*Client Type and Communication Practice during Pre-Contract Phase of Construction Project… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.113210*

The results indicate that the difference in the levels of adoption of the communication processes between public and private sector projects is not significant; therefore, the type of client does not have significant effect on the levels of adoption of the communication processes between public and private sector projects during pre-contract phase of project delivery.

Clients and consultants should discourage the adoption of computer encodingdecoding practice, written communication medium and nexus communication flow during pre-contract phase of project delivery in the efforts to minimize delay in the delivery of projects.

Clients and consultants should give high consideration to communication speed, quality of project information, expected frequency of communication of project information, number of project participants, technology to be used for communicating project information in their choice of appropriate communication process to be adopted during pre-contract phase of project delivery.

Project clients and consultants should give consideration to the adoption of iconic and non-iconic encoding-decoding practices when procuring projects by design-build method, the adoption of upward, downward and lateral practices when procuring projects by design-bid-build method and the adoption of electronic communication medium and print, face-to-face and electronics communication channels when procuring projects by labour-only method.
