Links and Resources

Papers, Publications and Articles

Papers, publications and articles by Value Network directors or network partners.

• The inevitability of a National OHS Standard in Construction
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  Article by Ted Smithies and Rosemarie Risgalla published in the Contract Management in Practice newsletter Volume 3 Number 1 February/March 2006.
  
  
• Construction Industrial Relations Reform and Contract Management
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  Article by Rosemarie Risgalla published in the Contract Management in Practice newsletter Volume 2 Number 9 November /December 2005.
  
  
• Protecting the Integrity of the NSW Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act
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  Article by Ted Smithies published in the Contract Management in Practice newsletter Volume 2 Number 9 November /December 2005.
  
  
• Contracting for Sustainable Outcomes – Are You Ready?
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  Article by Rosemarie Risgalla published in the Contract Management inPractice newsletter Volume 2 Number 7 September 2005.
  
  
• Adversarial versus Cooperative Contracting in Construction – what’s the difference?
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  Article by Ted Smithies published in the Contract Management in Practice newsletter Volume 2 Number 6 August 2005.
  
  
• Measuring success of an Alliance
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  Article by Ted Smithies published in the Contract Management in Practice newsletter Volume 2 Number 4 May 2005.
  
  
• The Impact of the Public Client: ten years of construction reform in New South Wales
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  Paper presented by Ted Smithies at Revaluing Construction 2005: The Challenge of Change in Construction. International conference held in the Netherlands on 22 and 23 March 2005 at the World Trade Centre in Rotterdam . For overhead presentation and other papers presented visit the website at http://www.rc2005.org/
  
  
• Co-operative contracting opportunities and challenges of C21
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  Article by Ted Smithies published in the Contract Management in Practice newsletter Volume 1 Number 7 September 2004.
  
  
• Will government procurement under the AUS Free Trade Agreement have to change
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  Article by Ted Smithies published in the Contract Management in Practice newsletter Volume 1 Number 3 May 2004.
  
  
• 2003 National Procurement Forum
  The 2003 National Procurement Forum was held on 6 & 7 November at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour. The site provides access to forum papers and insights on a broad range of issues.
  • Defining Value in the Private and Public Sectors. Ted Smithies, Speaker - Breakout Session
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• Love me e-tender
  By Beverley Head, Sydney Morning Herald, August 19, 2003
  
  Discusses online tendering as a "work in progress", which is being championed by state and federal governments mainly because of the savings it promises. Inlcudes discussion with Ted Smithies.
  
  
• University of Technology Sydney - Research Centre for Vocational Education & Training
  
  Generic competencies and workplace reform project (Enter "RP76" in Search box to locate document)
  Paul Hager, John Garrick, Bernice Melville, Rosemarie Risgalla. The research examined generic competencies in construction enterprises, in the context of workforce development initiatives.
  
  Australian construction industry: industry forum - learning directions in construction, a report on the Industry Forum Learning Directions in Construction, Hager P., Melville B., Manidis M., Garrick J. & Risgalla R., June 1999, RCVET Working paper.

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Other Links

• Business Council of Australia

  The web site of the Business Council of Australia provides a forum for Australian business leadership to contribute directly to public policy debates. The Council aims to help make Australia the best place in the world to live, to learn, to work and to do business.
  

• Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation

  The Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation is an Australian research, development and implementation centre focused on the needs of the property, design, construction and facility management sectors.
  

• Environmental Sustainability Index

  2005 Environmental Sustainability Index: Benchmarking National Environmental Stewardship
  The Environmental Sustainability Index was formally released in Davos , Switzerland, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum on Friday, 28 January 2005.
  

• Global OHS Portal

  This global portal provides a fast and effective way to get up-to-date information on safety and health issues from around the world. It provides access to information on key issues like legislation and regulation, good safety and health practice, research, statistics and publications.
  

• Melbourne University Private
  

  The Australian Centre for Public Infrastructure, at the University, publishes the 'Public Infrastructure Bulletin' twice yearly. [see link under Information for > Specialists - in the left hand list of links]

  The Bulletin is a vehicle for broad dissemination of knowledge and ideas on the key issues, concepts and practices relating to public infrastructure development, funding and management.
  

• Revaluing Construction 2005: The Challenge of Change in Construction

  Revaluing Construction 2005: The Challenge of Change in Construction. International conference held in the Netherlands on 22 and 23 March 2005 at the World Trade Centre in Rotterdam.
  

• University of Sydney - Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research & Training - ACIRRT
  

  The ACIRRT web site provides multi-disciplinary information, research and training on the world of work.