Review Article
Mapping and Simplifying Construction Project Delivery
Edward Godfrey Ochieng1*, Lauren Hughes2, Ximing Ruan3, Andrew David Freeman Price4 and Charles Egbu5
1School of the Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
2School of the Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
3Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK
4Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK, LE11 3TU, UK
5School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, Maxwell Building, Salford, M5 4WT, UK
- *Corresponding Author:
- Edward Godfrey Ochieng
School of the Built Environment
Liverpool John Moores University
Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
E-mail: E.G.Ochieng@ljmu.ac.uk
Received Date: March 21, 2013; Accepted Date: July 15, 2013; Published Date: July 18, 2013
Citation: Ochieng EG, Hughes L, Ruan X, Price ADF, Egbu C (2013) Mapping and Simplifying Construction Project Delivery. J Archit Eng Tech 2:109. doi:10.4172/2168-9717.1000109
Copyright: © 2013 Ochieng EG, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The nature of project complexity within construction engineering projects has been the subject of study with growing interest, especially since the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Networks-Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council was set-up in 2003. Yet, it could be argued in research terms, that project complexity has been neglected both in terms of conceptualising it and in terms of empirical study. Given the supposed severity of project complexity and the obvious failings of the industry’s approach towards project delivery, it is reasonable to assume that such an issue would provide a focus for research to improve practice. The main issues appraised are structural complexity, uncertainty, organisational complexity and technological complexity. As established from the reviewed literature, one of the hindrances to project performance within the construction industry is project complexity, which mainly emerges during the construction and design process.
