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Successful Design in Fast Track Projects

Event Date

Jul 31, 2007

Type

Conference Presentation - Plenary

Research Team

RT-222

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Topic

Best Practices for Design in Fast-Track Projects

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Abstract

Fast-track design-build project delivery has become a standard operating procedure for construction of industrial projects. There is inherent overlap between design, procurement, and construction phases in a typical fast-track project. The design phase is essentially driven by the requirements of the construction phase. In many cases, design and construction phases have more than 90 percent overlap, meaning construction starts when design is as little as 10 percent complete. The procurement process begins concurrently with the design phase. The success of the design phase and the project itself, depend upon the accuracy and timeliness of the information available to the designers from various stakeholders, the efficiency of the flow of information, the participation of all the stakeholders, and the skills of the designers who convert this basic input into drawings and specifications. The research effort concluded that improvement in design schedule performance in fast track projects is related to the extent of implementation of CII Best Practices of front end planning, change management, constructability, and alignment when the effects of external factors are held constant. With the increase in popularity of the use of offshore design resources and the significant overlap of design, procurement, and construction, research found in the fast track project environment it appears that these low cost centers may not be sufficiently evolved to enable such an integrated team to meet the fast track schedule expectations.

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Knowledge Area

Construction Execution, Design Planning & Optimization, Project Planning

Project Phase

Detailed Scope, Detailed Design (Engineering), Feasibility

Project Function

Architects & Engineering, Construction, External Stakeholders, Operations & Maintenance, Procurement & Contracts, Project Controls, Project Management

Industry Group

Light Industrial, Heavy Industrial, Buildings, Infrastructure

Research Topic

Best Practices for Design in Fast-Track Projects

Keywords

Design for Fast Track Projects, Design, Procurement and Construction Overlap, Fast Track Performance, Fast Track Project Sequence, rt222