Shen, W; Liu, Y; Tang, W; Wang, S; Duffield, C F; Hui, F K P and Zhang, L (2024) Configuring success: Unveiling key configurations for enhanced design coordination in hydropower projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(12): 04024173, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Design coordination in hydropower projects is both complex and challenging due to their scale, environmental impact, or technological complexity. The current understanding of how to effectively enhance it is limited and often contradictory. This research explores five key conditions impacting design coordination: technical conditions, digital design capabilities, designers' dynamic capabilities, partnering, and incentives. Utilizing fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) on 28 large-scale hydropower project cases, this study identifies five distinct configurations that facilitate high-level design coordination, which can be grouped into three types: capability-centric, stakeholder-centric, and a hybrid approach combining both capability and stakeholder focus. The findings reveal that both high- and low-level design coordination outcomes can be achieved through various configurations of these conditions. This study advances the understanding of design coordination by adopting a configurational perspective and contributes to the literature on the adoption of emerging technologies and practices.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | coordination; design management; hydropower projects; qualitative comparative analysis |
| Index terms: | partnering, hydropower project, designer, emerging technology, coordination, qualitative comparative analysis, dynamic capability, design management, environmental impact, configuration, complexity |
| Subjects: | systems engineering, partnership management, management, profession, design process, research methods, innovation and technology management, environmental impact, construction type |
| Topics: | Stakeholder Management, Roles and Professions, Construction Technology, Business Strategy, Research Practice, Organizational Design, Digital Applications, Design Practice, Sustainability, Engineering Principles |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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