Pasquire, C L and Gibb, A G F (2002) Considerations for assessing the benefits of standardisation and pre-assembly in construction. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 7(3), pp. 151-162. ISSN 1366-4387
Abstract
This paper describes the findings of a six-month, pilot study funded by the EPSRC under the Meeting the Client’s Needs through Standardisation (MCNS) LINK programme. The research explored the needs and opportunities for identifying and evaluating the benefit of standardisation and pre-assembly to the construction industry. The pilot study focused principally on pre-assembly in the Mechanical sector, drawing data from both manufacturing and construction processes. A principal aim of the study was to take a snapshot of how construction clients could derive greater benefit from pre-assembly. This was much broader in concept than the case studies within the Mechanical sector but nonetheless sufficiently related to maintain cohesion in the research. The principal conclusions of the pilot study were that: no existing metrics were currently available to evaluate the benefits identified; and without these metrics comparative design decisions were being made based on capital cost or intuition alone.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | standardisation, pre-assembly, benefit evaluation, project cost data, pilot study, capital cost |
| Index terms: | construction client, case study, construction industry, standardization, drawing, cohesion, project cost, programme, capital cost, design decision, intuition, construction process |
| Subjects: | project controls, industry analysis, economics, performance measurement, design practice, technical documentation, data collection methods, building construction, cognitive psychology, accounting and finance, structural engineering, practitioner |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Cost Management, Site Management, Time Control, Design Practice, Engineering Principles, Quality Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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