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Addressing The Need To Reform Construction Public Procurement In Ireland Through The Implementation Of Building Information Modelling, Barry Mcauley, Alan Hore, Roger West, Dermot Kehily

Conference papers

The Irish AEC Sector is facing one of its most uncertain and challenging periods and will see major cuts in all areas of the economy in 2012. Despite this the Irish Government has announced a number of large capital expenditure investments which have resultantly become a lifeline to a struggling construction industry. In order to compete within the public works sector AEC businesses must operate within the Governments Capital Works Management Framework. The objectives of the framework include achieving cost certainty, value for money and more effective delivery and appropriate risk sharing. The framework remains an area of contention and …