Error begat error: design error analysis and prevention in social infrastructure projects.
Design errors contribute significantly to cost and schedule growth in social infrastructure projects and to engineering failures, which can result in accidents and loss of life. Despite considerable research that has addressed their error causation in construction projects they still remain prevalent. This paper identifies the underlying conditions that contribute to design errors in social infrastructure projects (e.g. hospitals, education, law and order type buildings). A systemic model of error causation is propagated and subsequently used to develop a learning framework for design error prevention. The research suggests that a multitude of strategies should be adopted in congruence to prevent design errors from occurring and so ensure that safety and project performance are ameliorated.
School of Built Environment, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia. p.love@curtin.edu.au
Peter E D
PE
Love
Robert
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Lopez
David J
DJ
Edwards
Yang M
YM
Goh
D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D001315:Australia; D060389:Construction Industry / Q000592:standards*; D005160:Facility Design and Construction / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011786:Quality Control; D012574:Schools / Q000592:standards