A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A panoramic photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of performance artist Audrey Baldwin sitting in her Kissing Booth at the Addington Fun Fair.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of spectators at 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of a crowd gathered in the Re:START mall car park on Cashel Street for a performance during FESTA 2013.
A photograph of a crowd gathered in the Re:START mall car park on Cashel Street for a performance during FESTA 2013.
A photograph of spectators at 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
A photograph of a musician at 'Silencio Ensemble', an outdoor acoustic performance using tubular bells and road cones. The event was part of FESTA 2012.
Principal contractors can achieve better financial performance in civil construction projects by increasing the proportion of works delivered by subcontractors. However, anecdotally the use of subcontractors is thought to be make principal contractors less competitive due to compounding profit margins. This study found that projects with a higher proportion of subcontracted work exhibit better financial results than projects with less work delivered by subcontractors. This study uses the Christchurch Infrastructure Alliance (known as the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team, SCIRT) as a case study to observe why principal contracting firms engage subcontractors and the effect subcontracting has on the overall performance of a construction project. Five top tier civil contracting firms (known as ‘delivery teams’) participated in the alliance. Each team was responsible for the delivery of individual projects. A sample of 334 individual SCIRT projects were analysed, and key delivery team staff were surveyed, to investigate the effect subcontractor engagement has on performance. Between the five delivery teams there were clear differences in how much work was delivered via subcontracts. The extent of this subcontractor engagement had a significant effect on the relative performance of the principal contractor. A positive correlation between subcontractor engagement and overall financial performance is observed, and a negative correlation is observed between subcontractor engagement and non-financial performance. Although the causes of these relationships appear complex, the primary reason appears to be that subcontracting fosters increased productivity by cascading financial performance incentives closer to the physical construction task. To maximise competitiveness and financial performance, principal contractors must embrace the use of subcontractors and develop efficient systems of managing subcontracted work.
A photograph of an acrobat practicing a performance for 'Sound Cone' at LUXCITY.
A photograph of an acrobat practicing a performance for 'Sound Cone' at LUXCITY.
A photograph of an acrobatic performance as part of the 'Sound Cone' project at LUXCITY.
A photograph of an acrobatic performance as part of the 'Sound Cone' project at LUXCITY.