| Press Release: Construction Management and Economics Warning! Mistakes by Adjudicators May Cause Insolvency - June 2005 Clients cause the majority of design changes In the current edition of Construction Management and Economics, Dr Mohan Manavazhi of Wolverhampton University, UK, Zhang Xunzhi of the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, examine the problem of design revisions in construction projects. In research on 12 Chinese construction projects, Manavashi and Zhang found that the major cause of re-design was changes initiated by the client. They have proposed a framework for identifying the causes of design revisions and assessing their impact. The tools they have developed could be used both for diagnosis and for planning by a design firm. In diagnostic mode, the approach can be used to assess the "health" of a design project. Uncharacteristic deviations from the norm may be a symptom of problems in the design process, requiring remedial action by management. In the planning mode, the framework may be used to evaluate past projects in the design firm's specific working environment and the results used to plan for the mobilization of resources. The results could also be used to devise strategies to reduce design revisions in new projects. Full details can be found in the current issue of Construction Management and Economics, Volume 19 Number 4, published by Spon Press. For further details regarding the research, contact Dr Mohan Manavashi, School of Engineering and Built Environment, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SB, UK. E-mail Mohan@wlv.ac.uk For further details regarding articles in the journal Construction Management and Economics, contact Dr Will Hughes, Editor, Dept Construction Management & Engineering, University of Reading, PO Box 219, Reading, RG6 6AW, Tel 0118-931 8201, Fax 0118-931 3856, w.p.hughes@reading.ac.uk For further information about subscriptions contact the publishers Taylor & Francis, Rankine Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 8PR or see their web-site http://www.tandf.co.uk |
