The processes and products of the construction industry affect all people in the industrialized world.
It is also a backbone of many countries’ economies, often constituting about 7-10% of the GNP. Hence, the efficiency of the construction industry is of great interest and relevance.
In many countries, however, the construction industry frequently receives criticism regarding poor quality and customer satisfaction, frequent conflicts and disputes among different actors, and cost and schedule overruns in projects. Construction projects are mostly characterized by high complexity, customization and uncertainty coupled with long duration.
Such characteristics require collaboration and coordination among many different actors.
However, both practitioners and academics argue that many of the problems in construction projects are linked to inadequate procurement procedures where the focus is on short-term individual sub-optimization rather than on long-term project team performance.
In order to increase the efficiency of the construction industry development and improvement of procurement procedures is therefore vital.