TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the use of various construction procurement systems in the past and present, specifically within the Australian construction industry and to overview the historical development of procurement both globally and in the Australian context through the existing literature.Design/methodology/approach The paper is an in-depth literature review of various construction procurement systems used in the past and present, both in general and within the context of Australian construction industry.Findings The findings suggest that even though relationship-based procurement (RBP) systems offer significant benefits to all project participants, they are unproved by many decision makers because of lack of robust theoretical concept and inability in demonstrating value for money (VfM) for public projects, which would be one of the factors causing move away from RBP in the future.Originality/value This review is one of its kind. There is no such review done before within the context of Australian construction industry in such a detail. This review is a part of a recently completed PhD study.
VL  - 24
IS  - 4
SN  - 0969-9988
DO  - 10.1108/ECAM-03-2016-0058
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-03-2016-0058
AU  - Rahmani Farshid
AU  - Maqsood Tayyab
AU  - Khalfan Malik
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - An overview of construction procurement methods in Australia
T2  - Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 593
EP  - 609
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -