Ireland, V (1985) The role of managerial actions in the cost, time and quality performance of high-rise commercial building projects. Construction Management and Economics, 3(1), pp. 59-87. ISSN 01446193
Abstract
An analysis of the effects of managerial actions on the objectives of reducing time, reducing cost and increasing quality is undertaken. This approach is proposed as contributing to a rationale for action in the building process. A sample of 25 high-rise office buildings was used to test this theory and the results analysed by partial correlations and multiple regression. Increases in construction planning during design and co-ordination across the design-construction interface are shown to have very strong effects on reducing construction time and increases in the former variable, which also included aspects of value analysis, reduce the cost of the building. However, increases in variations to the contract, the complexity of the building, the number of storeys and the extent of industrial disputes are shown to strongly increase construction time. At the same time the building cost is increased by increasing variations to the contract, the architectural quality and the number of nominated sub-contractors. Increases in architectural quality are shown to occur through generating more alternative designs, increasing the cost per square metre and planning the construction process as part of the design, the last of which included some value analysis. A methodology which could be used on an extended sample is proposed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | buildability; building process; contingency theory; coordination; cost; quality; time; variations |
| Index terms: | construction time, architectural quality, construction planning, variation, nominated sub-contractor, value analysis, commercial building, quality performance, coordination, complexity, office building, dispute, building process, multiple-regression, buildability, methodology, construction process, contingency theory |
| Subjects: | project delivery, dispute resolution, practitioner, quality assurance, building construction, construction planning, design efficiency, systems engineering, research methods, management, project controls, contractual condition, sociology, financial analysis, construction type, statistical analysis |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Roles and Professions, Quality Management, Design Practice, Site Management, Legal Issues, Engineering Principles, Cost Management, Contract Administration, Organizational Design, Time Control, Construction Technology |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
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