Abstract
Design changes during built environment projects can have a detrimental effect on the project program. Interviews with practitioners have shown that impact assessments are predominantly based upon personal experience. This UK government and industry funded (Arup) research is concerned with mitigating the risk associated with practitioners making a judgments disproportionate to the true impact of the design changes. A Construction Design Change Management (CDCM) model is proposed as a solution, enabling practitioners to make better informed impact assessment decisions. The model incorporates a Design Structure Matrix (DSM) and process map generation to create a checklist of rework; it also records the deviation if the true impact is different to the assessed impact. The cost, resource, deviation, and reason for deviation are stored in a database to be available when a similar change is required on a future project, allowing percentage deviance (PD) compensation to be applied to the predicted impact.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 31st Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2010, ASEM 2010|Annu. Natl. Conf. Am. Soc. Eng. Manage., ASEM |
| Pages | 709-717 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | 31st Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2010, ASEM 2010 - Fayetteville, AR Duration: 1 Jul 2010 → … |
Conference
| Conference | 31st Annual National Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2010, ASEM 2010 |
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| City | Fayetteville, AR |
| Period | 1/07/10 → … |
Keywords
- Construction design change management
- Design structure matrix (DSM)
- Impact assessment