Overview
- Enriches readers’ understanding of how the fragmentation of large and small firms in Singapore affects construction productivity when operating under the commonly adopted multilayer subcontracting system (MLSS)
- Assesses the effectiveness of subcontracting practices in helping local contractors improve their construction productivity, and thereby improve the industry’s overall productivity
- Offers recommendations on how the problems associated with the MLSS can best be addressed, and how its benefits can be capitalized on through organizational learning
Part of the book series: Management in the Built Environment (MABUEN)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
Keywords
- Construction Project Management
- Singapore Construction Industry
- Main Construction Contractor
- Construction Sub-Contractors
- Multilayer Subcontracting System (MLSS)
- Construction Productivity
- Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA)
- Construction Industry Fragmentation
- Organizational Learning
- Construction Resource Deployment
- Engineering Economics
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Construction Productivity in the Multilayer Subcontracting System
Book Subtitle: The Case of Singapore
Authors: Low Sui Pheng, Sim Jia Zheng
Series Title: Management in the Built Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1831-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-1830-6Published: 30 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4690-3Published: 23 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-1831-3Published: 14 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2522-0047
Series E-ISSN: 2522-0055
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 300
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Construction Management, Project Management, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing