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Adami, V S, Verschoore, J R and Antunes Junior, J A V (2019) Effect of Relational Characteristics on Management of Wind Farm Interorganizational Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(03).

Alruqi, W M and Hallowell, M R (2019) Critical Success Factors for Construction Safety: Review and Meta-Analysis of Safety Leading Indicators. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(03).

Chegu Badrinath, A and Hsieh, S (2019) Empirical Approach to Identify Operational Critical Success Factors for BIM Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(03).

Kim, T and Chi, S (2019) Accident Case Retrieval and Analyses: Using Natural Language Processing in the Construction Industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(03).

Laurent, J and Leicht, R M (2019) Practices for Designing Cross-Functional Teams for Integrated Project Delivery. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(03).

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Integrated project delivery (IPD); Cross-functional team (CFT); Collaboration; Project delivery;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001605
  • Abstract:
    For many years, project delivery methods have been studied in the construction industry to assess their impact on project performance, but few extend that focus to the effect of team composition and organization. However, many factors influence the need for integrated teams, as project needs change and new participants are added to the project. The objective of this study is to identify key organizational practices for the use of cross-functional teams in construction. Using a combination of expert interviews and case study observations, this paper presents the practices captured regarding the design of cross-functional teams and demonstrates how the case study project addressed each of the identified practices. Despite the limitations of generalizing findings inherent to a case study approach, it was necessary due to the limited opportunities to study integrated project delivery (IPD) projects. Cross-functional team performance in the case study has been assessed primarily by the capacity to meet commitments, both schedule and financial. The discussion reviews both the potential and the challenges for cross-functional team application outside of IPD contracts. This study finds that project teams should form cross-functional teams at the very early stages of the design in conjunction with a target value design approach. The cross-functional teams should engage interdisciplinary teams that focus on the main building or facility systems. While the number of teams varies with the project complexity, scope, and scale, the number is typically four to eight on most projects, and rarely more than 10. The suggested cross-functional team size is four to six people, with some variance based on the objectives and tasks they undertake. Leadership that brings a combination of cross-disciplinary knowledge to communicate effectively and strong facilitation skills, as well as the ability to coordinate with other cross-functional teams, is needed. Finally, the cross-functional organization combined with the IPD contract structure creates flexible capacity to allow the teams to evolve with the project needs, and to leverage the full potential of individuals to best suit the changing project dynamics with little administrative burden from contractual constraints inherent in other contractual arrangements.

Lindhard, S M, Hamzeh, F, Gonzalez, V A, Wandahl, S and Ussing, L F (2019) Impact of Activity Sequencing on Reducing Variability. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(03).

Monzer, N, Fayek, A R, Lourenzutti, R and Siraj, N B (2019) Aggregation-Based Framework for Construction Risk Assessment with Heterogeneous Groups of Experts. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(03).

Nguyen, L H (2019) Relationships between Critical Factors Related to Team Behaviors and Client Satisfaction in Construction Project Organizations. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(03).

Su, Z, Wei, H, Zou, X and Qi, J (2019) Zero-One Formulation for a Partial Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem with Generalized Precedence Relations. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(03).

Wang, Q, Guo, Z, Mintah, K, Li, Q, Mei, T and Li, P (2019) Cell-Based Transport Path Obstruction Detection Approach for 4D BIM Construction Planning. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(03).

Zhang, H, Yan, X, Li, H, Jin, R and Fu, H (2019) Real-Time Alarming, Monitoring, and Locating for Non-Hard-Hat Use in Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 145(03).