Owner's contract administration for project time and cost control strategy in commercial building projects | |
| Author | Nguyen Xuan Phong |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.CM-10-11 |
| Subject(s) | Construction contracts--Cost control Construction industry--Cost control |
| Note | 101, [33] leaves : ill. |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. CM-10-11 |
| Abstract | For construction project, contract is the most important to every project’s participation such as owner, constructor, vendor, and supplier. Therefore, the appropriate contract administration for contract management is vitally important to determine the practical of any construction project. In decade of construction industry, the traditional delivery known as design-bid-build and design-build delivery is widely using in commercial building projects. According to construction industry development, nature of construction project are increase in size and becoming more complex that led to number of shortcoming in management system. Thus, this study conducts to assist the project owner understanding and implementing contract administration in Vietnam. The study conducts to analysis cases on implementing the design-bid-build and design- build of commercial building projects which are highly increasing on demand of trading services market, domestic and foreign inve stments in Vietnam by using multi-cases study methodology. The objectives are emphasized on how the owner’s organization interact with the efforts of contractor, implementation of contract administration process, critical problems and their responds during phases of construction project. Data were collected through personal interview from project mana ger department and contract management members; it included contract documents, relevant reports of these cases. The study finding covers the lack of contract administration capability in the owner organization to manage the contract. The commons of existing practical are determined as well as problems occurred on practices with specific activities of contract administration of each case. Assisting the owner to overcome the worsening situation, it is recommended that a detailed process of contract administration should be developed that investigate the contract management of each project |
| Year | 2010 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. CM-10-11 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Hadikusumo, B. Harimuti W. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Chotchai Charoenngam;Huynh Trung Luong |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2010 |