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Carrillo, P and Heavey, I (2000) UK contractors’ acquisitions strategy for Central and Eastern Europe. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(03), 322–8.

Griffith, A (2000) Integrated management systems: a single management system solution for project control?. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(03), 232–40.

Lahdenperä, P and Tanhuanpää, V-P (2000) Creation of a new design management system based on process optimization and proactive strategy. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(03), 267–77.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: design management; design process; design structure matrix; information exchange; input data; reference model
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0969-9988
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb021151
  • Abstract:

    There are numerous designers involved in building design, and the various parties need information from each other as a basis for their design decisions. The design co-ordinator cannot be an expert on all information needs of every design discipline. The various designers, again, focus on their current work only, and neglect the planning of forthcoming design activities. This results in a lack of information, guesswork, idling and delays in the self-steering process. The end result is extensive redesign and problems in the construction stage. This article describes a design management system developed to minimize these problems. The system includes operational systematics to be followed by all the actors involved in the design process. Another part of the solution is a reference model on typical information needs by different designers in various stages and tasks of the design process. The system was developed as part of two actual building design processes.

Lam, K C, Ng, S T, Hu, T, Skitmore, M R and Cheung, S-O (2000) Decision support system for contractor pre-qualification—artificial neural network model. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(03), 251–66.

Li, H, Love, P E D and Drew, D S (2000) Effects of overtime work and additional resources on project cost and quality. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(03), 211–20.

Nicholas, J, Holt, G D and Mihsein, M (2000) Forecasting construction materials suppliers’ financial turnover. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(03), 221–31.

Ofori, G and Chan, S L (2000) Growth paths of construction enterprises in Singapore, 1980–98. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(03), 307–21.

Palaneeswaran, E and Kumaraswamy, M M (2000) Benchmarking contractor selection practices in public-sector construction—a proposed model. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(03), 285–99.

Sarshar, M, Haigh, R, Finnemore, M, Aouad, G F, Barrett, P, Baldry, D and Sexton, M (2000) SPICE: a business process diagnostics tool for construction projects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(03), 241–50.

Walker, D H T and Vines, M W (2000) Australian multi-unit residential project construction time performance factors. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(03), 278–84.

Woodhead, R M and Male, S P (2000) The conditioning effect of objective decision-making on the client's capital proposal. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 7(03), 300–6.