Evaluating the Existing Barriers in Implementing Constructability

Constructability Analytic Comparison Constructability Barriers Integration Mass Projects Construction Contractors.

Authors

  • Samereh Jadidoleslami
    eslami.samereh@gmail.com
    MSc in Project and Construction Management, Mehralborz Institute of Higher Education, Tehran, Iran., Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Ehsan Saghatforoush Senior Lecturer, School of Construction, Economics and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, South Africa
  • Amirhossein Heravi Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Southern Queensland. Brisbane – Australia, Australia
  • Christopher Preece Professor, Centre on Sustainable Built Environment, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates

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In fact, constructability is facilitating the construction of a project through integrating knowledge and experience to achieve the overall and common objectives of the project in all stages of it, but practically there is still a significant gap between design, construction, and achieving the desired project objectives. Studies show that separating the design and construction processes and lack of presence of the contractor in the design stage, prevent the effective use of experiences and specialty of the contractor to improve and develop design processes. This issue results in increasing project time and cost, poor relationships, and also increasing project waste and duplication. The barriers to implementing this concept can have major differences with each other in different locations all over the world, due to the unity of the executive conditions in various countries. This paper evaluates the existing practical barriers to implementation of constructability in the construction industry. A comprehensive literature review has been performed by the authors through using the Meta-Synthesis method and findings were used to form research assumptions. Three case studies of Mass Housing project (MHP) in Tehran were instigated. Outputs taken from nine interviews with different experts in this industry working in diverse areas, including owners, consultants and contractors are then ranked after theoretical saturation compared using the NVIVO Software and through pattern and descriptive analyses. The concept of constructability is focused on the early presence of contractors in the initial stages of the project. So that, through integrating knowledge and experience, problems due to lack of their presence in the early stages of the project can be reduced. Comparing the existing barriers to implementing constructability in Iran with those of the wider world, presents some effective solutions to facilitate the presence of the construction contractors in the early stages of projects.