer response schemes, as disciplinary technologies applied to govern both employees and customers. Extending the considerations about the disciplinary qualities of the customer service discourse and linking them with the issues of new forms of control as recently debated in the larger field of organization studies, the thesis will identify the processes of imagination, normalization, and subjugation as central to the establishment of a new management doctrine: corporate culturism. This discussion will also reveal the essentially hybrid nature of control under this new doctrine and it will expose the process of managing meaning as fundamental to its constitution and endurance. Respectively, the thesis will identify the hotel studied as an organization that thrives on corporate culturism. As the thesis represents a contribution to the field of (organizational) ethnography, it will - by recurrently reflecting on some of the contemporary debates in the field- implicitly address status and practicability of empirical (ethnographic) research in a postmodern world.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Hsia, Chih-Wei, and 夏至緯. "Research on the Construction of a Case-Based Reasoning System for Outsourcing Expenses Forecasting - The case of DRAM Industry." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/14863138425648930733.
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High-tech industries are being developed in Taiwan over the years, and a supply chain has been well constructed in semi-conductor industry. In DRAM industry, operations of IC packaging and testing are mainly outsourced. Based on practical experience, outsourcing expense is approximately ten percent to forty percent of DRAM products’ total costs. It shows the importance of outsourcing expense negotiation. In the past, it is difficult to provide a reasonable expense estimate for reference for negotiation due to the lack of theoretical basis, and thus unable to increase compatibility through effectively reducing outsourcing costs. This study applies Case-Based Reasoning method to construct a forecast system for outsourcing expense. The first step is to construct a database of historical cases of outsourcing expense negotiation. The second step is to classify cases in the database based on particular properties of products. Case-Based Reasoning method then can be applied to search for similar cases in the database and the actual outsourcing expense of those cases are used for the forecast for the new case. Experiment was conducted to examine the performance of the constructed forecast systems and MAPE is used to evaluate forecast accuracy. The results show that Case-Based Reasoning is able to forecast outsourcing expense with good accuracy. Furthermore, the performance is better when historical cases in the database are classified properly based on single product property. The constructed forecast system can provide good forecast of outsourcing expenses for IC packaging and testing in DRAM industry.
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Baas, Susan Catherine. "Protecting New Zealand construction subcontractors." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11976.
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Non-residential construction projects typically involve a large number of parties and a
complicated "pyramid" of contractual relationships. At the top of the project an owner or
developer commonly employs a head contractor, who employs specialist contractors, who
employ subcontractors, who finally employ workers and material suppliers. Funds for the
project are fed in at the top and are intended to trickle down to those at the bottom.
However, evidence indicates that this often does not happen and that those at the bottom -
most significantly subcontractors - suffer substantial losses.
Many countries attempt to reduce subcontractors' losses through legislative intervention.
The Canadian common law provinces apply both a statutory "builder's lien", which allows
an unpaid subcontractor to register a charge against construction land, and supplementary
holdback and trust requirements. By contrast, New South Wales, Australia and the United
Kingdom apply a "quick and dirty" form of adjudication in an attempt to reduce the delays in
payment disputes. New Zealand is currently investigating the form of legislation that it
should enact and has modelled the Construction Contracts Bill on New South Wales
adjudication measures.
This thesis examines the Canadian, New South Wales and United Kingdom systems for
protecting subcontractors, as well as the New Zealand Construction Contracts Bill. It
describes these different systems, and applies Cooter and Ulen's perfect contract analysis in
an attempt to compare them. It concludes that the New South Wales approach is the most
favourable, particularly because of its attempts to reform areas of the construction industry
beyond just the problems that subcontractors face. However, it also notes that this approach
has very high transaction costs, to such an extent that some proposed reforms may never
come to fruition. It therefore recommends that New Zealand take a cautious approach in
copying these measures. In addition, the thesis recommends that New Zealand researchers
take more time to examine North American builder's lien systems. Protecting construction
subcontractors is a complicated issue and the best solution for New Zealand will result from
a careful consideration of the many different systems, both before any legislation is enacted
and afterwards.
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Park, Jung Eun. "Cost Overruns and Schedule Delays of Major Projects: Why We Need Reference Class Forecasting." Thesis, 2021. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-9cn7-c433.
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Major projects around the world have long been notorious for cost overruns and schedule delays. In response to the cost overruns, the U.S. Department of Transportation established a task force and took a range of steps to strengthen the stewardship, management, and oversight of major projects at the beginning of the 21st century. Through a classical test of hypotheses, this study first investigates the prevalence and magnitude of the cost overruns of the major infrastructure projects in the U.S. before and after the reform. The before and after comparison finds that the projects experiencing cost overrun have been reduced from 77% to 45% following the reform. Results revealed that the U.S. Department of Transportation has developed measurable outcomes but their success may be limited. To address the cost overruns, conversely, the U.K. adopted Kahneman’s Nobel Prize-winning theory to challenge biases in human judgment and mandated reference class forecasting for major projects at the beginning of the 21st century. Through before-and-after and with-and-without comparisons of major infrastructure projects, this empirical study then examines the practical relevance of reference class forecasting for infrastructure investments. A before-and-after comparison reveals that the average cost overrun declined from 50% to 5% following the introduction of reference class forecasting. A with-and-without comparison also demonstrates that the U.K. surpassed its targeted probability of completing projects within budget by 12% using reference class forecasting, whereas the U.S. underperformed by 23%. Thus, reference class forecasting has engendered notable improvements in estimation in the U.K.
Although schedule delays not only result in significant financial implications to project sponsors but also lead to substantial social costs to the public, scant attention has been dedicated to schedule delays. Therefore, this study further investigates the frequency, magnitude, and characteristics of schedule delays occurring during the construction of major infrastructure projects built in the U.S. and the U.K. between 1999 and 2018. A multivariate regression analysis confirms that length of implementation phase and project type plays the most important role in project schedule performance. During extensive efforts were made to project controls in the U.S. and the U.K. over the last two decades, this study also finds, project performance has not improved at all from a schedule perspective. In order to address the issue, this study suggests reference class forecasting to develop more realistic and reliable schedule estimates.
This empirical study demonstrates the benefits of supplementing or replacing the current forecasting method. The findings can be used to reduce substantial financial risks for the government as well as social and economic welfare losses for society.
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Swift, John Paul. "Reframing the dynamics: a case study of the interaction between architectural computing and relationship-based procurement at the National Museum of Australia." 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/47785.
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The National Museum of Australia (NMA) (1997- 2001) by architects Ashton Raggatt McDougall (ARM) in association with Robert Peck von Hartel Trethowan was commissioned by the Australian Commonwealth Government for the Centenary of Federation in 2001. It was conceived as a gift to the people of Australia and now stands on Acton Peninsula in Canberra, the nation's Capital. It is a visually complex manifestation of the design architects' (ARM) dialogue with the ambiguities of Australian history and national identity. The architectural realisation of these complexities was facilitated through advances in computer technologies and a complementary non-traditional procurement method, both at the leading edge of Australian architectural practice of the time. Completed three years earlier was probably the most debated work of architecture of the 1990s, the Guggenheim Museum (GMB) (1991-98) in Bilbao, Spain, by Frank O. Gehry and Associates (FOG&A). This satellite museum of the Guggenheim Foundation of New York was heralded as the quintessential example of a kind of architecture only possible because of advances in computer technologies. Both visually complex museums were conceived as flagship projects and consequently share many political, functional, and cultural expectations. Both were procured outside the usual adversarial designer/builder paradigm of western architecture and featured the innovative use of three-dimensional (CAD) software for design, documentation and analysis. The NMA project used a government instigated procurement method which was embraced by a group of design and construction companies who formed a joint venture known as the Acton Peninsula Alliance. This non-traditional or relationship-based procurement method required ARM to reassess their approach to generate and disseminate design data and their traditional relationship with other design and construction professionals. As part of this process, ARM were required to devolve some of their design authority to a project delivery team via a Design Integrity Panel and an Independent Quality Panel; both innovations integral to the Acton Peninsula Alliance. The NMA project reframed many of the enduring professional relationships of Australian architecture and in so doing extended the skill set and expectations of the architects and others to include a more substantial engagement with 3D CAD and a procurement system which was less subject to many of the common impediments inherent in the more traditional processes. Through a series of interviews with the architects and other stakeholders, a qualitative methodology was used to investigate the NMA as a case study which uses the GMB as an internationally recognised comparison. This thesis examines how these two projects have been successfully completed within time and budgetary constraints in an environment where flagship projects have had a history of highly publicised difficulties. It reveals that the successful realisation of the NMA was due to the relationships built or reframed as a result of this cooperative approach in conjunction with high levels of engagement with computer technologies. This is in contrast to the seamless flow of data and high levels of prefabrication integral to the success of the GMB.http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url= http://library.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1255317
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, 2006.