Introduction
Constructability is a method and means to
improve quality and cost effectiveness. If you can control things by numbers
you can reduce the cost. The weaknesses in most construction projects is that
their is a big investment in construction and not in design. The project
management must identify weakness and take action to balance weakness against
strengths.
Constructability (or buildability) is a project
management technique to review construction processes from start to finish
during pre-construction phase. It is to identify obstacles before a project is
actually built to reduce or prevent errors, delays, and cost overruns.
What
is Going Against you
Reluctance to
invest additional money and effort in the early design phase
- Lump sum competitive tendering limitations
- Lack of on site construction experience in the design department
- Construction personnel arriving late on site to assist the design department in preventing problems before they happen
- Poor communication skills between the design and construction departments
Get
It Right First Time
The success of
the Project depends on how people get on together and how management supports
the team members to accomplish a common goal. (Individuals corroborating in
order to accomplish a common goal)
The team members should be able to have
- Clear roles and responsibilities
- Mutual respect
- Definition of targets
- Clear objectives
- Good leadership
- Good communication skills
- Recognition of stress
- Unified goals
- Appropriate authority
- Shared responsibility
Insanity
Doing things that
you have always done then expecting the same results
Risk
The higher the
level of trust the higher the level is the success of the project.
The project team must identify
- Risk control
- Use a structure for risk management
- Develop risk checklists
- Identify risks in the project planning stage