Design Error Costs in Construction Projects
Design errors can adversely influence project performance and can contribute to failures, accidents, and loss of life. Although there has been a considerable amount of research that has examined design error causation, little is known about design error costs. With increasing emphasis placed on the...
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| description | Design errors can adversely influence project performance and can contribute to failures, accidents, and loss of life. Although there has been a considerable amount of research that has examined design error causation, little is known about design error costs. With increasing emphasis placed on the use of nontraditional forms of procurement methods as a result of various government reports and the advent of Building Information Modelling there is a general perception that design error costs will be significantly less than those projects procured by traditional means. By using a questionnaire survey, estimates for design error costs were obtained from 139 projects. The mean direct and indirect costs for design errors were revealed to be 6.85 and 7.36% of contract value, respectively. Design error costs were found not to significantly vary with procurement method and project type used. Although the research provides invaluable insights into practitioners’ perceptions of design errors costs, their actual costs remain relatively unexplored. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-105082017-09-13T16:06:41Z Design Error Costs in Construction Projects Lopez, Robert Love, Peter Costs Procurement method Designers Project type Errors Design errors can adversely influence project performance and can contribute to failures, accidents, and loss of life. Although there has been a considerable amount of research that has examined design error causation, little is known about design error costs. With increasing emphasis placed on the use of nontraditional forms of procurement methods as a result of various government reports and the advent of Building Information Modelling there is a general perception that design error costs will be significantly less than those projects procured by traditional means. By using a questionnaire survey, estimates for design error costs were obtained from 139 projects. The mean direct and indirect costs for design errors were revealed to be 6.85 and 7.36% of contract value, respectively. Design error costs were found not to significantly vary with procurement method and project type used. Although the research provides invaluable insights into practitioners’ perceptions of design errors costs, their actual costs remain relatively unexplored. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10508 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000454 ASCE Publications- American Society of Engineers restricted |
| spellingShingle | Costs Procurement method Designers Project type Errors Lopez, Robert Love, Peter Design Error Costs in Construction Projects |
| title | Design Error Costs in Construction Projects |
| title_full | Design Error Costs in Construction Projects |
| title_fullStr | Design Error Costs in Construction Projects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design Error Costs in Construction Projects |
| title_short | Design Error Costs in Construction Projects |
| title_sort | design error costs in construction projects |
| topic | Costs Procurement method Designers Project type Errors |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10508 |