{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2569587161","doi":null,"title":"Early contractor involvement","display_name":"Early contractor involvement","publication_year":2006,"publication_date":"2006-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2569587161","mag":"2569587161"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"mag:2569587161","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/busind/techstdpubs/Supporting%20documents/Queensland%20roads%20technical%20journal/September%202006/QR_Sep06_ContractorInvolvement.pdf","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764749809","display_name":"QUEENSLAND ROADS","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"QUEENSLAND ROADS","raw_type":null},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001486966","display_name":"Mike Swainston","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mike Swainston","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5001486966"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":49,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.46059886,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":"2","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10395","display_name":"Construction Project Management and Performance","score":0.9531000256538391,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10395","display_name":"Construction Project Management and Performance","score":0.9531000256538391,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11939","display_name":"Public-Private Partnership Projects","score":0.04500000178813934,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14058","display_name":"Value Engineering and Management","score":0.0008999999845400453,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/early-contractor-involvement","display_name":"early contractor involvement","score":0.8769999742507935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/project-delivery-methods","display_name":"project delivery methods","score":0.7990000247955322},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/road-construction","display_name":"road construction","score":0.5839999914169312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bridge-construction","display_name":"bridge construction","score":0.9900000095367432},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/value-for-money","display_name":"value for money","score":0.8240000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/alliance-contracting","display_name":"alliance contracting","score":0.5450000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/infrastructure-procurement","display_name":"infrastructure procurement","score":0.3720000088214874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/arterial-roads","display_name":"arterial roads","score":0.8109999895095825}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9233905","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3276328","display_name":"Bidding","level":2,"score":0.8717813491821289},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153517457","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4041443","display_name":"Integrated project delivery","level":3,"score":0.6557374000549316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100776233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2532492","display_name":"Bridge (graph theory)","level":2,"score":0.5845572352409363},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780707294","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27795853","display_name":"Effi","level":2,"score":0.5276651978492737},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.5198867321014404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C117110933","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q811501","display_name":"Construction management","level":2,"score":0.48970821499824524},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22212356","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q775325","display_name":"Transport engineering","level":1,"score":0.4851408898830414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.467995822429657},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776164183","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2682100","display_name":"Cost overrun","level":3,"score":0.457663357257843},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21547014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423657","display_name":"Operations management","level":1,"score":0.44105836749076843},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.3640919327735901},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107053488","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2674423","display_name":"Construction engineering","level":1,"score":0.2648373246192932},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C147176958","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77590","display_name":"Civil engineering","level":1,"score":0.22025561332702637},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.2195023000240326},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2984708878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q385378","display_name":"Construction industry","level":2,"score":0.202953040599823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.16288185119628906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126322002","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11180","display_name":"Internal medicine","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"mag:2569587161","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/busind/techstdpubs/Supporting%20documents/Queensland%20roads%20technical%20journal/September%202006/QR_Sep06_ContractorInvolvement.pdf","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764749809","display_name":"QUEENSLAND ROADS","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"QUEENSLAND ROADS","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":1.0,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1251365207","https://openalex.org/W2954887641","https://openalex.org/W1579267249","https://openalex.org/W2106825114","https://openalex.org/W2518609213","https://openalex.org/W4205803372","https://openalex.org/W1995887185","https://openalex.org/W2972407784","https://openalex.org/W618192773","https://openalex.org/W2981386738"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"the":[1,14,33,43,55,66,70,81,89,101,120],"current":[2],"market":[3],"of":[4,20,28,58,103,105],"a":[5,38,59,95],"high":[6],"demand":[7],"for":[8,37,117,119],"infrastructure":[9],"and":[10,35,88,115,131],"relatively":[11],"limited":[12],"resources,":[13,29],"Early":[15],"Contractor":[16],"Involvement":[17],"(ECI)":[18],"form":[19],"project":[21,34],"delivery":[22,86,114],"makes":[23],"very":[24],"effi":[25,111],"cient":[26],"use":[27],"allows":[30],"innovation":[31],"in":[32,69],"provides":[36],"value":[39,116],"outcome.":[40],"ECI":[41,99],"has":[42,123],"advantage":[44],"that":[45],"it":[46],"does":[47],"not":[48],"involve":[49],"excessive":[50],"costs":[51],"or":[52],"resources":[53],"during":[54],"bidding":[56,97],"stage":[57],"project.":[60],"Its":[61],"objective":[62],"is":[63],"to":[64,109],"get":[65],"contractor":[67],"involved":[68],"design":[71],"process":[72],"as":[73,75],"early":[74],"possible.":[76],"It":[77,122],"offers":[78],"advantages":[79],"over":[80],"traditional":[82],"road":[83,130],"construction":[84,133],"contract":[85,107],"method":[87],"more":[90],"relationship-based":[91],"alliance":[92],"method.":[93],"Through":[94],"two-stage":[96],"process,":[98],"combines":[100],"best":[102],"both":[104],"these":[106],"types":[108],"ensure":[110],"cient,":[112],"effective":[113],"money":[118],"department.":[121],"been":[124],"successfully":[125],"trialled":[126],"on":[127],"Main":[128],"Roads":[129],"bridge":[132],"projects.":[134]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":5}],"updated_date":"2026-10-28T10:33:24.094632","created_date":"2017-01-13T00:00:00"}