- Author
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Zeitoun, A. A.
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Oberlander, G. D.
- Title
- Early Warning Signs of Project Changes.
- Coporate
- Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater
- Report
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Source Document 91
April 1993
117 p.
- Keywords
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construction
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costs
- Identifiers
- data collection and organization; analysis of cost and schedule growth of fixed price projects; analysis of cost and schedule growth of cost reimbursable projects; assessment of cost and schedule growth trend curves; ripple effect
- Abstract
- In recent years, there has been a growing concern regarding the quantity and magnitude of changes which often cause excessive cost overruns, delays in time of completion, and reductions in the quality of the constructed facility. Most studies of project changes, or impacts of changes, have been directed toward dispute resolutions or craft productivity on a project. Little effort has been given to the study of multiple projects, to identify those factors that can be used to indicate potential changes in the original planned cost or schedule of a project. In an effort to improve the cost effectiveness of the construction industry in the area of changes, the Construction Industry Institute (CII) formed a Change Order Impact Task Force in 1989 to study the impacts of changes in proejcts related to costs and schedules. This research study has been accomplished as a joint effort between the researchers of Oklahoma State University and members of the CII Change Order Impact Task Force team.