With demand for construction materials and resources increasingly outstripping global supply, Davis Langdon’s ‘International Procurement Group’ has published its first series of articles to raise awareness of some of the issues being faced and how we are responding to them.
The Group has gathered reliable anecdotal evidence from our respective markets, which can offer pointers as to how we may better resolve the challenges and shortages of procurement – particularly for large and complex projects – for the future.
This first series of articles covers the following topics:
- Facing the Global War for Talent: Skills' Shortfall in the South African Market
Nigel Sessions of Davis Langdon in South Africa provides a general commentary on the construction resource shortages which beset South Africa for the foreseeable future.
- Our ‘Chinese Wall’: Glass to Alaska
Peter Morris of Davis Langdon in the USA talks about the economic purchase of façades – from China – for a museum in the extreme climates of Alaska.
- Incoming Solutions: The Costs, Risks and Benefits in ESD Solutions for Australia
Craig Westblade of Davis Langdon in Australia writes about the costs, risks and benefits of adopting Environmentally Sustainable Design.
- Shopping Around: Concrete to Nassau
This first series of ‘International Procurement’ stories should have included a piece on the creative procurement of the concrete frames for the Baha Mar project. However, current issues of confidentiality require that this story be held back for a couple of weeks - so watch this space.
These first round stories will be followed by a further set, due for publication towards the end of September, and will be supplemented by in-depth research designed to let us know what there is to know in the world, about building elements such as facades, structures, services and finishes, in order that we may deliver better client-focused solutions, in loco.
