Total quality environmental management (TQEM) framework towards sustainability (UK novated D&B principal contractors)

Khadour, L, 2010. Total quality environmental management (TQEM) framework towards sustainability (UK novated D&B principal contractors). PhD, Nottingham Trent University.

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Abstract

To reduce the substantial environmental damage of the built environment, contractors have to comply with an increasing number of environmental building regulations. Apart from the purely practical implications of compliance, there is a perception of a gap emerging from not joining up the construction cycle with management-based solutions for performance development, especially in newer areas of interest such as the environment and sustainability. Research has shown that out of the variety of the procurement routes the UK construction industry offers, there has been a continuous increase in the use of novated Design-and-Build (D&B) over the last 15 years. Many clients regard it as providing value for money and the contractors see it as an opportunity to apply their key strengths in management and coordination of design and construction works. The situation of high adoption of D&B, despite its poor quality and environmental performance, motivated this research to develop a management-based solution for performance improvement from the novated D&B principal contractors’ perspective.

Item Type:	Thesis
Creators:	Khadour, L.
Publisher:	Nottingham Trent University
Place of Publication:	Nottingham
Date:	2010
ISBN:	9781369330427
Identifiers:	Number Type PQ10290793 Other
Rights:	This work is the intellectual property of the author, and may also be owned by the research sponsor(s) and/or Nottingham Trent University. You may copy up to 5% of this work for private study, or personal, non-commercial research. Any re-use of the information contained within this document should be fully referenced, quoting the author, title, university, degree level and pagination. Queries or requests for any other use, or if a more substantial copy is required, should be directed in the first instance to the author.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
Record created by:	EPrints Services
Date Added:	09 Oct 2015 09:34
Last Modified:	18 Aug 2021 09:56
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/124

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