Planning in Construction: Longitudinal Study of Pre-Contract Planning Model Demonstrates Reduction in Project Cost and Schedule Growth

Lines, Brian; Sullivan, Kenneth; Hurtado, Kristen; Savicky, John

doi:10.1080/15578771.2013.872733

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“…One major area is alternative procurement methods, which include different evaluation practices aimed at minimizing the owner's risk of procuring low-performing AEC firms (Chan and Kumaraswamy, 1997;Iyer and Jha, 2005;Wardani et al, 2006). Innovative approaches to risk transfer are another major area, where unconventional contracting methods are intended to improve the identification, mitigation, and transfer of potential project risk factors (Lines et al, 2014a;Witt and Liias, 2011). Third, new project management processes are intended to enhance project control such that owner organizations are better able to measure project performance and increase accountability of hired AEC firms to deliver expected levels of quality (Perrenoud et al, 2013;Rahman and Kumaraswamy, 2004).…”

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Overcoming resistance to change in engineering and construction: Change management factors for owner organizations

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Smithwick

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International Journal of Project Management

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Overcoming resistance to change in engineering and construction: Change management factors for owner organizations

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“…According to The KPI Team [29], the KPI related to environment was viewed in two aspects, product performance vs. construction process performance. Project planning is the process of deciding what and how to do before action is required [30], and is a continuous process that spans throughout the delivery of a project [31]. Measures such as 'planning efficiency' and 'planning effectiveness' are often used to assess the level of planning performance.…”

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A Contractor-Centric Construction Performance Model Using Non-Price Measures

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Selecting a better performing contractor at the procurement stage is crucial in achieving a successful outcome for a construction project. The construction industry lacks a systematic and purpose driven method to assess performance of contractors using objective metrics. There are many approaches to measuring construction performance, but most are complicated and have high dependency on data that is difficult to attain. This paper aims to create a model for evaluating construction contractors’ performance based on directly attributable measures that are quantitative and easy to gather. This makes such a model more attractive and easier to use. Initially, a detailed literature review revealed different categories of measures of performance (MoP) and corresponding critical measures of performance (CMoP). Through a series of Delphi-based expert forums, the set of measures were fine-tuned and shortlisted. Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process-based comparisons were then used for developing a contractors’ performance model to quantify their level of performance based on a limited set of organisation-specific and project-specific measures. The results indicate a shift from traditional measures and a higher preference towards non-price measures. The performance model can be further developed to systematically rank the prospective contractors at the procurement stage based on seven non-price measures.

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“…Organization's management practices determine how the projects are properly planned within an acceptable schedule practice. Lines et al (2015) developed precontract model which was implemented between contractor and client prior to the contract award. The model showed that pre-contract planning reduced project cost by 54% and improved CPS by 70% with increased client satisfaction.…”

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“…AlNasseri and Aulin (2015) indicated that an incorporation of detailed project scope during front-end planning significantly contributes for project success. For instance, Lines et al (2015) has examined that project duration could be shorten by 54% and minimized cost by 70% if pre-contract planning is incorporated. However, front end planning effort is given less attention during the initial project schedule (AlNasseri & Aulin, 2015;Zwikael, 2009).…”

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“…As stated in Poshdar et al (2016Poshdar et al ( , 2018, reasonable amount of buffer can be estimated using early start and finish time of each activity. Moreover, increased emphasis on planning effort by practitioners contributes to develop reliable CPS (Lekshmi & Unnikrishnan, 2018;Lines et al, 2015). Recently, researchers have been focusing on emerging technologies such as four dimensional building information modeling (4D-BIM) which links 3D geometrical design with project schedule (Chan et al, 2015).…”

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Scientometric Review of Construction Project Schedule Studies: Trends, Gaps and Potential Research Areas

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Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Scheduling plays a fundamental role in construction projects’ success and thus has drawn attention from both academic researchers and industry practitioners. A large number of research articles tend to solve emerging challenges in construction project schedule (CPS). Therefore, there is a strong need of systematic review on existing studies. In this study, a total of 332 articles were retrieved from Scopus database using title, abstract and keywords with respect to CPS and filtered by document type, language type and abstract content. In particular, science mapping approach was adopted to analyse selected journal articles. These articles were examined using three sequential processes, including bibliometric search, scientometric analysis, and in-depth qualitative discussion. It could demonstrate the most influential journals, researchers, published articles, and active countries/regions in this area. In addition, major CPS knowledge areas were identified and summarized as CPS constructability, applications of variety of CPS methods, CPS optimization models and algorithms, identification and quantification of schedule risks and uncertainties, CPS performance management, and adopting new emerging CPS technologies and methods. Furthermore, knowledge gaps and future potential research directions were also discussed in detail. Finally, a comprehensive CPS framework was proposed as a sound reference in future research.

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Planning in Construction: Longitudinal Study of Pre-Contract Planning Model Demonstrates Reduction in Project Cost and Schedule Growth

Cited by 13 publications

References 31 publications

Overcoming resistance to change in engineering and construction: Change management factors for owner organizations

Overcoming resistance to change in engineering and construction: Change management factors for owner organizations

A Contractor-Centric Construction Performance Model Using Non-Price Measures

Scientometric Review of Construction Project Schedule Studies: Trends, Gaps and Potential Research Areas

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