A SHORT SURVEY OF RISK FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE VARIATION BETWEEN ELEMENTAL COST PLAN AND FINAL TENDER SUM: CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGERS' VIEWS |
INTRODUCTION: LETTER ACCOMPANYING QUESTIONNAIRE
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Dear Respondent,
This is to intimate you with a PhD research we are currently undertaking at the University of Auckland, New Zealand on The Impacts of Risks on the Observed Variation Between Elemental Cost Plan and Final Tender Sum and also to request your assistance in completing the attached questionnaire as a basis for the research. This survey is based on your experience as a Construction Project Manager on Elemental cost plan and Final Tender sum in building project development in New Zealand generally.
The aim of this research is to develop a predictive model that will assist construction industry practitioners in NZ to have a better and reliable prediction of final tender sum from the cost plan. An understanding of impacts of risks on cost variation is therefore necessary for a more accurate cost-risk model development. This then is the focus of this survey.
Survey Design
There are 16 questions in all: Estimated time to complete them is 10-15 minutes
Questions 1-4 outline the subject (quick to complete)
Question 5 asks respondents to rate 16 pre-identified risk factors from 0-5 (low to high) for two separate measurable attributes highlighted/underlined in the question so you can easily identify the subtle change in question/answer requirements (allow 6 minutes to complete).
Questions 6-13 profile the respondent (quick to complete).
Questions 14-16 are optional and relate to feedback and possible future participation (quick to complete).
If you have any enquiries on the survey please do not hesitate to contact either Johnson Adafin (Tel: 02102 428 405 and E-Mail: jada393@aucklanduni.ac.nz) or Prof Suzanne Wilkinson (Tel: 02118 122 54 and E-Mail: s.wilkinson@auckland.ac.nz) or Dr James O.B. Rotimi (Tel: 02123 896 98 and E-Mail: james.rotimi@aut.ac.nz) at the address below. Your response to this questionnaire would be crucial to our research. We look forward to your comments and appreciate it if we could further discuss this research with you.
Yours faithfully,
Johnson Adafin
Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering,
The University of Auckland,
Auckland 1142,
New Zealand.
This is to intimate you with a PhD research we are currently undertaking at the University of Auckland, New Zealand on The Impacts of Risks on the Observed Variation Between Elemental Cost Plan and Final Tender Sum and also to request your assistance in completing the attached questionnaire as a basis for the research. This survey is based on your experience as a Construction Project Manager on Elemental cost plan and Final Tender sum in building project development in New Zealand generally.
The aim of this research is to develop a predictive model that will assist construction industry practitioners in NZ to have a better and reliable prediction of final tender sum from the cost plan. An understanding of impacts of risks on cost variation is therefore necessary for a more accurate cost-risk model development. This then is the focus of this survey.
Survey Design
There are 16 questions in all: Estimated time to complete them is 10-15 minutes
Questions 1-4 outline the subject (quick to complete)
Question 5 asks respondents to rate 16 pre-identified risk factors from 0-5 (low to high) for two separate measurable attributes highlighted/underlined in the question so you can easily identify the subtle change in question/answer requirements (allow 6 minutes to complete).
Questions 6-13 profile the respondent (quick to complete).
Questions 14-16 are optional and relate to feedback and possible future participation (quick to complete).
If you have any enquiries on the survey please do not hesitate to contact either Johnson Adafin (Tel: 02102 428 405 and E-Mail: jada393@aucklanduni.ac.nz) or Prof Suzanne Wilkinson (Tel: 02118 122 54 and E-Mail: s.wilkinson@auckland.ac.nz) or Dr James O.B. Rotimi (Tel: 02123 896 98 and E-Mail: james.rotimi@aut.ac.nz) at the address below. Your response to this questionnaire would be crucial to our research. We look forward to your comments and appreciate it if we could further discuss this research with you.
Yours faithfully,
Johnson Adafin
Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering,
The University of Auckland,
Auckland 1142,
New Zealand.