Duncan Cartlidge is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with more that twenty-five years involvement in construction. Experience includes; private practice in both the UK and Europe, commercial management for leading European contractors and managing and delivering graduate and post graduate programmes in surveying and related topics. A regular contributor to professional journals and invited speaker at CPD events, he founded the European Procurement Group in 1996. He is an external tutor at the College of Estate Management, Reading and a Visiting Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University.www.duncancartlidge.co.uk

'A much-needed attempt to increase our understanding of procurement processes and how new approaches in this most crucial of areas are enabling clients to work with integrated, knowledgeable supply chains at a much earlier stage to achieve much more effective delivery of their built assets. This book will be relevant not only to students, but also to practitioners, who will be able to use it to make more informed decisions when procuring (or organising supply chains to deliver) better quality "built assets".' SupplyManagement.com

• Introduction to ProcurementWhole Life Costs and SustainabilityLessons from Other IndustriesEuropean Approaches to ProcurementProcurement Systems ComparedTender EvaluationFuture Trends in Procurement

Duncan Cartlidge is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with more that twenty-five years involvement in construction. Experience includes; private practice in both the UK and Europe, commercial management for leading European contractors and managing and delivering graduate and post graduate programmes in surveying and related topics. A regular contributor to professional journals and invited speaker at CPD events, he founded the European Procurement Group in 1996. He is an external tutor at the College of Estate Management, Reading and a Visiting Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University.www.duncancartlidge.co.uk

'A much-needed attempt to increase our understanding of procurement processes and how new approaches in this most crucial of areas are enabling clients to work with integrated, knowledgeable supply chains at a much earlier stage to achieve much more effective delivery of their built assets. This book will be relevant not only to students, but also to practitioners, who will be able to use it to make more informed decisions when procuring (or organising supply chains to deliver) better quality "built assets".' SupplyManagement.com

• Introduction to ProcurementWhole Life Costs and SustainabilityLessons from Other IndustriesEuropean Approaches to ProcurementProcurement Systems ComparedTender EvaluationFuture Trends in Procurement

Duncan Cartlidge is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with more that twenty-five years involvement in construction. Experience includes; private practice in both the UK and Europe, commercial management for leading European contractors and managing and delivering graduate and post graduate programmes in surveying and related topics. A regular contributor to professional journals and invited speaker at CPD events, he founded the European Procurement Group in 1996. He is an external tutor at the College of Estate Management, Reading and a Visiting Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University.www.duncancartlidge.co.uk

'A much-needed attempt to increase our understanding of procurement processes and how new approaches in this most crucial of areas are enabling clients to work with integrated, knowledgeable supply chains at a much earlier stage to achieve much more effective delivery of their built assets. This book will be relevant not only to students, but also to practitioners, who will be able to use it to make more informed decisions when procuring (or organising supply chains to deliver) better quality "built assets".' SupplyManagement.com

• Introduction to ProcurementWhole Life Costs and SustainabilityLessons from Other IndustriesEuropean Approaches to ProcurementProcurement Systems ComparedTender EvaluationFuture Trends in Procurement