WP117: Causes and Effects of Rationale Clarity in the AEC Design Industry

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Abstract: In recent years, stakeholder concerns, building codes, and building products have become more dynamic than historically, tracking (for example) increased attention to sustainability, security, extreme weather, information technology, and globalization. The paper describes how information technologies and globalization have undermined projectsí once-valid justification for professionalization, creating an opportunity for disruption by alternate methods of rational administration. In particular, bureaucratizing AEC projects becomes more compelling with the availability of methods that assess novel conceptual designs more rationally. These observations and existing theories suggest that a combination of contemporary industry challenges (such as globalizing supply-chains and competition, new information technologies that support design and analysis, new building technologies, and rapidly dynamic project goals and stakeholder preferences) will lead to a period of turbulence and the need and potential for re-organization. This paper argues that the US industry needs a systematic and transparent methodology to assess and adapt to changes in product, organization, process, and technology.

Type of resource	text
Date created	April 2009

Author	Chachere, John

Subject	CIFE
Subject	Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
Subject	Stanford University
Subject	Construction
Subject	Coordination
Subject	Design
Subject	Design Decisions
Subject	Design Rationale
Subject	Organization Models
Subject	Planning
Subject	Process Models
Subject	Rationale Clarity
Subject	Strategy
Subject	Validation
Subject	VDC
Subject	Virtual Design and Construction
Genre	Technical report

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/qk265gz2370

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Preferred Citation: Chachere, John. (2009). WP117: Causes and Effects of Rationale Clarity in the AEC Design Industry. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/qk265gz2370

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