Systemic life cycle design error reduction model for construction and engineering projects

Design errors have resulted in a plethora of catastrophic building and engineering failures, and some cases have caused death and injury to workers and members of the public. Despite continued efforts to improve project performance, errors remain a significant problem due to recurrent error- traps t...

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Main Authors: Love, Peter, Edwards, David, Smith, Jim
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15488
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description Design errors have resulted in a plethora of catastrophic building and engineering failures, and some cases have caused death and injury to workers and members of the public. Despite continued efforts to improve project performance, errors remain a significant problem due to recurrent error- traps that prevail at the people, organisational and project levels. In addressing the need to reduce error, a systemic model that is grounded in practice and the aggregated views of 46 practitioners who were interviewed about the nature and prevention of design errors is proposed. The developed model can be used to identify and mitigate design errors as well as stimulate learning throughout a project's life cycle.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-154882017-09-13T13:40:19Z Systemic life cycle design error reduction model for construction and engineering projects Love, Peter Edwards, David Smith, Jim failures life cycle design error learning cognition Design errors have resulted in a plethora of catastrophic building and engineering failures, and some cases have caused death and injury to workers and members of the public. Despite continued efforts to improve project performance, errors remain a significant problem due to recurrent error- traps that prevail at the people, organisational and project levels. In addressing the need to reduce error, a systemic model that is grounded in practice and the aggregated views of 46 practitioners who were interviewed about the nature and prevention of design errors is proposed. The developed model can be used to identify and mitigate design errors as well as stimulate learning throughout a project's life cycle. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15488 10.1080/15732479.2011.606276 Taylor & Francis restricted
spellingShingle failures
life cycle
design error
learning
cognition
Love, Peter
Edwards, David
Smith, Jim
Systemic life cycle design error reduction model for construction and engineering projects
title Systemic life cycle design error reduction model for construction and engineering projects
title_full Systemic life cycle design error reduction model for construction and engineering projects
title_fullStr Systemic life cycle design error reduction model for construction and engineering projects
title_full_unstemmed Systemic life cycle design error reduction model for construction and engineering projects
title_short Systemic life cycle design error reduction model for construction and engineering projects
title_sort systemic life cycle design error reduction model for construction and engineering projects
topic failures
life cycle
design error
learning
cognition
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15488