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200 10$aProfitable partnering for lean construction$b[electronic resource] /$fClive Thomas Cain
210   $aOxford, UK ;$aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2004
215   $a1 online resource (255 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237) and index.
327   $aProfitable PartneringforLean Construction; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: What is Partnering?; Chapter Two: Why Partner At All?; Chapter Three: The Unchanged UK Demandfor Improvement; The two key differentiators ofconstruction best practice; The six goals of constructionbest practice; Chapter Four: The International Demand forImprovement; Chapter Five: Partnering in the VirtualCompany; Chapter Six: Setting Up Strategic Supply-SidePartnerships; Action plan for setting upstrategic supply-side partnerships
327   $aA protocol to underpin therelationship between a mainconstruction contractor andlong-term, strategic,supply-side partnersChapter Seven: The Client's Role in Partnering; Internal change process fordemand-side clients to replacelowest price tendering withvalue-based selection; Value-based selection of a fullyintegrated design and constructionsupply-side team (or virtualcompany); Chapter Eight: Effective Leadership; Chapter Nine: The Buzzwords Explained; Further Reading and Help; Index
330   $aThe lean procurement techniques given in this practical guide could save clients up to 40% of total design and construction costs; case history evidence is included to prove that the techniques really work. The guide goes on to explain in equal depth the lean construction techniques that supply-side design and construction firms (including trades contractors) need to adopt to deliver the savings while boosting their profit margins.Written in an accessible style, it explains why lean construction techniques will only deliver this high level of savings if they are underpinned by 
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