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Document Description
Title
The
influence
of
design
quality
on
productivity
in
construction
Author
Gao
,
Zhi
,
1959-
Description
Thesis
(M.Eng.)--Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1995.
Engineering
and
Applied
Science
Date
1994
Pagination
x, 128 leaves : ill., graphs.
Subject
Architectural
design--Economic
aspects--Canada;
Structural
design--Economic
aspects--Canada;
Industrial
productivity--Canada
Degree
M.Eng.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Discipline
Engineering and Applied Science
Language
Eng
Spatial Coverage
Canada
Notes
Bibliography:
leaves
120-128.
Abstract
In
many
countries
, the
productivity
in the
design
office
has been a
neglected
field
compared
with the
outpourings
of
research
and
theory
on
productivity
in
construction.
It
may
thus
be
useful
to
review
the
state
of the
art
in
construction
research
, as there are
parallels
to be
drawn
with the
design
environment.
The
author
used
ten
construction
projects
to
research
the
influence
of
design
quality
on the
productivity
in
construction.
The
ten
projects
were
all
designed
by the
author.
The
data
were
collected
after
the
construction
phase
and the
direct
costs
were
identified
with
rework(including
redesign)
,
repair
, and
replacement.
Finally
the
author
gives
four
equations
for
forecasting
quality
problems
related
to
design
in
construction.
The
methods
of
analysis
used
are
statistical
,
optimization
,
simulation
and
fuzzy
logic.
Analysis
of the
data
indicates
that in
construction
the
deviations
on
projects
accounted
for an
average
of
12.4%
of the
total
project
cost.
Furthermore
,
design
deviation
average
78%
of the
total
number
of
deviations
,
79%
of the
total
deviation
costs
, and
9.5%
of the
total
project
cost.
Since
design
cost
is
a
small
percentage
of
total
costs
, and an
increase
in
design
expenditure
can
frequently
reduce
total
life
cycle
costs
,
it
is
important
to
research
the
influence
of
design
quality
on
productivity
in
construction.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
76245832
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
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(15.16
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