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This is a blog managed by Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CEIM) at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. In this blog, CEIM shares our activities in providing excellent professional project management education at Master and Doctoral levels in Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. http://www.set.ait.ac.th/ceim/

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Owners Project Control Strategy

Success or failure of a project relies on how it is being controlled. Project control strategy is an activity which compares overall project performance against the planned project. The purpose of project control strategy is to evaluate and analyze the project situation, generation of forecasts, and definition of actions to be implemented in the whole project process. That is a process that should be continued during the construction period to make certain that the final product meets the quality, completion and budget expectations of the owners. Project control process can be divided into three major areas: the control of cost, time, and quality during the design phases; the control of cost, time, and quality during the tendering phases; and the control of cost, time, and quality during the construction phases of the project. Mr. Nguyen Le Thuan made a case study which objectives were to: (1) study the framework and identify the problems of owners project control process; and (2) study the practical implementation of the framework in terms of effectiveness and obstacles. Conclusion There were too many components that caused problems in project control. Despite of the project owners effort to solve the problems and arranged all requirements in suitable order, still there were some causes that made the project out of control. In this case study, Mr. Thuan found some problems in project control such as: 1. Poor estimating techniques and/or standards, resulting in unrealistic budgets 2. The technical design is lack of regulatory system or legal appropriation 3. Database is not correct 4. Value engineering is not popular 5. Awareness of standard design is limited 6. Policies and procedures are always changed 7. Communication and coordination among participants are not homogeneous 8. Need correct awareness to lowest bid. 9. The project owner uses nominated contractor method in tender stage 10. Inadequate work breakdown structure 11. No management policy on reporting and control practices 12. Management reduces budgets or bids to be competitive 13. Inadequate formal planning having unnoticed result, or often uncontrolled, thus increases in scope of effort 14. Poor comparison of actual and planned costs 15. Comparison of actual and planned costs at the wrong level of management 16. Unforeseen technical problems and unforeseen financial fluctuation. 17. Schedule delays that require overtime or idle time costing Conclusion for Owners Project Cost Control in Design Stage The project owner should specify all performance and design standard. The design professional is responsible for producing a set of preliminary drawings as well as written report for approval by the owner. The responsibility of the designer comprises drafting complete specifications for inclusion in project tender documents, approving or initiating all design

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related deletions, additions and changes to project specifications and accepting ultimate responsibility for the safety and utility of all project design elements. In this phase, the project owner must approve all design related work performed and must coordinate the overall design integration, safety of the public, compliance with legal and codes. Conclusion for Owners Project Control in Tender Stage All services must be specifically required in the contract documents and not be in violation of any applicable law. Tender documents should be clear before they are issued. The content includes tender time, date, approximate contract amount, project location, licensing requirements, approximate size, plus tender, payment bond requirements, performance, etc. Conclusion for Owners Project Control in Construction Stage The fundamental purpose of the conference is to establish acceptable ground rules for all parties concerned, and to assure that each party understands the complete job requirements and coordinates its work to produce a completed job in a minimum amount of time, with maximum economic gains, and in proper coordination with the owner, architect, engineer, prime contractor, and all subcontractors. The pre-construction conference is primarily concerned with management and operational considerations. It is in these areas of contract interpretation and clarification that the greatest value of the construction conference can be achieved. Progress payment and management of progress payments begins with the contract specifications clearly stating how the contractors work progress is to be measured, how payments are determined based on the measured progress, and what documents and reports are required to be submitted by the contractor to justify the payment request. The project owner should authorize payment only when the contractors progress payment request is in full compliance with the contract requirements and the progress claimed has been independently verified by supervisor. Periodically, perhaps monthly, the project owner should compare schedule progress with that shown on the project program. The purpose is to determine whether those various activities were planned. Recommended framework for owners project control: Based on the literature review, case study and PMBOK (third edition), Mr. Thuan recommended a framework for an owners project control as shown in the table below:

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Abstract The report expresses the key issues in Project Control Strategy that known as the important factor for any owner wants to develop and survive in the construction industry. This study, which refers to the theories have expressed the concept of project control process in design stage, tender and construction stage. What should the owner control in these stages? How can the owner control in these stages? The study has briefed the factors that most effect to them, they consist of cost, quality and schedule. Through a case study, project

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control problems will be analyzed. Some proposed solutions are recommended in order to help the owner can be improved in project control process.
Posted by CEIM Reporter at 15:44 Labels: Research

1 comments:
IB CLever said... "Success or failure of a project relies on how it is being controlled. Project control strategy is an activity which compares overall project performance against the planned project." I agree with the statement above. No matter how small or how big a project or business is, the success of it lies on the management. I think the project control strategy which is to compare the project performance against the planned project is interesting. 16 February 2011 16:44 Post a Comment

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