LEADER 04096nam 22006135 450 001 9910350305503321 005 20200702183229.0 010 $a981-13-5847-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-13-5847-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000007389506 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5630562 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-13-5847-0 035 $a(PPN)233796460 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007389506 100 $a20190108d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aConstruction Quality and the Economy $eA Study at the Firm Level /$fby Low Sui Pheng, Lau Shing Hou 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (271 pages) 225 1 $aManagement in the Built Environment,$x2522-0047 311 0 $a981135846X 327 $aIntroduction -- The Economy and the Construction Industry -- Government's Role in a High Quality Built Environment -- Firm Characteristics and Strategies -- Firm's Trade-Off Decisions and Theory of Firm Behavior -- The Conceptual Framework -- Research Design and Methodology -- Survey Results Analysis and Discussion -- Case Study Results Analysis and Discussion -- Experts Interviews on Triangulated and Non-Triangulated Findings -- Conclusions. . 330 $aThis book discusses the relationship between construction quality and the state of the Singapore national economy, and describes how construction quality is affected as contracting firms strategically manage issues relating to profitability and survivability during economic boom and bust cycles. Adopting a three-pronged approach to explain the key issues, the book first explains the effect of the state of the Singapore national economy (boom or bust) on the construction quality delivered by contracting firms. Secondly, it explains how contracting firms respond to the performance of the national economy through their dynamic bidding strategies, leading to significant quality trade-offs in some instances, especially when there is imprecise market information. Thirdly, it recommends various strategic measures that key stakeholders and government policy-makers can take to circumvent the quality trade-off in the construction industry when faced with dynamic fluctuations in the performance of the national economy. Although the book focuses on Singapore, it appeals to a global audience since countries worldwide (and their respective building-related stakeholders) face the same issues in terms of the time?cost?quality trade-off decision-making process involving the entire supply chain. 410 0$aManagement in the Built Environment,$x2522-0047 606 $aBuilding?Superintendence 606 $aConstruction industry?Management 606 $aBuilding$xSuperintendence 606 $aProject management 606 $aEngineering economy 606 $aEngineering economy 606 $aConstruction Management$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T23039 606 $aProject Management$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/515020 606 $aEngineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T22016 615 0$aBuilding?Superintendence. 615 0$aConstruction industry?Management. 615 0$aBuilding$xSuperintendence. 615 0$aProject management. 615 0$aEngineering economy. 615 0$aEngineering economy. 615 14$aConstruction Management. 615 24$aProject Management. 615 24$aEngineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. 676 $a690.0685 700 $aSui Pheng$b Low$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0929407 702 $aShing Hou$b Lau$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910350305503321 996 $aConstruction Quality and the Economy$92088885 997 $aUNINA