The construction industry needs to move towards more relational procurement procedures to
reduce extensive losses of value and avoid conflicts and disputes. Despite this, the actual …

Construction projects and activities are the interface of human effort, resources and building
technology in order to achieve the ultimate goal of a particular construction endeavour …

Conflicts are an inevitable aspect of human interactions that can affect project cost and
schedule, and the parties' relationships. Although the traditional mindset regards conflict as …

Appreciating the value of effective and efficient procurement strategies, major construction
industry reports and practitioners have either proposed new procurement strategies or …

There is a need to investigate the causes and sources of conflict and dispute in association
with construction working relationships. How relationship quality may be affected by these …

Mostafa Babaeian Jelodar1* and Tak Wing Yiu2 1. PhD student, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand mjel010@ aucklanduni …

Relationships are practically perceived as new forms of assets within the construction
industry. Many relational approaches such as partnering and alliancing have been …

Relational contracting is often regarded as means to improve performance and profit
margins in managing projects. A continuum of contracts in construction projects attempts to …

The construction industry is recognized for its adversarial culture and frequency of conflict.
Previous relationship conflict research has not been collectively summarized or categorized …

Relationship quality as a measure of working relationships in construction has been
associated with four general attributes of trust, commitment, teamwork, and performance …