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Conejos, S, Ubando, A and Lin Chew, M Y (2022) Design for maintainability tool for nano-façade coating applications on high-rise façades in the tropics. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 12(1), 70-95.
Darlow, G, Rotimi, J O B and Wajiha Mohsin, S (2022) Automation in New Zealand's offsite construction: a status update. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 12(1), 38-52.
Jelodar, M B, Wilkinson, S, Kalatehjari, R and Zou, Y (2022) Designing for construction procurement: an integrated Decision Support System for Building Information Modelling. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 12(1), 111-27.
Khatibi, H, Wilkinson, S, Heiman, D, Baghersad, M, Ghaedi, K and Javanmardi, A (2022) Indicators bank for smart and resilient cities: design of excellence. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 12(1), 5-19.
Luane Assunção Paiva, M, Clara Beatriz Ferreira de, O and Reymard Savio Sampaio de, M (2022) Allocating scarce financial resources effectively through function analysis in social housing projects. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 12(1), 96-110.
Marinelli, M (2022) A DfX-based approach for incorporating sustainability in infrastructure project planning. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 12(1), 20-37.
Raviv, G, Shapira, A and Sacks, R (2022) Empirical investigation of the applicability of constructability methods to prevent design errors. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 12(1), 53-69.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: design for constructability; highway construction; quality control; contractors; automation; project engineering; building information modelling
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- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-02-2020-0028
- Abstract:
The paper aims to identify the effective constructability methods and tools that should be applied during the early project design stages to prevent specific constructability failures regarding project context. Seventeen basic constructability problems were defined, 12 constructability implementation methods for investigation were selected, and a general tool representing potential causal connections between the problems and the methods that could prevent them was developed. A comparative case study was conducted through a rigorous investigation of the construction documentation of four major building construction projects. Nearly four hundred constructability problems were identified. The tool developed was used to draw conclusions about the preferred constructability methods, in general, and with respect to specific project contexts. The managerial approach offers the best methods for preventing constructability problems. The major methods that emerged were (1) assigning a constructability champion, (2) facilitating the involvement of the general contractor early in the design process, and (3) augmenting design quality control. At the other end of the scale, methods such as company procedures and owner involvement were found to be the least effective. The paper offers the ability to relate constructability problems to preventive mechanisms and to identify the appropriate steps to be taken to resolve these problems. The mechanism described here can be used by construction companies that keep failure data within accounting files to check projects in retrospect and draw lessons from them to be implemented in future projects.