Construction productivity in the multilayer subcontracting system : the case of Singapore /

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Author / Creator:	Low, Sui Pheng, author.
Imprint:	Singapore : Springer, [2019]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Management in the built environment Management in the built environment.
Subject:	Construction industry -- Subcontracting -- Singapore. Construction industry -- Subcontracting. Singapore.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11745579

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Other authors / contributors:	Zheng, Sim Jia, author.
ISBN:	9789811318313 981131831X 9789811318306
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed August 20, 2018).
Summary:	This book focuses on current subcontracting practices in the construction industry and their effects on Singapore's construction productivity. It offers readers a better understanding of how the fragmentation of large and small firms in Singapore impacts construction productivity when operating under the commonly adopted multilayer subcontracting system (MLSS), which extends globally to the construction industries in other countries that have adopted the MLSS. The book also assesses the effectiveness of subcontracting practices in helping local contractors improve their construction productivity (and thereby improve the industry's overall productivity). In closing, it provides recommendations on how the problems associated with the MLSS can best be addressed, and how its benefits can be capitalized on through organizational learning.

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