Building services coordination across a construction project requires a solid technical understanding of the services involved. Irrespective of modelling software, Blue Thorn’s coordination starts with knowing the ins and outs of every system we are asked to coordinate. Your Blue Thorn team will spend time understanding and assessing your design intent schematics and layouts. From this, your Blue Thorn team will lay out the services to minimise maintainable points such as drains and air vents, minimise service sets, and ensure all CDM regulations are met.
Purpose
The purpose of this presentation is to identify and assess the factors affecting building services’ coordination during the design development and review stages of building projects.
Design/methodology/approach
Literature review and interviews were conducted to identify the factors affecting building services’ coordination. In total, 36 factors were identified under six categories: planning phase of the project; design of mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems; construction of MEP systems; operation and maintenance of MEP systems; owner; and design team and tools used. This formed the basis of a questionnaire survey designed utilizing a 5-point Likert scale of importance. The survey was assessed by practitioners in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia.
Findings
The top five factors include the scale and complexity of the project, the level of experience of the design team, the quality of the preliminary/conceptual design of the building project, the clarity of the requirements and objectives provided by the owner, the allotted budget for the project and communication skills of the design team members. A high level of agreement between A/E professionals and contractors, and between contractors and facility managers was noted. The research provides the ranking of the identified factors for prioritization.
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