Effective Procurement Practices In A Developing Economy for Sustainable Construction

摘要

In spirit with global demand on the construction industry's practitioners to attain environmental?friendliness through Sustainable Construction (SC), the paper identified effective procurement?practices in a developing economy, with a view to guiding construction practitioners' decision on?accomplishing SC. Ontological philosophical approach was adopted; it employed an exploratory?design as a stand-alone design using literature review. Finding identifies effective practices as:?environmental impacts assessment, SC consciousness at predesign and design stage, SC strategy?application at construction stage, and the application of ICT support system for sustainability?evaluation. The study recommends: construction professionals to adhere to practices that will?support SC, research activities on SC be encouraged, adequate research funding provided, and?government to enforce the implementation of sustainable development. Keywords : Developing economy, Effective Procurement, Practices, Sustainable Construction