Abstract
Business owners can face a myriad of challenges when venturing into a new construction project. Most of the design and construction process is unfamiliar territory as compared to their customary business operations and owners face a wide assortment of issues when making the decision to build a new facility. Consequently, the majority of owners are entirely out of their business element when deciding to enter into the undertaking of a new building project. Since most of the risk with any given project rests with the Owner, better training and strategies for owners will lead to a higher likelihood of project success while achieving pre-determined goals and objectives. Using interviews and survey questionnaires this research explored and developed a core group of construction owner’s greatest obstacles which in turn was used to develop an owner’s training strategy to address architect selection, contractor selection, project financing, and pre-project checklist as well as detection of potential problems during the course of the project.
Recommended Citation
Emmer, Michael J.
(2022)
"Educating the Construction Client: Training Strategy for Buyers of Commercial Design and Construction Services,"
The Professional Constructor: Vol. 47:
No.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://open.clemson.edu/aic-journal/vol47/iss1/6
