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

Appendices to Thesis Keith Gale 2013Q17 Which method (traditional verses framework) do you think allows financialcontrol of a project to be used most effectively? Why do you feel this is so?Again, we’re going back to the KPI’s here in the fact that the financial KPI’s andalso the NEC contract, encourage rapid agreement of issues and this shouldultimately should lead to financial certainty. So the fact that with the NEC and theKPI's we’re looking at getting things done in a short time scale really (so we’re notall waiting until the end), so you’ve got more control about the final outcome asthings are progressing.Q18 Do you feel that we should continue the use of frameworks In the future whenthe current ones expire in 2012?Yes I do. I think perhaps we should explore the avenues of replacing contractors whocontinually refuse to submit or refuse to perform well. Because otherwise we’re leftwith a reduced framework, which isn’t what its all about. So yeah, I definitely thinkthey’re a good thing. Some of the people we’ve got on our framework in particularare not interested in doing it. And I think we need an option to kick them off if theywant a job in a year or something. Or you know, that’s a bit extreme, but something.I think we need to get our claws in so you know we’re not reducing ourselvesQ19 Do you feel that the use of incentives to encourage good performance withinframeworks is worthwhile? Do you have views as to what these incentives shouldcomprise?Yes, I think they are worthwhile. I mean the incentive generally is the fact that itwould put the contractor in a more favourable position for further work. That’s thebiggest incentive going for them. There’s nothing better than a continuing workload.I would like to see (I don’t know whether this could work), some kind of financial orcommercial resolution indicator. You know, something to do with accuracy of initialquotations, whether they are realistic and whether they end up in that position.Because you know, we do tend to get a lot of people come in and sometimes they’renot doing that aspect properly. You know, not necessarily subjective, just pure408