Quality of Project Documentation

Assessment of the Impact of Design Documentation Quality on Construction Project Delivery

“…In enhancing project efficiency, the quality of design documentation must be improved (Agbaxode et al, 2021a;Akampurira and Windapo, 2019;Ajayi and Oyedele, 2018). However, researchers and practitioners have confirmed that design documentation quality in practice is largely poor and often considered to be incomplete, inaccurate, conflicting and unambiguous (Tuhacek and Svoboda, 2019;Akampurira and Windapo, 2019;Levy, 2018;Philips-Ryder et al, 2013). Efforts to avert this worrying trend seem not to be yielding much results because the quality continues to drop and this has become a global phenomenon (Akampurira and Windapo, 2019;Malinda, 2017).…”

“…While there is extensive use of design documentation in practice, researchers and practitioners have argued that the quality is often poor and bedevil with inaccurate information globally (Agbaxode et al, 2021a;Windapo, 2019, 2018;Levy, 2018) with significant impacts on project delivery (Agbaxode et al, 2021b). The impacts include a reduction in project quality, project delays and cost overruns (Tuhacek and Svoboda, 2019;Abdallah et al, 2018;Akampurira and Windapo, 2018). Therefore, efforts must be directed towards quality improvement to reduce the negative impacts on project delivery (Tuhacek and Svoboda, 2019).…”

“…The impacts include a reduction in project quality, project delays and cost overruns (Tuhacek and Svoboda, 2019;Abdallah et al, 2018;Akampurira and Windapo, 2018). Therefore, efforts must be directed towards quality improvement to reduce the negative impacts on project delivery (Tuhacek and Svoboda, 2019). Various quality improvement strategies have been proposed by researchers and practitioners.…”

“…These include; a measuring instrument for evaluating design documents' quality (Akampurira and Windapo, 2019); use of quality control units and checklists (Abdallah et al, 2018); and using Building Information Modelling (BIM) (Dosumu and Aigbavboa, 2018;Levy, 2018). However, poor quality design documentation still exists in the industry (Agbaxode et al, 2021a;Tuhacek and Svoboda, 2019;Levy, 2018) despite the proposal of these mitigative measures.…”

Application of Fmea Methodology for Checking of Construction’s Project Documentation and Determination of the Most Risk Areas

“…High quality project documentation is a basic prerequisite for the final quality of a construction project. The quality of the submitted project documentation in the design phase significantly affects the result of the construction project after its completion and during usage, both in financial and qualitative terms [1]. The issue of the project documentation quality in the commercial sector is often underestimated.…”