Quality and Change Management Model for Large Scale Concurrent Design and Construction Projects
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 131, Issue 8
Abstract
Concurrent design and construction has been lauded for streamlining projects in terms of time. However, such an approach may actually make projects more uncertain and complex than the traditional sequential design and construction process. The main sources of risk that have been identified with concurrent design and construction are iterative cycles that result from unanticipated errors and changes and their subsequent impacts on project performance. As an effort to address these detrimental impacts, a framework for quality and change management that identifies those negative iterative cycles is proposed. The proposed framework is incorporated into the system dynamics model of dynamic planning and control methodology (DPM), which has been developed to evaluate negative impacts of errors and changes on construction performance. Relevant to practitioners and researchers, the potential of DPM as a robust design and construction planning methodology that could effectively deal with errors and changes inherent in the design and construction process is demonstrated through a case study involving the Treble Cove road bridge in Massachusetts.
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Acknowledgments
The writers would like to acknowledge the contribution to this paper by Joe Peck, Corporate Planning and Scheduling Manager, currently with Charles River Associates, Bill Lemoine, Vice President, and John Foster, Senior Project Manager at the Modern Continental Company. The writers would also like to thank Philip Helmes, Vice President, and Margaret Fulenwider, Senior Consultant from InteCap Inc., currently with Charles River Associates. Also, the writers appreciate the assistance form Dr. Mikio Shoji, Senior Managing Director at Kajima Corporation. Financial support for this research was received from InteCap Inc., Kajima Corporation, the National Science Foundation CAREER and PECASE Award NSFCMS-9875557, and the National Science Foundation Award NSFCMS-0324501.
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Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 131 • Issue 8 • August 2005
Pages: 890 - 902
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Received: Dec 20, 2002
Accepted: Dec 9, 2004
Published online: Aug 1, 2005
Published in print: Aug 2005
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