Constructability Reviews

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Constructability Reviews Post Construction
Reviews
National Survey Results
AASHTO Subcommittee on Construction
August 1-5, 1999 New Orleans, Louisiana
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AASHTO Strategic Plan
Strategy 5-4 Identify and advocate cost savings
associated with constructability reviews between
designers construction personnel encourage
participation by contractors suppliers during
design.
Main Objective To develop best practices guide
for construction and post-construction reviews.
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Subcommittee Action Plan
1. Conduct survey to determine current
practice 2. Develop best practices guidelines 3.
Develop plan for industry involvement 4.
Initiate related research
Work to be complete by August 2000
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Constructability Post-Construction Review Survey
Survey sent to all 50 States, Puerto Rico
Canada - 90 responded
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Constructability Reviews
A process that utilizes experienced construction
personnel with extensive construction knowledge
early in the design stages of projects to ensure
that the projects are buildable, while also being
cost effective, bidable, and maintainable
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1. Does your state currently have a
constructability review process?
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74
Yes
No
50 of All Respondents Have a Documented Process
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2. At what point in the design process
are these reviews held?
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15 Design
60 Design
95 Design
Other
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3. What types of projects do you consider
as candidates for constructability reviews?
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All Projects
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Major Urban
Interstate
Bridge Projects Only
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Other
Projects gt Specific
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4. Where does the construction expertise
come from in these reviews?
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Department Construction Personnel
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Consultants
Contractors
Hire Retired Contractor
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Other
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5. If contractors are used for these
reviews, how are they selected?
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AGC
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All
Outside Geographic Area
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Pre-bid
88 of the respondents stated that if contractors
were used they were allowed to bid.
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6. Do you have a method of quantifying
the benefits of these reviews (cost, time
savings,etc.
88 have no method to quantify these benefits
Documented reduced overruns
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7. Do you have documented costs for
performing these reviews?
97 have no documented costs for performing
these reviews
Florida, Georgia
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8. Do you have any suggestions for
methods of evaluating cost savings or other
benefits?
Track number, type of change orders claims
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9. If you have not implemented a
constructability review program, what has
prevented you from doing so?
Lack of Upper Management Support
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Funding
Staffing Issues
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Other
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10. Who Coordinates these reviews for
your organization?
Design Project Engineer - 14 Project Manager -
3 District, Resident - 1 each Design Coordinator
- 1 Traffic Control Project Engineer - 1 Others...
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11. Do you have any success stories or
failures to share relating to your
constructability process?
California Connecticut Delaware Washington North
Carolina
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12. Even if you have not been able to
directly quantify benefits of these
reviews, what benefits do you feel they
have produced?
Fewer change orders, better plans, fewer claims,
reduced contract time, safer designs, education,
higher quality, reduced impacts to motorists,
better understanding of project by construction
personnel prior to construction
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Post-Construction Reviews
A review process that provides feedback to both
designers construction personnel regarding
recently finished projects
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Post-Construction Reviews
13. Does your agency perform post-
construction reviews?
59 responded that they perform these reviews
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14. If so, on what types of projects are
these performed?
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All Projects
Major Projects
Projects With
Many Problems
During
Construction
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Other
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15. What benefits have you gained from
these post-construction reviews?
Eliminate repeated mistakes Feedback to
design Education process Increased
communication Modification of specifications Addre
ss maintenance concerns
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16. Who participates in these reviews?
Contractors - 73 Agency Construction Staff
-96 Agency Design Staff - 100 Agency
Maintenance Staff - 65 Other - 23
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17. Do you have an innovative program that
you would like to share?
North Carolina New Jersey Wisconsin Maine
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Questions?
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