Common Interface Problems among Various Construction Parties

Al‐Hammad, Abdul‐Mohsen

doi:10.1061/(asce)0887-3828(2000)14:2(71)

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“…This research concludes that a change in scope of the project by the owner is an important cause for changes when resources (e.g., funds) are available. Al-Hammad (2000) revealed that owners underestimate construction costs of projects but demand higher quality from contractors. Mohamad, Nekooie and Al-Harthy (2012) recognise that owners are a major source of design changes due to modifications to the design, scope changes, and unclear initial design briefs.…”

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Causes of Discrepancies between Design and Construction in the Pakistan Construction Industry

Choudhry¹,

Gabriel²,

Khan³

et al. 2018

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Abstract:In building construction, discrepancies frequently occur between design and construction in relation to architectural details, structural details, materials, and quality of construction. The objective of this paper is to identify the major causes of discrepancies in building construction. A questionnaire was utilised that contained 65 potential causes of discrepancies classified into 4 categories: design, tendering, construction, and overall project. The data was from Pakistan and the response rate was excellent (80.6%). The collected data was analysed and important causes of discrepancies were identified. The results indicate that the provision of incomplete data to designers, lack of interest by approving authorities to carefully check the design, and owner-proposed changes due to financial problems are the top three causes of discrepancies. Insights and discussion are included in the paper. This work provides a basis to minimise discrepancies in the construction industry and help reduce rework, delays, and defects in construction.

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“…Variations and changes occur in all types of construction projects (Thomas et al, 2002). Even if thoroughly planned, changes are still inevitable in the contract as work progresses (Al-Hammad, 2000). These changes in the design phase and ultimately in the construction phase create problems between the contracting parties.…”

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Causes of Discrepancies between Design and Construction in the Pakistan Construction Industry

Choudhry¹,

Gabriel²,

Khan³

et al. 2018

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“…For example, Pavitt and Gibb (2003) divided them into organizational, contractual and physical problems, whereas other researchers shed light on the interface problems between two construction parties, such as designers and contractors (Al-Hammad & Assaf, 1992;Al-Mansouri, 1988), contractors and owners (Al-Hammad, 1990), contractors and subcontractors (Al-Hammad, 1993), and between construction parties (Al-Hammad, 2000). Arain et al (2006) and Arain, Sui, and Assaf (2007) categorized the interface problems using the construction project phases, which include design phase, construction phase and the problems that might happen in both of the phases, which is called design-construction phase.…”

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“…Delay in resolving contractual issues is one of the factors that increase the risk in construction project in the UAE (El-Sayegh, 2008). Therefore, if the contract is written poorly, interpretation problems will occur among construction parties, which will lead to interface problems between design and construction (Al-Hammad, 2000).…”

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“…Riley et al (2005),Elmualim and Gilder (2014),Lee et al (2015),Shokri et al (2016) andLove et al (2011Love et al ( , 2014 Undefined owner scopeFaridi and El-Sayegh (2006),Dumont et al (1997),Ling and Poh (2008),Love et al (2011Love et al ( , 2014 andWeshah et al (2013) 6 Lack of human resources in the design firmArain et al (2006Arain et al ( , 2007, Al-Mansouri(1988), Sugumaran and Lavanya (2013) and Love et al (2014) Construction phase 7 Incomplete plans and specification Arain et al (2006, 2007), Assaf, Al-Hammad, and Al-Shihah (1996), Faridi and El-Sayegh (2006), Zaneldin (2006), El-Sayegh (2008), Huang et al (2008), Al-Hammad (2000), Arditi et al (2002), Mendelsohn (1997), Al-Hammad and Assaf (1992), Love et al (2011, 2014) and Weshah et al (2013) 8 Insufficient working drawing details Arain et al (2006, 2007), Huang et al (2008), Al-Hammad (2000), Al-Hammad and Assaf (1992), Arditi et al (2002), Love et al (2011, 2014) and Weshah et al (2013) 9Lack of communication and coordination between parties during constructionArain et al (2006Arain et al ( , 2007,Clough and Sears (1994),Sugumaran and Lavanya (2013),Faridi and El-Sayegh (2006),Huang et al (2008),Al-Hammad (2000), Al-Dubaisi(2000),Love et al (2011) andWeshah et al (2013) 10 Exotic design and technologyArain et al (2006Arain et al ( , 2007,Al-Mansouri (1988) and Al-Hammad and Assaf (1992) 11 Lack of specialist construction managerArain et al (2006Arain et al ( , 2007,Faridi and El-Sayegh (2006), El-Sayegh(2008),Huang et al (2008),Sugumaran and Lavanya (2013), Al-Hammad andAssaf (1992) andElmualim and Gilder (2014) 12 Material change during the construction phase…”

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Assessment of the design–construction interface problems in the UAE

Mousli

El-Sayegh

2016

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

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Design-construction interface problems impede the successful delivery of construction projects within the specified time, cost and quality. The objective of this paper is to assess the design-construction interface problems in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) construction industry. Twenty-two problems were identified through literature review. A questionnaire survey was then developed and distributed to construction professionals. Thirty-nine responses were collected from consultants, contractors and construction professionals in government authorities. The weighted average of the responses was calculated. The results reveal that the most significant interface problems in the UAE include lack of coordination inside the design firm, lack of specialist construction manager, poorly written contract, lack of project management as individual professional service and time limitation in the design phase. Moreover, the paper analysed the responses according to company role. Most of these problems are caused by the lack of coordination and communication among the main contracting parties. Recommendations are made to enhance the coordination and management of construction projects that lead to reduction in the design-construction interface problems. ARTICLE HISTORY

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