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Bin Bandi, S, Abdullah, F and Amiruddin, R (2014) Review on the fundamental usage of Bills of Quantities (BQ) by contracting organisations. Construction Economics and Building, 14(01), 118-131.
Chaphalkar, N and Iyer, K (2014) Factors influencing decisions on delay claims in construction contracts for Indian scenario. Construction Economics and Building, 14(01), 32-44.
Ghoddousi, P, Bahrami, N, Chileshe, N and Hosseini, M R (2014) Mapping site-based construction workers’ motivation: expectancy theory approach. Construction Economics and Building, 14(01), 60-77.
McLain, K, Gransberg, D and Loulakis, M (2014) Managing geotechnical risk on US design-build transport projects. Construction Economics and Building, 14(01), 1-19.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Design-build; geotechnical uncertainty; risk management; transport; construction
- ISBN/ISSN: 1837-9133
- URL: https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v14i1.3745
- Abstract:
Awarding design-build (DB) contracts before a complete subsurface investigation is completed, makes mitigating the risk of differing site conditions difficult, if not impossible. The purpose of the study was to identify effective practices for managing geotechnical risk in DB projects, and it reports the results of a survey that included responses from 42 of 50 US state departments of transportation and a content analysis of DB requests for proposals from 26 states to gauge the client’s perspective, as well as 11 structured interviews with DB contractors to obtain the perspective from the other side of the DB contract. A suite of DB geotechnical risk manage tools is presented based on the results of the analysis. Effective practices were found in three areas: enhancing communications on geotechnical issues before final proposals are submitted; the use of project-specific differing site conditions clauses; and expediting geotechnical design reviews after award. The major finding is that contract verbiage alone is not sufficient to transfer the risk of changed site conditions. The agency must actively communicate all the geotechnical information on hand at the time of the DB procurement and develop a contract strategy that reduces/retires the risk of geotechnical uncertainty as expeditiously as possible after award.
Nesensohn, C, Bryde, D, Ochieng, E and Fearon, D (2014) Maturity and maturity models in lean construction. Construction Economics and Building, 14(01), 45-59.
Rusch, R and Best, R (2014) Sustainability: its adaptation and relevance in remote area housing. Construction Economics and Building, 14(01), 88-104.
Sandbhor, S and Botre, Rchaphalkar, N and Iyer, K (2014) Applying total interpretive structural modeling to study factors affecting construction labour productivity. Construction Economics and Building, 14(01), 20-31.
Stanley, R and Thurnell, D (2014) The benefits of, and barriers to, implementation of 5D BIM for quantity surveying in New Zealand. Construction Economics and Building, 14(01), 105-117.
Warsame, A, Song, H-S and Lind, H (2014) Quality of road construction projects in Sweden between 1990 and 2010. Construction Economics and Building, 14(01), 78-87.