Enablers That Help Foreign Architectural, Engineering, and Construction Firms Win Construction Contracts in China
by Florence Yean Yng Ling, (Associate Professor, Dept. of Building, National Univ. of Singapore, 4 Architecture Dr., Singapore 117566. E-mail: bdglyy@nus.edu.sg), C. William Ibbs, (Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 213 McLaughlin Hall, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. E-mail: ibbs@ce.berkeley.edu), and Mohan M. Kumaraswamy, M.ASCE, (Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Univ. of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Rd., Hong Kong. E-mail: mohan@hkucc.hku.hk)
Journal of Management in Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 2, April 2005, pp. 63-69, (doi 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2005)21:2(63))
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With China’s fast economic growth and entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), more foreign architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms are expected to venture into this huge and attractive market. This paper explores the important strategies to help foreign AEC firms clinch construction projects in China. Using a questionnaire survey approach complemented by in-depth interviews, it was found that firms need to pay more attention to the market and working conditions in China and to strengthen their own capabilities. To win projects in China, foreign AEC firms should also be able to offer project financing services. The findings are useful to foreign AEC firms because it may help them win projects in the Chinese construction industry. |
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