Accountability
In fact the traditional way of organizing the building process is one of the major hindrances for technological innovation and because of a non efficient use of new technologies the quality and the cost-quality rations in building are far from optimal. Also the traditional principles for cooperation in building projects often prevent a collective strive of all process participants for the top quality, that is needed to be able to compete with other industries. Also the traditional way of organizing the building process no longer fits in the context of a changing building market. For example responsibilities and liabilities are often unclear and clients no longer accept this as a given fact. 4 Trends and developments
Building process organization will be influenced among others by trends and developments in the following areas:
building technology, with attention for topics like: industrialization of building, concentration of the supply sector and the use of robots in manufacturing companies;
information technology in building, with attention for topics like: integrated CAD and CAD-CAM systems, computer integrated building, models for building information and communication, EDI, PDI and project data bases;
building market, with attention for topics like: changing role of governmental institutions, professionalization of clients, changing structure of the building market, growing need for quality performance, declining market for extension of the building stock, changing planning principles;
mega trends, with attention for topics like: labour market, environment preservation, individualization of building users, internationalization and even globalization of clients and of companies and changing appreciation of entrepreneurship;
procurement systems, with attention for topics like:, post construction liability and insurance, new EC regulations in this area, various principles for tendering and Performance Specifacation.