PhD Final Thesis April 2013.pdf - Anglia Ruskin Research Online

Appendices to Thesis Keith Gale 2013think there’s any, in my perspective I don’t think certain encouragement isparticularly necessary because I think we perform fairly well anyway. In fact, I thinkwe perform very well actually. Err, whether that’s the case across the piece I don’tknow, that’s something you would know and I wouldn’t so err. But again, the keything here is appropriate lead in times. That is a key factor in getting a job started in atimely fashion and when you’re starting you’re properly prepared and as a contractoryou have time to marshal the resources you want to marshal, to make sure thatyou’ve got the best people in the best places.Q9 In your opinion, do you think that frameworks encourage accurate start andfinish dates more than traditional procurement method? Why do you think that is?I think if you, if you err, if you looked at, err if I considered my company, and itsperformance with Hampshire County Council, then I think probably, ourperformance prior to the framework and after the framework is probably prettysimilar and I think that our best comments about being in a framework mainly is,perhaps in regards to Hampshire County Council as a more priority client. Thereality is that even when we worked for Hampshire County Council before theframework Hampshire retained that priority in our minds. It’s quite obvious really.We’re a regional contractor, civil engineering and building contractor, and clearly aclient, err a high profile client such as Hampshire County Council is a natural andextremely important client to our organisation. So I think in that way, the way thatwe sort of treat or perform for Hampshire County Council probably has asignificance on being in the framework or not.Q10 In your view, what are the drivers that encourage stronger and closerrelationships between parties to a construction project? Why do you think that is?I think, it’s very easy to compare working in the public sector to working in theprivate sector and I’m going to come back to that. Err, I think the participation to theframework from all members, err, does encourage a stronger and a closerrelationship because you are participating together and as a result you create morecommon goals and have a key working approach. And partly, that’s partly dependentupon specific contracts. I think if you compare the Winchester High Street contract368