Acknowledgement
The work described in this paper was fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (RGC Project No. PolyU5155/04E).
International conference on construction engineering and project management (국제학술발표논문집)
- 2007.03a
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- Pages.1-8
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- 2007
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- 2508-9048(eISSN)
CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEWS: A STRATEGIC PROCESS IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
- Patrick T.I. Lam (Dept. of Building & Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) ;
- Franky W.H. Wong (Dept. of Building & Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
- Published : 2007.03.01
Abstract
Construction designs are often produced with insufficient considerations on the constructability aspects. Poor constructability has resulted in delay, cost increase, disputes, safety hazards and inconvenience to the public. Increasingly, there has been a call for more systematic input of construction knowledge in the planning and design processes of modern day's infrastructure development. In some countries, notably the US, the practice of constructability reviews is on the rise, with concomitant benefits. It is advocated that construction plans and designs be subject to constructability reviews as early as possible. It should be made part of the project management strategy driven by the client. This paper outlines the constructability review process and benefits, whilst drawing lessons from a number of case studies.