Annotated Bib

Albino, Vito, and A. Claudio Garavelli. "A Neural Network Application to Subcontractor Rating in Construction Firms." International Journal of Project Management 16.1 (1998): 9-14. Print.

                -This article takes a scientific and methodical viewpoint of rating subcontractors on work done in a build, based on certain parameters of a job and their amount of emphasis. It leaves out many aspects of communication between the contractors and subcontractors, but does include details on the differences in importance of the factors of price, time, quality, and contract reliability. There is slight assumption in the order of emphasis of the given parameters, but the evidence does support authors’ point that there are differences of importance among these parameters that subcontractors are being rated upon.

Belout, Adnane. "Effects of Human Resource Management on Project Effectiveness and Success: Toward a New Conceptual Framework." International Journal of Project Management 16.1 (1998): 21-26. Print.

                -This article takes into account the personal side of construction management, and how that can affect the time it takes to complete a job, and its overall quality. Project managers reading this may come to emphasize a personal factor on the jobsite to increase lower costs and time consumption, and raise quality of work by laborers. There is some bias towards the importance of human resource, but it is backed by the authors’ evidence.

     
          

"Construction Proposals." Sample Proposals. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2014. <www.sampleproposals.org>.

                -This site has background information on the different types of proposals used, such as bid proposals, management proposals, and general construction project proposals. It elaborates on what exactly is found in proposals, and what factors make them the most effective when implementing them. This will be the source to my paragraphs focused on bids, which will help the reader understand their purpose and what makes them successful in Construction.

Five Star Window Cleaning. Bid Proposal Example. Ames, IA: n.p., 2 Jan. 2014. PDF.

                -This visual source is an example bid proposal I received from The Weitz Company, which is building the new Biorenewables Building on campus, south of the Design Building. The proposal comes from Five Star Window Cleaning, and includes all of the details of what they are willing to do if subcontracted for this particular project. I will use this document to reference to from my paper, giving specific examples to help the reader further understand communication between the contractor and subcontractor.           

Hartmann, Andreas, and Jasper Caerteling. "Subcontractor Procurement in Construction: The Interplay of Price and Trust." Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 15.5 (2010): 354-62. Print.

                -This scholarly essay reveals the reason behind subcontractor selection as a basis on part price, and part trust. It tells that at first, price is important in finding the proper subcontractor, but as they build a relationship with the contractor, it becomes less important. Although the authors assume price is initially the most important factor in subcontracting, it doesn’t entirely neglect the factor of quality, which is also another important factor in subcontracting.

Iowa State University. Bid Scope Example. Ames, IA: n.p., 20 Dec. 2013. PDF.

                -This visual source is another document that will be used to reference back to and give specific examples of the different aspects of bid scopes. This comes from Weitz, and is requesting bids from cleaning companies on the Biorenewables Building project. It gives the minimum requirements needed for from the subcontractors to be hired out and complete a job.

Kawasaki, Seiichi, and John Mcmillan. "The Design of Contracts: Evidence from Japanese Subcontracting." Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 1.3 (1987): 327-49. Print.

                -This article investigates the amount of subcontracting done within a business, and how it effects the overall success and gross income. Although the authors do not emphasize subcontracting in the construction industry, it does give a good insight into what type and amount of subcontracting can maximize output and lower production costs, leading to a higher gross profit in any given industry.

Manu, Patrick, Nii Ankrah, David Proverbs, and Subashini Suresh. "Mitigating the Health and Safety Influence of Subcontracting in Construction: The Approach of Main Contractors." International Journal of Project Management 31.7 (2013): 1017-026. Print.

                -This article is a piece on how health and safety play a role in subcontractor procurement, and focuses how to increase health and safety on a project. It informs contractors what kind of subcontractors and bid packages to make to maximize these two very important factors of construction. Though the piece emphasizes health and safety, it gives good insight into what contractors emphasize when finding the right subcontractor for the job, other than price. It also gives ideas on how to increase a subcontractor’s health and safety standards via inter-organizational learning opportunities.

Tenold, Chad J. "Communication in Construction." Interview. N.d.

-I interviewed my peer mentor Chad Tenold in the Town Engineering building. He informed me on the daily communication between contractors and subcontractors, along with the technical writing they do to one another. We started off talking about the emailing that goes on and the reasons behind the emails usually being to discuss the schedule or any problems occurring on the jobsite. We also talked about phone calls they make to one another, filling in the blanks in the bidding process. He also informed me on how the bidding process works, and that it needs to be very specific because it always has to do with money and time, which are most valuable in the construction industry.

"Writing an RFP." RFP Template, FREE Template and Sample. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2014. <http://rfptemplates.technologyevaluation.com/rfp-template.html>.

-This source contains information on how to create your own bid proposal or bid scope. It reveals the different sections one would find in a typical bid proposal. It also includes the type of information the writer would need to include in their proposal. I will use most of this information throughout all of the body paragraphs of my paper, because it includes a lot of relevant information to my research topic in general.