美國的工程建筑公司幾十年來一直控制著國際建筑市場，但近來世界上發(fā)生的事件改變了它的主導(dǎo)地位。
為了調(diào)查今后十年對工程建筑競爭產(chǎn)生影響的推動力及趨勢，由建筑工業(yè)研究院的"2000年建筑特別工作組：發(fā)起一項(xiàng)稱為“2000年建筑市場競爭分析”的研究項(xiàng)目。該研究項(xiàng)目考察了一些影響競爭的因素，包括下列方面：
企業(yè)能力塑造：采用縱向聯(lián)合，橫向發(fā)展的方法，提高企業(yè)的綜合能力。擴(kuò)大市場領(lǐng)地，這種做法包括被海外的聯(lián)合企業(yè)收購或被其合并，或是由美國公司收購?fù)鈬尽?br>籌措資金的選擇方法：私有化作用，建筑權(quán)力轉(zhuǎn)讓項(xiàng)目，未來市場中工程籌資特征。
Engineering and construction firms from the United States dominated the global market for many decades but recent world events have altered their position.
To investigate the driving forces and trends that will affect engineering and construction competition in the next decade, a research project, called the "Anatomy of Construction Competition in the Year 2000", was sponsored by the Construction Industry Institute's Construc-tion 2000 Task Force- The project examined the factors that affect competitiveness, including the following,
The shaping of corporate capabilities; vertical integration and horizontal expansion to increase corporate capabilities and market share, including acquisition and mergers by offshore conglomerates and the acquisition of foreign firms by U. S. companies.
Financing options; the role of privatization, build-own-transfer projects, and the nature of project financing in future markets,
Management, organization, and structure; future management and organizational approaches, structures, and techniques to attract personnel to perform in a global competitive environment.
Work force characteristics; future availability of engineering and construction workers at the professional and craft levels.
Technological issues:how technology will affect competition and be used to offset work force shortages.
Research Objectives and Scope