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TY - CHAP
T1 - The Process Protocol
T2 - Improving the Front End of the Design and Construction Process for the UK Industry
AU - Kagioglou, Michail
AU - Cooper, Rachel
AU - Aouad, Ghassan
AU - Hinks, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 1999 E & FN Spon.
PY - 1999/1/21
Y1 - 1999/1/21
N2 - Sir Michael Latham [1994] published a report, which identified fragmentation and confrontational relationships as the greatest barriers to improving quality and productivity in the UK construction industry. It was recognised that manufacturing industry is not as plagued with such problems having introduced a number of improvement initiatives over the past twenty years. One such improvement that has been adopted is the stage gate approach to new product development (NPD). This approach enabled progressive management and monitoring of the ‘whole project’ lifecycle for all activities involved in the product development with particular attention to the ‘front end’. This paper summarises the main findings of a funded project, which involved a number of industrial partners from the whole spectrum of the UK construction industry. Particular attention is given to the front-end of the design and construction process and a Generic Design and Construction Process Protocol (GDCPP) map is briefly described. IT is also presented as an enabler in undertaking a consistent process and an IT map is presented. The paper describes how a co-ordinated effort, from a client perspective, at the front-end of the Design and Construction Process could not only improve efficiency but reduce development times, improve quality of the final product and increase predictability.
AB - Sir Michael Latham [1994] published a report, which identified fragmentation and confrontational relationships as the greatest barriers to improving quality and productivity in the UK construction industry. It was recognised that manufacturing industry is not as plagued with such problems having introduced a number of improvement initiatives over the past twenty years. One such improvement that has been adopted is the stage gate approach to new product development (NPD). This approach enabled progressive management and monitoring of the ‘whole project’ lifecycle for all activities involved in the product development with particular attention to the ‘front end’. This paper summarises the main findings of a funded project, which involved a number of industrial partners from the whole spectrum of the UK construction industry. Particular attention is given to the front-end of the design and construction process and a Generic Design and Construction Process Protocol (GDCPP) map is briefly described. IT is also presented as an enabler in undertaking a consistent process and an IT map is presented. The paper describes how a co-ordinated effort, from a client perspective, at the front-end of the Design and Construction Process could not only improve efficiency but reduce development times, improve quality of the final product and increase predictability.
KW - Design and construction
KW - Front end
KW - Generic
KW - Manufacturing
KW - Process
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85133088797
SN - 9780419247609
SN - 9780367355906
SP - 226
EP - 232
BT - Profitable Partnering in Construction Procurement
A2 - Ogunlana, Stephen
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -