AS 2008 Volume 15 Issue 2

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    Comparative analysis of design management procedures in manufacturing and architecture
    (University of the Free State, 2008) Buys, Fanie; Sidloyi, Xabiso
    English: Design changes due to lack of constructability, cost overruns, delays and dissatisfied clients are but a few of the problems experienced in construction on the account of the poor management of the design processes. This research was conducted to determine the adequacy of design management processes used by Eastern Cape (EC) architectural practices and compare these with the design management processes used in manufacturing in order to establish practices, theories, principles, technologies and deliverables that can be transferred from the manufacturing into the construction industry to improve efficiency of architectural design management. A questionnaire was designed to acquire primary, factual and attitudinal data from EC architectural practices while secondary data were acquired through a literature review. The main findings were that design management processes, continuous improvement philosophies, lean principles, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) used by EC architectural practices are not similar to those used in manufacturing. Therefore EC architectural practices could increase their efficiency by adopting some of the design management processes, ICT, continuous improvement philosophies and lean principles originating from the manufacturing industry.
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    A review on the effectiveness of the Joint Building Contracts Committee Series 2000 Principal Building Agreement – a contractors’ perspective
    (University of the Free State, 2008) Cumberlege, Roy; Buys, Fanie; Vosloo, Derick
    English: With the growth experienced in the building industry, it is increasingly important to have a contract document that can be used on projects that is reasonably acceptable to all parties concerned. The focus of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the Joint Building Contracts Committee Series 2000 Principal Building Agreement (JBCC 2000 PBA) (Edition 4.1, March 2005) as used in the building industry. Although edition 5 (2007) was made available after this study was conducted, contractors still have the choice to use either one of them. Primary data was collected by means of interviews and a structured questionnaire sent to selected contractors in the South African building industry. Secondary data was obtained from the literature reviewed in relevant publications. The main findings were that the JBCC 2000 PBA is the most favoured contract document used by contractors in the building industry but that there are still areas of concern with regards to the difficulty in interpreting and implementing numerous clauses of the document, amendments being made to the document without any legal advice and that developing building contractors experience difficulties in general where the JBCC 2000 PBA is used as contract document on projects. The study concluded with recommendations for amendments to the contract document to ensure that the document will be acceptable to all contractors in the building industry and ultimately to be an internationally acceptable document.