scholarly journals Design Practitioner’s Insights Regarding the Use of Co-Location in Design-Build

10.29007/qqdl ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Kim ◽  
Wesley Collins ◽  
J. Mark Taylor ◽  
Justin Miller ◽  
Jess Donnerberg
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Team Effectiveness ◽  
Communication Barriers ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Shared Space ◽  
Design Build ◽  
Project Size ◽  
Organizational Collaboration ◽  
Formal Communication

Co-location is a process that involves bringing the constituents of a project together in a shared space with the intent of enhancing team effectiveness. When used with the design-build delivery method, formal communication barriers are circumvented. However, do all the project constituents perceive the same value from co-location? This research examines the benefits of co-location when used for a design-build project and includes the perceptions of 101 Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) design practitioners. Within the responses, communication, collaboration, and team chemistry were the most highly ranked benefits with this group. However, the open-ended feedback indicated that project size and complexity, disruptions to intra-organizational collaboration, organizational structure incompatibility for co-location, the absence of the owner and the use of technology were found to be barriers against the use of co-location. Analyzing these perceptions and the barriers shed awareness into a process that may be perceived differently among its constituents – allowing for focus on ways in which to improve co-location.

scholarly journals Computational Experiment Study on Selection Mechanism of Project Delivery Method Based on Complex Factors

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Ding ◽  
Zhaohan Sheng ◽  
Jianguo Du ◽  
Qian Li
Keyword(s):  
Project Performance ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Project Complexity ◽  
Design Build ◽  
Delivery Planning ◽  
Project Delivery Method ◽  
Design Construction

Project delivery planning is a key stage used by the project owner (or project investor) for organizing design, construction, and other operations in a construction project. The main task in this stage is to select an appropriate project delivery method. In order to analyze different factors affecting the PDM selection, this paper establishes a multiagent model mainly to show how project complexity, governance strength, and market environment affect the project owner’s decision on PDM. Experiment results show that project owner usually choose Design-Build method when the project is very complex within a certain range. Besides, this paper points out that Design-Build method will be the prior choice when the potential contractors develop quickly. This paper provides the owners with methods and suggestions in terms of showing how the factors affect PDM selection, and it may improve the project performance.

scholarly journals The Study of the Use and Application of Design-Build Contracts and Build-Operate-Transfer Contracts in Construction Sector of Turkey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zainab Sarbaz Abdulhameed AL-DABBAGH ◽  
◽  
Gökhan GELİŞEN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
The Public ◽  
Project Costs ◽  
Design Build ◽  
Republic Of Turkey

Design-Build (DB) and Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts are the two types of public-private-partnerships that are widely used in the region that are aimed in this study. The objectives of this study were to analyze and compare DB and BOT projects in terms of project costs and durations. In order to analyze and compare Design-Build (DB) and Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) projects, this study collected data by means of convenient random sampling, from construction projects built by five ministries of Republic of Turkey. Statistical tests were conducted to determine if the metrics related to cost and schedule were significantly different from each other in these two types of projects. The findings of this study will help the public agencies decide what delivery method is best for their projects in terms of controlling costs and schedule. Results show that DB projects outperform BOT projects in terms of cost and schedule. The results of this research will enable governments to become more familiar with comparisons between DB and BOT distribution methods, and the findings will help the ministries to choose swhich delivery method is suitable for use on a project-based.

Design and construction coordination problems and planning for design–build project new users

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 1525-1534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew S. Chang ◽  
Fang-Ying Shen ◽  
William Ibbs
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Contractor Selection ◽  
Coordination Problems ◽  
Design Build ◽  
High Influence ◽  
Design And Construction

Design–build (DB) is adopted as a project delivery method in hopes to improve performance. Previous studies focus on upstream issues such as conditions for adoption and contractor selection, but few address the design and construction coordination issues that are very likely to be encountered in execution by new users. This paper investigates coordination problems arising from design and construction concurrence and solutions by studying five ongoing DB projects and interviewing nine major contract parties. Inconsistent application of the design and construction process and infrequent feedback are two major problems found to have high influence on DB execution. A work unit planning process with five steps is presented in this paper to help better manage the design and construction coordination of a DB project.

scholarly journals The Current Practice of Design and Build Procurement Process in Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabihah Saaidin ◽  
Intan Rohani Endut ◽  
Abu Samah Abu Samah ◽  
Ahmad Ruslan Mohd Ridzuan
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Design Build ◽  
Request For Proposal ◽  
Project Delivery Method ◽  
Design Bid Build

This paper discusses the design-build project delivery method which is becoming an increasingly viable alternative to traditional project delivery method in the public sector. This interest has led to dialogue among public sector agencies to establish and formalise understanding of the design-build process and its implementation. The process consists of six stages namely Project Definition, Request for Qualification, Request for Proposal, Proposal Submission and Evaluation, Contract Award, and Document/Construction. Therefore, this finding of Design-Build (DB) procurement process is on the improvement and understanding on an owner and contractor in practice and implementation in Malaysia.  Keywords: design/build, design/bid/build, advantage and disadvantage, procurement process

scholarly journals COMPARITIVE STUDY OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF ENGINEERING STUDENT TEAMS AND TEAM EFFECTIVENESS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radhika R. Kartha ◽  
Dr Michael W. Fowler ◽  
Dr Roydon A. Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Team Effectiveness ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Engineering Student ◽  
Effective Teams ◽  
Team Culture ◽  
Student Teams ◽  
Capstone Projects ◽  
Insight Into

 Abstract – Design-and-build competitions are integral to effective higher engineering education. Yet, there is not much research investigating if the organizational structures of engineering student teams and team effectiveness follow any trends. This paper delves into the possibility of this correlation by measuring parameters that contribute to effective teams. This research provides data that is used to judge best practices for engineering student teams. The findings from this paper can then be used as a basis for action when the students find a need for organization development in the future. Additionally, this analysis provides insight into teamwork in engineering. This could benefit 4th year design (a.k.a capstone) projects as well as innovative companies with similar settings. The core contributors to a team's effectiveness are leadership, direction, planning, knowledge transfer, and meetings for engineering student teams. Although parameters like communication and team culture are important, student teams generally have no problems in these areas. By comparing three organizational structures, it is concluded that in general engineering student teams are best when they follow a holocratic or flatter organizational structure as opposed to a strictly flat organizational structure.  

Critical Issues for Implementing DB Projects in Taiwan

2013 ◽  
Vol 357-360 ◽  
pp. 2171-2176
Author(s):  
Ming Teh Wang ◽  
Chi Chen Tsai ◽  
Luh Maan Chang ◽  
Thanh Long Ngo ◽  
Van Duc Mai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Delivery Method ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Design Build ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Project Delivery Method

Even though the design-build (DB) delivery method has become a popular construction project delivery method in many countries, it is relatively rare in Taiwan. This study investigates the problems and difficulties that Taiwanese owners may encounter during using DB delivery methods. Twenty six problems over the four key stages of the DB process were first identified based on previous studies and expert interviews. A questionnaire survey was then conducted to determine the most pressing problems for Taiwan. The results of statistical analyses show that Taiwanese owners face key problems at all stages of the DB delivery method, especially during the tender preparation and valuation stages. These findings can be used by Taiwanese owners for successfully executing DB projects.

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