Graduation Semester and Year
2019
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Civil Engineering
Department
Civil Engineering
First Advisor
Sharareh Kermanshachi
Abstract
In construction projects whether small or large scale, in the design and construction phases, contractors and owners face numerous reworks which finally leads to schedule delays and cost overruns. Although studying the causes of the rework has been of interest of many scholars and researchers, they have mainly focused on identifying the entity-based rework indicators. It is pivotal to identify the key project, organizational, and human factors that lead to the rework. Therefore, this study investigated, identified, and prioritized the human, organization, and project-based manageable indicators of rework. In addition, successful strategies which lead to overcoming rework challenges were evaluated. More than 112 previous research were reviewed to identify the leading rework indicators and rank them, based on their frequency of occurrence in the literature. Then, a survey was developed and distributed among experienced practitioners to identify the significant rework leading indicators and successful overcoming strategies. 44 case studies and response from 44 different industrial, infrastructure, and building projects were collected and analyzed. PM’s experience in the construction (6.06%) and design (5.68%) phase, and number of PM staff (5.87%) was evaluated as most weighted indicators. It was concluded that design related issues, a vague scope definition, and owner/client involvement issues are the project-based indicators; ineffective coordination and poor communication are the organizational-based rework indicators; and lack of experience and expertise, level of skill, and experience are the most critical human-based rework indicators. Concluded results were implemented in two construction projects. Reviewing this study will help practitioners identify the causes of rework early in the project to implement suggested best practices to reduce the number of rework cases and mitigate the consequences of rework undesired outcomes.
Keywords
Construction rework indicators
Disciplines
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Civil Engineering | Engineering
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Taneja, Piyush, "IDENTIFICATION OF THE MANAGEABLE CONSTRUCTION REWORK INDICATORS AND RELATED SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES" (2019). Civil Engineering Theses. 324.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/civilengineering_theses/324
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington