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Multi-outcome Construction Policies [Austen, Curtin] 2006-036-A

Project participants and team members

 

 
 
Curtin University Siobhan Austen - Project Leader, Richard Seymour
Queensland University of Technology Kerry Brown, Craig Furneaux, Gerry Gallery, Angela McCabe
Rider Hunt John Oliver, David Stewart
Qld Dept of Public WorksTo be confirmed
WA Dept of Housing and WorksGreg Fraser, Peter Tilley

Project description

This project aims to evaluate the impact of the current policy of leveraging social outcomes from the procurement of public works.

Specifically, this research project will seek to answer the following research:

The current socio-economic policies leveraged within procurement policies
The rationale for leveraging contracts to achieve these social policies (i.e. The policy intent)
The identifiable costs and benefits associated with this leveraging (financial and non-financial)
The costs associated with these social policies, and who is paying these prices
The benefits of these social policies, and who is benefiting from them
Whether the costs outweigh the benefits of such an approach

A secondary objective is the development of a mechanism for assessing future proposals for the inclusion of social policies in construction projects.
 
Multi Outcome Construction Policy (final report)
Can governments use their construction contracts to improve training outcomes? (journal article)
Stakeholder Theory (journal article)
The Competitive Impacts (presentation)
The Competitive Impacts of Leveraged Training Outcomes (refereed conference paper)
Leveraging Training Outcomes on Public Construction Projects (refereed conference paper)
A Framework for Assessing Social Policy (report)
Comparative Analysis of WA & QLD Policies (report)
MultiĀ  Outcome Construction Policies (summary)