State-of-practice and State-of-Art for the Project Cycle Time Reduction

  • Hong, Tae Hoon (Construction Engineering & Management Research Department, Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
  • Received : 2005.07.08
  • Published : 2005.12.30

Abstract

There are no formal decision tools or guidelines to assist owners and contractors in choosing delivery systems and project strategies that would allow for a radical reduction in project cycle time - from the preplanning phase through project start up. Therefore, it is important to identify the state-of-practice and the state-of-art on methods of achieving radical reduction defined as a reduction of 25% or more in overall project cycle time. A comprehensive literature review, three questionnaire surveys, and the seven case studies were conducted and the data obtained from them were analyzed to establish the state-of-practice and state-of-art for project cycle time reduction techniques.

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