DESIGN FEE VERSUS DESIGN DEFICIENCY

The relationship between the design quality and the design fee is directly dependent upon how the fee is determined, compared with the level of services to be provided. Design deficiency is an error or omission in the drawings and/or the specifications, which results in a facility that will not adequately perform its intended mission. This study is an attempt to determine a statistical model that related the design fee and design deficiency. Such a model can be used to predict the level of design quality. Data regarding design fee and design deficiency were collected for 60 construction projects in Saudi Arabia. Although the data have a large variation, the developed model shows clearly the decrease of design deficiency as the design fee increases.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Bubshair, A A
  • Al-Said, F A
  • Abolnour, M M
• Publication Date: 1998-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 44-46
• Serial:
  • Journal of Architectural Engineering
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1076-0431

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Construction projects; Costs; Deficiencies; Design; Errors; Mathematical models; Quality control; Specifications; Technical drawings
• Uncontrolled Terms: Quality
• Geographic Terms: Saudi Arabia
• Old TRIS Terms: Design costs; Engineering drawings
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00750546
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 25 1998 12:00AM