Abstract

Design-build is a procurement method which has been strongly promoted by the government on public construction in recent years. It has various advantages, including shortening time for the project and reducing interface conflicts. In addition, lump sum contracts can avoid possible future over budget of the project for hosting authorities. However, since the design-build mode was introduced into Taiwan, no matter it is in the procurement or performance stage, disagreements between contractors and authorities have often emerged. Therefore, this research used some examples of disputes in the performance stage in an actual case as the scope of our study and sought for solution. This research reviewed literatures concerning design-build projects, performance disputes and project management, and used an actual case as the research objects. We summed up 24 questions from the performance conflicts, and analyzed the reasons of the conflicts through interviewing the personnel who had actually executed the design-build project. In the process, it could be found that part of the disputes had been solved through consultations and the majority had agreed with the results. But there were still some of problems that people could not reach agreements due to the different views on the contracts. This research analyzed the reasons of the conflicts, classified the conclusions into the nine knowledge areas from the view of PMBOK, and posed suggestions on the strategy of contractors handling the performance conflicts of public construction design-build projects. On the suggestions of conflict handling, because it is not necessary to implement every step listed in the PMBOK in the project management model, we just need to follow the classification method of the nine knowledge areas, find out appropriate management techniques, and properly use the knowledge of project management to obtain the effect. Lastly, the contribution of this research is the reasons we found through our interviews of the conflicts in the design-build case, which could be references for those units executing design-build projects in the future. In addition, because the view of PMBOK was adopted as the strategy of handling conflicts, future studies or executors will know how to apply the nine knowledge areas to the management of case project.

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