Thinking Of The Development Of The Engineering Consulting Industry In China

Construction consultation is a kind of professional technological service for construction investment projects. By using comprehensive knowledge of multidisciplinary, modern technology, management methods and experience, and by following principles of independence, science and justice, it offers consultation service to government and investors on investment decision and implementation of the economic and construction projects to improve the macroeconomic and microeconomic benefits. Its services include project consultation of strategic planning, comprehensive analysis, investment and financing analysis at the initial stage; basic reconnaissance and survey, design consultation; detailed reconnaissance and survey, design, supervision, and purchase at the conduction stage, project assessing, operation consultation at the ending. The emergence and development of the construction consultation industry is due to social division of labor and the development of market economy. With the development of market economy in our country, the construction consultation industry is playing a more and more important role in the field of engineering construction. Compared with the current economic situation in our country and construction consultation industry abroad, the domestic construction consultation industry is lagging far behind, though it already made some progress. After China joins WTO, this industry has faced enterprise reform as well as competition with overseas advisory company, so how to develop this industry is worth pondering. By analyzing the inherent disadvantages of the traditional construction management and the long-term construction practice, the paper emphasizes that the specialized management of the consulting enterprises will replace the traditional construction management. The development of the construction consultation industry helps to improve the construction management, raise the investment returns, and guarantee the project quality By analyzing the development and the current situation of the construction consultation industry, chapter two point out that the industry in China still has got some inter-problems such as weak competitive power, inflexible operating mechanism, low ability employee, low quality service, serious separation of business, backward in management techniques, etc. as well as the problems in its environment, i.e.: government multicipital and irregular management,multi federations, and lack of legal protection. This paper focuses on the development of the construction consultation industry. On the basis of improving enterprises' capability, the enterprises should attract and make the best of the talents to improve the service quality and gain market prestige. On the other hand, in order to obtain larger market share and to get more benefits for owners, the enterprises should provide project management and general contract service. To balance the paper, the writer discusses the different measures in two chapters. Finally, in order to improve the development of the industry, we should create a good environment by means of adjusting government's management, enhancing the federation's construction, perfecting the law systems and technical standard, changing owner's idea, and conforming the owners' behavior to the standard. The characteristic of the paper lies in: First, it expounds the relevant concept, quotes the latest data to demonstrate. Second, the paper regards the construction consultation industry as a whole instead of analyzing it separately. So, the writer suggests that for the enterprises, they should integrate their services and realize comprehensive development; and for the government, it should adjust its management, and the federation of construction consultation should be integrated.