- Author
- Construction Industry Institute
- Title
- Field Rework Index: Early Warning for Field Rework and Cost Growth.
- Coporate
- Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX
- Report
- Research Summary 153-1, May 2001, 29 p.
- Distribution
- For more information contact: Construction Industry, Institute, University of Texas at Austin, 3208 Red River Street, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78705. Telephone: 512-232-3000, Fax: 512-499-8108, Email: info@construction-institute.org Website: http://construction-institute.org
- Keywords
- construction
- Abstract
- Field rework is a misleading term. Although it manifests itself in the field during construction, its roots actually begin in the design and project definition phases. If field rework is to be minimized, the majority of effort must be placed in these early project phases rather than in the field. Previous CII research highlighted the cost of rework, indicating a need for further investigation. CII Publication 10-2, Measuring the Cost of Quality in Design and Construction, estimated annual losses due to rework in industrial construction at $15 billion. CII benchmarking data for field rework show mean values for field rework in excess of three percent of construction phase cost for heavy industrial projects. To address the challenges presented by field rework, CII created a research team to investigate field rework and to develop a tool to aid project management. This research summary presents important findings about field rework in industrial construction. Information has been developed from an industry survey, a focus group of industry managers with in-depth knowledge of field rework, site visits to six best practices companies, and analysis of a database of over 150 industrial construction projects.