Feasibility Study of an Automated Tool for Identifying the Implications of Changes in Construction Projects

Because of the fragmented nature of project information, decisions on changes in construction projects are usually based on project design instead of project requirements. This research proposes a new approach for coping with changes in construction projects: a change control tool (CCT) that will identify implications of a change as soon as it is proposed. The tool ensures that stakeholders involved in a decision process in which change proposals are evaluated will know in advance if a change could cause the project to stray from its original goals, as expressed in the requirements. The proposed CCT uses the building program as a link between client requirements and the building design and traces the different relationships that exist between the requirements in the project. The relationships are traced using requirement traceability capabilities on the level of a specific space in the project and on the level of the entire project. A preliminary CCT model is developed and pilot studies implementing the model were conducted. The pilot studies have given positive results, indicating that the CCT could identify the scope of the proposed changes' implications.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from ASCE
• Authors:
  • Isaac, Shabtai
  • Navon, R
• Publication Date: 2008-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 139-145
• Serial:
  • Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
  • Volume: 134
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9364
  • EISSN: 1943-7862
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jcemd4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction management; Construction projects; Control systems; Decision making; Feasibility analysis; Feedback control; Forecasting; Programming (Planning); Project management; Stakeholders
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01088908
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 25 2008 2:37PM