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188 A Diverse Understanding of Value in the Building Industry
Different surveys within the building industry have typical response
rates between app. 20% and 55% (e.g. Albert et al. 2003; Haynes and
Love 2004; Bröchner et al. 2005). The response rate in this survey of 46%
is acceptable.
In the company characteristic it is important that all the company
types, e.g. contractor, architect, client, etc. are represented fairly. The
distribution of company types differs from 6-22% of the sample. The aim
was a distribution of app. 12% each. The distribution is roughly considered
evenly distributed, but care should be taken if a conclusion is drawn from
the smallest group. The size of company was evenly distributed with small,
medium, and large companies included in the sample. The respondent’s
years of experience was not evenly distributed. More than 80% of the
sample had more than 10 years of experience. The respondents could
hence be considered as very familiar with the building industry, which
validates the data.
1.4.3 Results from the Survey
The main analysis is of how the practitioners within the industry perceive
value. The analysis will look for general trends among the variables.
To Focus on Value is Important, but not Equally Important to Everybody
In general, the respondents find it relevant to focus on value in building
projects. Furthermore, the mean score to question “Is it relevant to focus on
value in a building project?” is 4,44 ±0,76, and 92% of the respondents
answered either 4 or 5 on the 5-point Likert scale. It can hence be
concluded that it is important to focus on value in a building project.
Figure 1.1 illustrates the mean score of the question “How relevant is
value for each of the following parties…?”.
mean score
5
4,5
4
3,5
3
4,6
How relevant is value for each of the following parties…?
4,27
4,19
188
4,08
Client Architect Consultant Main
contractors
3,97
3,6 3,54
Contrctors Manufactorers Authorities
Figure 1.1 Mean score of the relevance of value in relation to the type of company.
From figure 1.2 it can be concluded that the relevance of value for
different types of companies differs with 30%. It can also be concluded that