Rethinking construction: the Generic Design and Construction Process Protocol

Abstract

The complexity of construction projects and what is described in the manufacturing industry as the 'fuzzy front end'. The participants in the process are the fragmentation of the construction industry undertakdescribed in terms of the activities that need to be ing those projects has effectively resulted in linear, uncoundertaken in order to achieve a successful project and ordinated and highly variable project processes in the UK construction sector. Research undertaken at the Univer-process execution. In addition, the decision-making mechanisms, from a client perspective, are illustrated sity of Salford resulted in the development of an improved project process, the Process Protocol, which and the foundations for a learning organization/industry are facilitated within a consistent Process Protocol. considers the whole lifecycle of a construction project whilst integrating its participants under a common frame-Keywords activity zones, design and construction, project process, process map, Process Protocol, stage work. The Process Protocol identifies the various phases gate of a construction project with particular emphasis on

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