Abstract
Engineering costs account for a significant portion of the total project cost in construction projects, and the output of engineering work directly affect both the construction and operation of the permanent work. An important factor affecting engineering costs is engineering productivity. Since the engineering output is not as tangible as the constructed product, it is challenging to properly measure engineering productivity, which makes contemporaneous productivity loss tracking even more difficult. Under a design-build contract, the contractor is responsible for both the design and construction of a project. If the contractor’s engineering work is disrupted by events for which the owner/employer is responsible, the contractor can recover the lost engineering productivity based on the establishment of entitlement, causation, and credible quantification. This paper discusses issues related to recovering lost engineering productivity. In particular, this paper discusses various methods applicable to the quantification of engineering productivity loss under design-build contracts.
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Volume 14 • Issue 2 • May 2022
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Received: Aug 10, 2021
Accepted: Nov 10, 2021
Published online: Jan 10, 2022
Published in print: May 1, 2022
Discussion open until: Jun 10, 2022
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