DEFINING AND EVALUATING AGILE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR REDUCING TIME DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION

Both competitive market forces and growing societal needs have triggered the demand for rapid delivery of construction projects, or at a minimum, for projects completed on schedule. However, schedule delays are common and recurring in construction, inevitably resulting in rework, cost overruns and legal claims. As projects become increasingly complicated, delays arise in a more unpredictable manner. The initial motivation for this research is to explore a systematic flexibility to deal with delays caused by complex changes in construction and meanwhile enhance the overall project performance. Accordingly, agile construction management is proposed in terms of a conceptual framework. Derived from agile theories in other engineering disciplines, agile management is an integrated method that allows projects thrive in a fluid environment by applying agile enablers (approaches) throughout the project lifecycle. Since agility and relevant theories are emerging in construction, the proposed agile ideas and enablers are verified by qualitative interviews with construction professionals. With ultimate goal of reducing delays, a case study is conducted investigating how much delays could be reduced if the agile enablers were used.

Name thesis:degree_name

Civil Engineering

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil Engineering

Year

2013

Author dc:creator

• Han, Fei

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bogus, Susan
• Rounds, Jerald
• Valentin, Vanessa

• Agile
• Construction Management
• Delay Reduction

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ce_etds/74

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:ce_etds-1075