A support tool for assessing the impact of design changes during built environment projects

H. Hindmarch; A. W. Gale; R. E. Harrison

doi:10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674274

A support tool for assessing the impact of design changes during built environment projects

H. Hindmarch, A. W. Gale, R. E. Harrison

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Abstract

Design changes, during the detailed design phase of built environment projects, can have a detrimental effect on a project's duration and/or cost and as such need to be managed effectively. Accurate impact assessments are required to make informed decisions of whether or not design changes should be implemented. However, change management best practices give little guidance about how to carry out impact assessments. Interviews within the case study company (Arup) identified a tendency to rely heavily on the personal experience of engineering and project management practitioners when making impact assessments. This research is concerned with mitigating the risks associated with practitioners making judgments disproportionate to the true impact of a design change. A software support tool facilitating practitioners in making better informed impact assessments is proposed as a solution. The support tool incorporates design management and planning techniques and has been refined through a process of workshops with industry practitioners. ©2010 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEM2010 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management\|IEEM - IEEE Int. Conf. Ind. Eng. Eng. Manage.
Place of Publication	USA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1583-1587
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781424485031
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674274
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM2010 - Macao Duration: 1 Jul 2010 → …

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Conference	IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM2010
City	Macao
Period	1/07/10 → …

Keywords

Construction design change management
Design structure matrix (DSM)
Impact assessment

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Hindmarch, H, Gale, AW & Harrison, RE 2010, A support tool for assessing the impact of design changes during built environment projects. in IEEM2010 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management|IEEM - IEEE Int. Conf. Ind. Eng. Eng. Manage.. IEEE, USA, pp. 1583-1587, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM2010, Macao, 1/07/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674274

A support tool for assessing the impact of design changes during built environment projects. / Hindmarch, H.; Gale, A. W.; Harrison, R. E.
IEEM2010 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management|IEEM - IEEE Int. Conf. Ind. Eng. Eng. Manage.. USA: IEEE, 2010. p. 1583-1587.

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